Building Software Defined Infrastructure: Part 3 - Monitoring Dynamic Resource

Welcome to Part 3 of Building Software Defined Infrastructure. This multi-part content series from Tony Orme explores the microservices based IT technologies that are driving the next phase of transition from hardware to software based broadcast systems. This series is essential reading for those contemplating the design and deployment of microservices based software systems running in private or public cloud infrastructure.

Part 3 contains four articles which discuss how building…

The New Frontier Of Interactive Rights - The Rules Of The Interactivity Game

It is apt that the rules-centric Sports leagues and bodies that are pioneering the use of Interactive Rights, must build up the new set of rules by which Interactive Rights themselves must “play the game”. This article looks at how the Rules of Interactivity are being created and managed as…

Microphones: Part 11 - The State Of The Art… And The Potential Of MEMS Microphone Arrays

Here we look from the state of the art in microphones, to what the future may bring with the enticing theoretical potential of microphone arrays built using MEMS technology.

Live Sports Production: Part 2 - Network Infrastructure

Welcome to Part 2 of ‘Live Sports Production’ - This multi-part series uses a round table style format to explore the technology of live sports production with some of the industry’s leading system designers. It is a fascinating insight into what is being done every day around the world.

Part…

Broadcast Standards: Part 27 - Standards Organizations Summary & New Themes

Here we begin to build on the foundations of the incredibly well received ‘Broadcast Standards – The Book’ with the next phase of our exploration of standards used in broadcast.

As we proceed, we will focus on a number of key topic areas; the growth of new ‘cloud’ (private &…

BEIT Conference Sessions At NAB 2025 Report - Part 2

The BEITC conference sessions at the 2025 NAB Show were varied and fascinating. Here our transmission specialist Ned Soseman concludes his review of his personal pick of the sessions of most relevance to the US broadcast market.

IP Monitoring & Diagnostics With Command Line Tools: Part 2 - Testing Remote Connections

In the previous article, we set the scene for working with the Command Line Interface (CLI) on a UNIX system. Now we will explore some techniques for performing basic tests on our network infrastructure to check for potential problems.

Generative AI & Content Recommendation

Many major broadcasters are at least investigating how Generative AI can enhance content recommendation, partly by exploiting the ability to combine attributes across video, audio, text and graphics. These are early days though, with research still being conducted by universities and other academic institutions, as well as broadcasters themselves.

BEIT Conference Sessions At NAB 2025 Report - Part 1

The BEITC conference sessions at the 2025 NAB Show were varied and fascinating. Here our transmission specialist Ned Soseman summarizes his pick of the sessions of most relevance to the US broadcast market.

Authenticity And Trust In Media

Our resident digital philosopher Dave Shapton asks us all to consider whether we know what is real and how much we value authenticity.