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Platform independent audio (2013)
Book Chapter
Shirley, B., Oldfield, R., Melchior, F., & Batke, J. (2014). Platform independent audio. In O. Schreer, J. Macq, O. Niamut, J. Ruiz-Hidalgo, B. Shirley, G. Thallinger, & G. Thomas (Eds.), Media Production, Delivery and Interaction for Platform Independent Systems : Format-Agnostic Media (130-165). Hoboken: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118706350.ch4

This chapter defines problem space from an audio perspective reviewing some of the current challenges faced in channel-based audio broadcast. The first section introduces some of the drivers for change in the broadcast environment, followed by explan... Read More about Platform independent audio.

State-of-the-art and challenges in media production, broadcast and delivery (2013)
Book Chapter
Thomas, G., Engström, A., Macq, J., Niamut, O., Shirley, B., & Salmon, R. (2014). State-of-the-art and challenges in media production, broadcast and delivery. In O. Schreer, J. Macq, O. Niamut, J. Ruiz-Hidalgo, B. Shirley, G. Thallinger, & G. Thomas (Eds.), Media Production, Delivery and Interaction for Platform Independent Systems: Format-Agnostic Media. Hoboken: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118706350.ch2

This chapter describes the fundamental technical aspects of current TV production. It provides an overview of the ways in which technical limitations inherent in image capture have become a part of the ‘grammar’ of storytelling. It talks about curren... Read More about State-of-the-art and challenges in media production, broadcast and delivery.

Scalable delivery of navigable and ultra-high resolution video (2013)
Book Chapter
Macq, J., Alface, P., Brandenberg, R., Niamut, O., Prins, M., & Verzijp, N. (2013). Scalable delivery of navigable and ultra-high resolution video. In B. Shirley (Ed.), Media Production, Delivery and Interaction for Platform Independent Systems: Format-Agnostic Media (260-297). Wiley

In recent years many developments have addressed the generic objective of delivering audiovisual content based on a single representation made available at the source, and where the network gets the ability to adapt the content on an end user basis.... Read More about Scalable delivery of navigable and ultra-high resolution video.

Urban responses to climate change and resource constraint (2013)
Book Chapter
Hodson, M., & Marvin, S. (2013). Urban responses to climate change and resource constraint. In C. Cooper, G. Mulhern, & A. Colley (Eds.), Making the case for the Social Sciences 3 : sustainability, the environment and climate change (26-27). London: Academy of Social Sciences and The British Psychological Society

Urban responses to climate change and resource constraint (2013)
Book Chapter
Hodson, M., & Marvin, S. (2013). Urban responses to climate change and resource constraint. In C. Cooper, G. Mulhern, & A. Colley (Eds.), Making the case for the Social Sciences 3 : sustainability, the environment and climate change (26-27). London: Academy of Social Sciences and The British Psychological Society

Translation, insulation and mediation: The shifting sands of University life (2013)
Book Chapter
May, T., & Perry, B. (2013). Translation, insulation and mediation: The shifting sands of University life. In P. Benneworth (Ed.), Universities Engagement with Socially Excluded Communities (199-222). Dordrecht: Springer

This volume provides insightful analysis of the way higher education engages with socially excluded communities. Leading researchers and commentators examine the validity of the claim that universities can be active facilitators of social mobility, o... Read More about Translation, insulation and mediation: The shifting sands of University life.

Tweeting the Olympic Games (2013)
Book Chapter
Miah, A. (2013). Tweeting the Olympic Games. In V. Girginov (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games (96-109). Oxon: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203126486.ch7

From the introduction of television at the Berlin 1936 Olympic Games to its transformation into 3D broadcasting at London 2012, media innovation has always surrounded the Olympics (Miah & Garcia 2012). As such, the broader context of a debate about L... Read More about Tweeting the Olympic Games.