Acquisition

Software IP Enabling Storytelling - Part 1

Television is still a niche industry, but nonetheless, one of the most powerful storytelling mediums in existence. Whether reporting news events, delivering educational seminars, or product reviews, television still outperforms all other mediums in terms of its ability to communicate to mass audiences.

BT Sports “Magic Window” app transports viewers at home into the sports stadium live.

BT Sport’s Live VR 360 Coverage Of Premier League Brings Fans Closer To The Action

While the merits of 8K delivery is being debated by broadcasters around the world, some are moving forward with plans to deploy the high resolution quality in creative ways that engage viewers and encourage them to interact with a live broadcast.

PTP V2.1 – New Security & Monitoring For IP Broadcast Infrastructures - Part 2

In the last article in this series, we looked at how PTP V2.1 has improved security. In this part, we investigate how robustness and monitoring is further improved to provide resilient and accurate network timing.

HDR: Part 33 - DOPs: The Less You Show, The More You Know

It’s a truism of our craft that compelling visual stories in film and TV are communicated in the subtext of scenes, that is to say, what we exclude from the Frame is almost always more important to the storytelling than what we include in the Frame. As master image creators…

Production & Post

Software IP Enabling Storytelling - Part 1

Television is still a niche industry, but nonetheless, one of the most powerful storytelling mediums in existence. Whether reporting news events, delivering educational seminars, or product reviews, television still outperforms all other mediums in terms of its ability to communicate to mass audiences.

PTP V2.1 – New Security & Monitoring For IP Broadcast Infrastructures - Part 2

In the last article in this series, we looked at how PTP V2.1 has improved security. In this part, we investigate how robustness and monitoring is further improved to provide resilient and accurate network timing.

HDR: Part 33 - DOPs: The Less You Show, The More You Know

It’s a truism of our craft that compelling visual stories in film and TV are communicated in the subtext of scenes, that is to say, what we exclude from the Frame is almost always more important to the storytelling than what we include in the Frame. As master image creators…

NAB 2021 Cancelled

NAB have announced the show scheduled for October 2021 has been cancelled.

Hardware Infrastructure

Software IP Enabling Storytelling - Part 1

Television is still a niche industry, but nonetheless, one of the most powerful storytelling mediums in existence. Whether reporting news events, delivering educational seminars, or product reviews, television still outperforms all other mediums in terms of its ability to communicate to mass audiences.

BT Sport’s Live VR 360 Coverage Of Premier League Brings Fans Closer To The Action

While the merits of 8K delivery is being debated by broadcasters around the world, some are moving forward with plans to deploy the high resolution quality in creative ways that engage viewers and encourage them to interact with a live broadcast.

PTP V2.1 – New Security & Monitoring For IP Broadcast Infrastructures - Part 2

In the last article in this series, we looked at how PTP V2.1 has improved security. In this part, we investigate how robustness and monitoring is further improved to provide resilient and accurate network timing.

Random wave action across a lake was a good challenge for a NDI compression evaluation.

Field Report: NewTek Spark Plus 4K

NDI (Network Device Interface) is a free protocol for Video over IP, developed by NewTek. The key word is “free.”

Software Infrastructure

Software IP Enabling Storytelling - Part 1

Television is still a niche industry, but nonetheless, one of the most powerful storytelling mediums in existence. Whether reporting news events, delivering educational seminars, or product reviews, television still outperforms all other mediums in terms of its ability to communicate to mass audiences.

PTP V2.1 – New Security & Monitoring For IP Broadcast Infrastructures - Part 2

In the last article in this series, we looked at how PTP V2.1 has improved security. In this part, we investigate how robustness and monitoring is further improved to provide resilient and accurate network timing.

Field Report: NewTek Spark Plus 4K

NDI (Network Device Interface) is a free protocol for Video over IP, developed by NewTek. The key word is “free.”

NAB 2021 Cancelled

NAB have announced the show scheduled for October 2021 has been cancelled.

Audio

Software IP Enabling Storytelling - Part 1

Television is still a niche industry, but nonetheless, one of the most powerful storytelling mediums in existence. Whether reporting news events, delivering educational seminars, or product reviews, television still outperforms all other mediums in terms of its ability to communicate to mass audiences.

Digital Audio: Part 16 - Filters, Direct Implementation

There are two approaches to digital filtering. One is to implement the impulse response directly. The other is to use recursion. Here we look at the direct implementation.

