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An ENG-style van belonging to Irish national broadcaster RTE housed the 5G system and Starlink uplink. Note the 5G antenna on the ENG mast.

The Experimental Private 5G Network-in-a-Box December 23rd 2022 - 09:00 AM

New ‘Private 5G In A Box’ technology coupled with low orbit satellites has huge potential for high bandwidth contribution in remote areas.

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Electricity: Part 9 - Sustainable Energy December 22nd 2022 - 09:00 AM

Gaining green credentials is becoming paramount for broadcasters but the solutions to achieving this are bound up with the wider societal issues surrounding electricity.

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Essential Guide: Empowering Cloud Through Microservices December 21st 2022 - 09:30 AM

This Essential Guide shows how microservices can deliver the ultimate in scalability, flexibility, and resilience… but to truly leverage their value, we must not only change our approach to infrastructure design, but also develop our mindsets.

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2023 Looks To Be A Year Of Continued Efficiency And Advanced Workflows December 21st 2022 - 09:00 AM

Michael Grotticelli shares his personal take on the most significant changes in technology, workflow and business in 2022 and his predictions for what may lay ahead.

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Scalable Dynamic Software For Broadcasters: Part 2 - Microservices Explained December 20th 2022 - 09:00 AM

Monolithic code has been the traditional method of writing and distributing software for many years. As systems become more complex it proves difficult to scale, maintain, and support. The solution to overcoming these is provided by microservices, but to understand why they are so important, we must review monolithic software to show its limitations.

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Sustainability Of Streaming: How Does OTT Compare With OTA? - Part 2 December 16th 2022 - 09:00 AM

Part 1 of this series began the analysis of the report by the UK’s Ofcom that compares the UK’s energy consumption in 2021 for content delivered and viewed in DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television) versus OTT (Over The Top) ecosystems. In Part 2, we dig further into the detail and imagine an OTT-only future.

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Compression: Part 3 - Reference Codecs December 15th 2022 - 09:00 AM

Compression relies heavily on information theory, but also on a good deal of common sense. Here we pick our way between the two.

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Orchestrating Resources For Large-Scale Events December 14th 2022 - 09:30 AM

This Themed Content Collection is the first of a new format for The Broadcast Bridge. It is a single download document that features a set of six articles, each of which tackles a different aspect of production for a large-scale, multi-site live broadcast, such as a major international sporting tournament or a national league on game day. It offers insight into planning infrastructure, networks, physical & virtual resources and people for remote IP based production techniques.

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