My latest column is up at IBC365. In the fresh connected world of IP, do years of experience in broadcast engineering still count, or should veteran technicians just hang up their SDI cables and retire? https://www.ibc.org/tech-advances/blog-teaching-old-dogs-new-tricks/2853.article
Category Archives: Production
April
25
No Such Thing As A Magic Bullet
posted by John Maxwell Hobbs
My latest column is up at IBC356 – I discuss the endless search for a “magic bullet” that will solve all of broadcasting’s problems: https://www.ibc.org/consumption/blog-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-magic-bullet/2784.article
February
06
Building a worse mousetrap
posted by John Maxwell Hobbs
Here’s my latest opinion piece at IBC365 on the way “good enough” is changing in the broadcast industry: https://www.ibc.org/production/blog-building-a-worse-mousetrap/2652.article
January
22
AI and the media industry
posted by John Maxwell Hobbs
My latest column is up at IBC365. I give my views on the increasing hype around the potential for AI in media. https://www.ibc.org/tech-advances/i-for-one-welcome-our-robot-overlords/2625.article
December
08
Outsourcing and the broadcast industry
posted by John Maxwell Hobbs
My latest opinion piece is up at IBC365. I give my views on outsourcing and the broadcasting industry. https://www.ibc.org/content-management/focusing-on-the-core-the-importance-of-outsourcing/2582.article
July
13
Just Because Your Cat Has Kittens in the Oven, That Don’t Make ’em Biscuits
posted by John Maxwell Hobbs
Here’s my latest opinion piece for IBC 365, covering the clash of cultures between IT and broadcasting: https://www.ibc.org/delivery/technology-v-culture-the-art-of-making-and-delivering-tv/2064.article?_ga=2.228132957.138508793.1499935580-421349024.1491219481
May
15
ENGINEERS AS CREATIVE PARTNERS – HOW THE FILM & TV INDUSTRY CAN LEARN FROM MUSIC PRODUCTION
posted by John Maxwell Hobbs
A post I wrote for the National Film and Television School https://nfts.co.uk/news/engineers-creative-partners-–-how-film-tv-industry-can-learn-music-production NFTS Head of Technology, John Maxwell Hobbs, believes the film and television industry should view and work with engineers as creative partners as the music industry does and has designed the School’s new Production Technology MA to do just that. Why it is […]