PTP V2.1 – New Security & Monitoring For IP Broadcast Infrastructures - Part 2

In the last article in this series, we looked at how PTP V2.1 has improved security. In this part, we investigate how robustness and monitoring is further improved to provide resilient and accurate network timing.

NAB 2021 Cancelled

NAB have announced the show scheduled for October 2021 has been cancelled.

Playout & Transmission

Software IP Enabling Storytelling - Part 1

Television is still a niche industry, but nonetheless, one of the most powerful storytelling mediums in existence. Whether reporting news events, delivering educational seminars, or product reviews, television still outperforms all other mediums in terms of its ability to communicate to mass audiences.

The World Of OTT (Infrastructure Pt8) - The Battle To Beat Content Piracy

Piracy is an ancient issue. In the media industry, piracy is the unlicensed use of content that is protected by copyright. While there are many benefits to OTT video, a downside is that its “over the top” nature where content travels via the internet (rather than a managed network), gives…

Digital Audio: Part 16 - Filters, Direct Implementation

There are two approaches to digital filtering. One is to implement the impulse response directly. The other is to use recursion. Here we look at the direct implementation.

PTP V2.1 – New Security & Monitoring For IP Broadcast Infrastructures - Part 2

In the last article in this series, we looked at how PTP V2.1 has improved security. In this part, we investigate how robustness and monitoring is further improved to provide resilient and accurate network timing.

Distribution & Delivery

Software IP Enabling Storytelling - Part 1

Television is still a niche industry, but nonetheless, one of the most powerful storytelling mediums in existence. Whether reporting news events, delivering educational seminars, or product reviews, television still outperforms all other mediums in terms of its ability to communicate to mass audiences.

The World Of OTT (Infrastructure Pt8) - The Battle To Beat Content Piracy

Piracy is an ancient issue. In the media industry, piracy is the unlicensed use of content that is protected by copyright. While there are many benefits to OTT video, a downside is that its “over the top” nature where content travels via the internet (rather than a managed network), gives…

TIM is headquartered in Rome. Photo by Carlo Dani distributed under GNU Free Documentation License.

TIM Deploys Android Set Top Boxes From Technicolor

Italian telco TIM has deployed Android TV set-top boxes supplied by Technicolor, giving access to streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon, Infinity, Disney+ and DAZN, as well as traditional linear TV.

BT Sport’s Live VR 360 Coverage Of Premier League Brings Fans Closer To The Action

While the merits of 8K delivery is being debated by broadcasters around the world, some are moving forward with plans to deploy the high resolution quality in creative ways that engage viewers and encourage them to interact with a live broadcast.

Test, QC & Monitoring

Digital Audio: Part 16 - Filters, Direct Implementation

There are two approaches to digital filtering. One is to implement the impulse response directly. The other is to use recursion. Here we look at the direct implementation.

HDR: Part 33 - DOPs: The Less You Show, The More You Know

It’s a truism of our craft that compelling visual stories in film and TV are communicated in the subtext of scenes, that is to say, what we exclude from the Frame is almost always more important to the storytelling than what we include in the Frame. As master image creators…

Field Report: NewTek Spark Plus 4K

NDI (Network Device Interface) is a free protocol for Video over IP, developed by NewTek. The key word is “free.”

NAB 2021 Cancelled

NAB have announced the show scheduled for October 2021 has been cancelled.

Services

Software IP Enabling Storytelling - Part 1

Television is still a niche industry, but nonetheless, one of the most powerful storytelling mediums in existence. Whether reporting news events, delivering educational seminars, or product reviews, television still outperforms all other mediums in terms of its ability to communicate to mass audiences.

The World Of OTT (Infrastructure Pt8) - The Battle To Beat Content Piracy

Piracy is an ancient issue. In the media industry, piracy is the unlicensed use of content that is protected by copyright. While there are many benefits to OTT video, a downside is that its “over the top” nature where content travels via the internet (rather than a managed network), gives…

BT Sport’s Live VR 360 Coverage Of Premier League Brings Fans Closer To The Action

While the merits of 8K delivery is being debated by broadcasters around the world, some are moving forward with plans to deploy the high resolution quality in creative ways that engage viewers and encourage them to interact with a live broadcast.

PTP V2.1 – New Security & Monitoring For IP Broadcast Infrastructures - Part 2

In the last article in this series, we looked at how PTP V2.1 has improved security. In this part, we investigate how robustness and monitoring is further improved to provide resilient and accurate network timing.