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Clean Audio for TV broadcast: an object-based approach for hearing impaired viewers (2015)
Journal Article
Shirley, B., & Oldfield, R. (2015). Clean Audio for TV broadcast: an object-based approach for hearing impaired viewers. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 63(4), 245-256. https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2015.0017

As the percentage of the population with hearing loss increases, broadcasters are receiving more complaints about the difficulty in understanding dialog in the presence of background sound and music. This article explores these issues, reviews previo... Read More about Clean Audio for TV broadcast: an object-based approach for hearing impaired viewers.

Demo paper: Audio object extraction for live sports broadcast (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Oldfield, R., Shirley, B., & Cullen, N. (2013, July). Demo paper: Audio object extraction for live sports broadcast. Presented at Multimedia and Expo Workshops (ICMEW), 2013 IEEE International Conference on, San Jose, Ca, USA

Recent interest in object-based audio systems for cinema opens interesting possibilities to extend the reach of an object-based approach to television broadcast of live events. For events where microphones may be placed close to the source of each so... Read More about Demo paper: Audio object extraction for live sports broadcast.

Object-based audio for interactive football broadcast (2013)
Journal Article
Oldfield, R., Shirley, B., & Spille, J. (2015). Object-based audio for interactive football broadcast. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 74(8), 2717-2741. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-013-1472-2

An end-to-end AV broadcast system providing an immersive, interactive experience for live events is the development aim for the EU FP7 funded project, FascinatE. The project has developed real time audio object event detection and localisation, scene... Read More about Object-based audio for interactive football broadcast.

Format-Agnostic approach for 3d audio (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Kropp, H., Spille, J., Batke, J., Abeling, S., Keiler, F., Oldfield, R., & Shirley, B. (2011, September). Format-Agnostic approach for 3d audio. Presented at IBC, Amsterdam

In the market exists a large variety of media devices, reaching from mobile handsets equipped with headphones up to an ultra-high resolution display connected with a large loudspeaker setup. This makes it difficult for the broadcast industry to provi... Read More about Format-Agnostic approach for 3d audio.

Combining panoramic image and 3D audio capture with conventional coverage for immersive and interactive content production (2011)
Book
Thomas, G., Schreer, O., Shirley, B., & Spille, J. (2011). Combining panoramic image and 3D audio capture with conventional coverage for immersive and interactive content production. IBC

The media industry is currently being pulled in the often-opposing directions of increased realism (high resolution, stereoscopic, large screen) and personalisation (selection and control of content, availability on many devices). A capture, producti... Read More about Combining panoramic image and 3D audio capture with conventional coverage for immersive and interactive content production.

Recording spatial audio signals for interactive broadcast systems (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Batke, J., Spille, J., Kropp, H., Kordon, S., Abeling, S., Shirley, B., & Oldfield, R. (2011, June). Recording spatial audio signals for interactive broadcast systems. Presented at 6th Forum Acusticum, organized by the European Acoustics Association (EAA), Aalborg, Denmark

Spatial audio processing is a key feature of the European funded FascinatE project. The FascinatE project will develop a system to allow end-users to interactively navigate and view around an ultra-high resolution video panorama showing a live event,... Read More about Recording spatial audio signals for interactive broadcast systems.

Spatial audio processing for interactive TV services (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Batke, J., Spille, J., Kropp, H., Abeling, S., Shirley, B., & Oldfield, R. (2011, May). Spatial audio processing for interactive TV services. Presented at 130th AES Convention, London

FascinatE is a European funded project that aims at developing a system to allow end users to interactively navigate around a video panorama showing a live event, with the accompanying audio automatically changing to match the selected view. The audi... Read More about Spatial audio processing for interactive TV services.

Automatic mixing and tracking of on-pitch football action for television broadcasts
Presentation / Conference
Oldfield, R., & Shirley, B. Automatic mixing and tracking of on-pitch football action for television broadcasts. Presented at 130th AES Convention

For the television broadcast of football in Europe, the sound engineer will typically have an arrangement of 12 shotgun microphones around the pitch to pick up on-pitch sounds such as whistle blows, players talking and ball kicks etc. Typically, duri... Read More about Automatic mixing and tracking of on-pitch football action for television broadcasts.

Improving television sound for people with hearing impairments
Thesis
Shirley, B. Improving television sound for people with hearing impairments. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis investigates how developments in audio for digital television can be utilised to improve the experience of hearing impaired people when watching television. The work has had significant impact on international digital TV broadcast standar... Read More about Improving television sound for people with hearing impairments.