Saturday, March 04, 2006

CHRONICLE -- Producing HD Television From A Laptop

(From Avid.com)

ART DONAHUE has achieved something that many television producers dream about -- he's found a way to produce a
half-hour news magazine show for SD and HD broadcast
from his laptop computer.


Using a DELL M70 and AVID XPRESS PRO software for offline and online editing, Donahue set a television precedent in November 2005 when he cut and finished NEW ENGLAND'S NATIONAL FORESTS for the Boston-area nightly news magazine CHRONICLE.

The episode, which was filmed in HDV and edited in HD, was simulcast in letterbox SD on Boston's WCVB-5, as well as in
720p HD on WCVB's companion HD channel.


This was not only a technical coup for Donahue, who has earned 13 EMMY AWARDS in news photography, editing, and production during his career, but it has helped the show achieve a new cost-effective standard for other shows and producers to follow.

Chronicle -- Producing HD Television From A Laptop

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