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Broadcaster D2C Requirements For The 2020s - Part 1 May 12th 2022 - 09:00 AM

Most national broadcasters in developed countries have app-based OTT services, many of which have been in place for over a decade. Less-developed national broadcasters still rely on YouTube, Social Media platforms, or their own websites to deliver OTT content to their audience.

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Electricity: Part 2 - Protection May 11th 2022 - 09:00 AM

Electrical safety is extremely important, and a combination of technology and procedures helps achieve adequate protection.

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Basic GV AMPP Playout functionality will be available free to customers starting on June 1st.

Grass Valley Shakes Up Playout Category By Offering Cloud-based AMPP Module For Free May 9th 2022 - 10:00 AM

As head of NewTek and later its NDI subsidiary for decades until last year, Dr. Andrew Cross was a big advocate of making technology accessible and affordable to a wide range of people. It just made good business sense to create an ecosystem and then allow users to experience some of it for free and build up from there.

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Thoughts On NAB 2022 May 6th 2022 - 09:00 AM

NAB happened! Yes, footfall was inevitably down and there were fewer vendors exhibiting, but the show went on. And what a great success it was too.

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What is the best measure of a CDNs carbon footprint?

Quantifying The CO2 Of A CDN May 5th 2022 - 09:00 AM

Consumer awareness about the impact of video streaming is increasing and broadcasters are more willing to choose environmentally friendly solutions. However, they also expect image quality to continue to rise. At the same time content streaming services are hitting a processing bottleneck to achieve high quality at the lowest possible bitrate. Does something have to give? Saving the planet versus streaming the planet seems like an obvious choice but there are ways that carbon reduction can happen at the same time as our entertainment experiences can get richer.

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Transforms: Part 4 - Discrete Fourier Transforms May 4th 2022 - 09:00 AM

As we saw earlier when discussing transform duality, when something happens on one side of a transform, we can predict through duality what to expect on the other side.

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NAB Show exhibits always impress visitors, starting in the LVCC lobby. Photo courtesy NAB.

2022 NAB Show Review, Part 2 May 2nd 2022 - 09:00 AM

With fewer exhibits and smaller crowds, the 2022 NAB Show aisles were easier to navigate and exhibitors had more time to speak with visitors.

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NAB exhibits opened at 10 a.m. on Sunday. It wasn’t the usual heathy 100,000+ crowd, but it was an excited and healthy 52,000. Courtesy NAB.

2022 NAB Show Review, Part 1 April 29th 2022 - 12:30 PM

Many annual NAB Shows have become milestones in TV broadcasting history. The presence of the 2022 NAB Show marked the first Las Vegas NAB Show since 2019.

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