CHAPTER 5.6 Workflow, Metadata, and File Management

BRUCE DEVLIN

Snell & Wilcox Petersfield, United Kingdom

THOMAS EDWARDS

Public Broadcasting Service Alexandria, Virginia

BRAD GILMER

Gilmer & Associates Atlanta, Georgia

PHIL TUDOR

BBC Tadworth, United Kingdom

INTRODUCTION

From acquisition through transmission, technical facil ities in television plants are changing at a rapid rate One of the greatest areas of change is in the use o computers and computer infrastructures. Over the years, computers have replaced purpose-built system for the storage and manipulation of images and sound. At first, only audio and still images were involved because the sheer volume of data created by moving images overwhelmed early computer sys tems. Today, computers ...

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