IP Security For Broadcasters: Part 11 - EBU R143 Security Recommendations

EBU R143 formalizes security practices for both broadcasters and vendors. This comprehensive list should be at the forefront of every broadcaster’s and vendor’s thoughts when designing and implementing IP media facilities.

Moving To IP Helps Content Owners Bring Value To Their Customers

In a rapidly changing media landscape, exacerbated by demanding consumer viewing habits, “fixed” SDI-based facilities find themselves limited in who they can reach and how. For content owners and exclusive rights holders looking to monetize their vast (and growing) content libraries, IP workflows are helping solve this problem, making it…

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All-Flash Storage At The Edge – Performance Where You Need It, When You Need It

When thinking about storage for their media, content creators face continued and increasing pressures of performance, capacity, usability, flexibility and cost. Successful organizations must find a solution that can address all of these today, while also future-proofing for a greater number of harder challenges in the future.

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Broadcast Audio System Design: Part 2 – The Mixing Console

We continue our series on things to consider when designing broadcast audio systems with the beating heart of all things audio – the mixing console.

The REMI control room and crew. Instead of racing to pack up gear when the show ended, we shut it down, turned off the lights and went home.

REMI On A Budget - A Remote Switching Paradigm Shift

Remote Integration Model (REMI) production is more than remote cameras. It’s a new way of thinking and working. This tale of trying to implement a REMI production model within tight financial constraints highlights some of the operational challenges involved.

Machine Learning For Broadcasters: Part 2 - Applications

In part one of this series, we looked at why machine learning, with particular emphasis on neural networks, is different to traditional methods of statistical based classification and prediction. In this article, we investigate some of the applications specific for broadcasters that ML excels at.

NextGen TV is headed in multiple directions simultaneously. Datacasting may provide its biggest new profit center opportunity.

NextGenTV Mid-2022 Progress Report

Some call it the Broadcast Core Network, or Broadcast Internet, or One-to-Many Private Datacasting. Others simply call it datacasting.

Today’s Content Delivery And Fulfillment Requires A Deeper Understanding Of Your Audience

The concept of leveraging the public Internet as the main infrastructure for widespread distribution of content, both for B2B and Direct-to-Consumer applications, is new to traditional broadcasters that have treated the digital side as a secondary silo to their linear channels, but that’s changing.

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Vendor Spotlight: Blackmagic Design

Founded in 2001, Blackmagic Design is based in Melbourne, Australia, with offices in Fremont and Burbank, Calif. in the U.S., as well as Manchester, England, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

How To Achieve Broadcast-Grade Latency For Live Video Streaming - Part 1

For a serious discussion about “making streaming broadcast-grade” we must address latency. Our benchmark is 5-seconds from encoder input to device, but we cannot compromise on quality. It’s not easy, and leaders in the field grapple with the trade-offs to ensure the best possible customer experience.