Nearly live: Ian Wagdin operates the production tool at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2015

The BBC’s research arm has been investigating ways to cover live events differently, employing cheaper workflows and streamlining technologies. BBC R&D’s Ian Wagdin tells IBC365’s Alana Foster all about the Nearly Live Production project.

The aim of the BBC R&D’s Nearly Live Production project is to understand whether technologies used for distribution and playback of media over the internet can also be used at the authoring stage to streamline workflows and give producers an accurate sense of what the final viewing experience will be.

In 2014, BBC R&D started looking into how low-cost production workflows could increase live event coverage at the expense of broadcast latency and quality. It recognised that professional, live multi-camera coverage is not ideal or practical for all events and venues, particularly at large festivals. A shift in working was proposed that would allow technical and craft resources to be deployed more widely and enable the broadcaster to offer greater coverage of live events.

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Alana Foster

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April 2nd, 2020