Media streaming over the internet is unique. Packet switched networks were never designed to deliver continuous and long streams of media but instead were built to efficiently process transactional and short bursts of data. The long streams of video and audio data are relentless in their network demands and to distribute them effectively requires the adoption of specialist CDNs.
NBC Sports has selected TAG Video Systems to provide OTT monitoring and multiviewing for its production of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games.
Mediaproxy, a developer of software-based IP broadcast solutions, is targeting the growing area of ‘pop-up’ television and streaming channels by offering its flagship LogServer system as a flexible OPEX option. The compliance logging and monitoring platform is now available for short-term rental to broadcasters covering a special event or creating additional, temporary services.
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The Confederation of African Football has chosen Globecast for two seasons of satellite distribution for their main competitions. This includes the recent Africa Cup of Nations men’s football championship, held in Cameroon.
Triveni Digital’s end-to-end ATSC 3.0 solution enables the Canadian broadcast market to test datacasting applications, including remote learning.
Bridge Technologies has announced the release of its VB246, an ASI input option card for real-time high-density monitoring in remote head-end, regional edge-multiplexer, modulator and transmitter sites.
Cobalt Iron, a provider of SaaS-based enterprise data protection based in Kansas, USA, has been granted a patent on its technology for dynamic IT infrastructure optimization in response to cyberthreats.
Czech TV has put Riedel Communications’ MediorNet MicroN UHD modules at the heart of a newly rebuilt OB van — the broadcaster’s largest mobile unit — to replace a traditional router with a more compact, intelligent, and versatile distributed routing system.
