Live television depends on more than pictures and sound. Producers, editors, transmission operators and media librarians also need reliable information about…
The thumbnail grid is the first thing a viewer scans when landing on a streaming service. A single stale frame, a blurred close-up, or a corporate logo buried…
ReCAP, an EU-funded research initiative focused on real-time content analysis and processing, develops automated tools that scan broadcast-quality video for…
Stereoscopic video is no longer a niche curiosity reserved for science museums in Melbourne or specialty cinema chains in Sydney. With the rise of immersive…
Social platforms have become substantial media libraries, yet many organisations still assess archived clips through manual sampling. A video may have a black…
Live news production depends on knowing who is on screen, when they appear, and how their presence relates to the surrounding programme. Human editors can…
Historical video rarely arrives with a complete, trustworthy record of where it came from. A tape may have been copied several times, a film scan may carry…
Camera movement carries useful information about how a television picture was produced. A slow pan across a stadium, a vertical tilt from a presenter to a…
A subtitle burn-in can look like a small finishing detail, yet it carries significant editorial, technical and accessibility consequences. A caption that…