Sharing of passwords to services like Netflix and HBO Go among friends and family is costing the OTT video industry $500 million a year in the US alone, according to a report by Parks Associates. The report emphasizes that both content redistribution and credential sharing are growing as fast as the OTT video industry as a whole and will need a variety of measures to keep theft under control.
Contribution networks traditionally involved either leased or occasional use dedicated video circuits. The issue with both is the inherent expense, as the video circuit could only be used by a broadcast production, so for most of the time the investment was lying idle.
A seismic shift in the media-consumption landscape means that a growing number of viewers will be looking to enjoy the 2016 Olympics on a variety of devices, in multiple resolutions and all in real time.
Under a FCC experimental broadcast license, Tribune Broadcasting’s WJW-TV is providing a DTV transmitter, tower and 6-MHz channel for ATSC 3.0-related field testing in Cleveland. Field tests of key elements of ATSC 3.0 have been underway since mid-May by a collaboration of LG Electronics, Zenith R&D Lab and GatesAir.
Broadcasters used to predominantly deliver SD and HD linear content. Today, consumer expectations for high-quality video on every screen, including on-demand, have propelled the industry toward adopting a more flexible and efficient approach to video production and distribution.
IP video over Wi-Fi provided a solid new signal transport solution at a fraction of most wireless link costs. Wi-Fi was easy. The challenge was finding available devices to convert camera HDMI into IP for Wi-Fi transport, and decoders to convert IP back to HDMI for the production switcher.
Ultra High Definition (UHD), or 4k as it’s also known, is now firmly established in the minds of broadcast professionals and viewers alike, even if far from being established in TV studios and the home.
Anyone who says engineering live field production is a breeze isn’t serious.
