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 & public) based infrastructures, the convergence of OTA broadcast with streaming services & multi-format broadband delivery, emerging new immersive formats, and initial ISO/MPEG work on AI. But first we pause to take a look at each of the different relevant organizations that create standards, assess what they provide and summarize some of their ongoing work.
In collaboration with their Business Partner Vietcoms, Bridge Technologies are proud to announce completion of a program of support for Vietnamese broadcaster THVL (Vinh Long Television Station), which saw the station engage in significant service upgrades, including new video service preparation facilities, primary distribution and terrestrial broadcast systems.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Our resident digital philosopher Dave Shapton asks us all to consider whether we know what is real and how much we value authenticity.
Encompass Digital Media is leading transformation of the BBC World Service’s global distribution from satellite to IP-based delivery. The initiative, which Encompass are delivering in partnership with Zixi, offers unparalleled flexibility, scalability and cost-effectiveness. The first major milestone was reached at the end of March, and delivered the full transition to IP distribution for BBC World Service partners across Europe. There now follows a rolling programme of transformations across the Americas, Pacific, Africa, and Asia.
