Over the past 15+ years, Zixi has become a trusted leader in live IP video delivery and orchestration technology, evolving from a pioneering protocol to a comprehensive platform with a who’s who list of clients including Amazon Prime Video, Bloomberg, Fox, Fubo, MLB, NFL, Roku, Sinclair, Sky, Warner Media and YouTube TV.
Here we discuss how raw essence data needs to be serialized so it can be stored in media container files. We also describe the various media container file formats and their evolution.
Designing IP Broadcast Systems is another massive body of research driven work - with over 27,000 words in 18 articles, in a free 84 page eBook. It provides extensive insight into the technology and engineering methodology required to create practical IP based broadcast production systems. This series builds on the foundations of the extensive library of work already published by The Broadcast Bridge on IP and scalable software defined infrastructure. This content collection delves deeper into various aspects of how IP based systems work, with detailed technical explorations of key themes including; design philosophies, discoverability, hybrid systems, remote production, cloud infrastructure and software control layers.
Many broadcasters have been revising their streaming strategies with some significant differences, especially between Europe with its stronger tilt towards the internet and North America where ATSC 3.0 is designed to sustain hybrid broadcast/broadband delivery.
Successful microphones have been built working on a number of different principles. Those ideas will be looked at here.
Broadcast image production is intrinsically linked to consumer displays and their capacity to reproduce High Dynamic Range and a Wide Color Gamut.
Tassilo Raesig became CEO at MainStreaming this year straight from being CEO of the German Streaming Service Joyn (part of ProSieben). We sat down with him to discuss his unique perspectives on the state of the streaming industry from the board rooms of both streamer and vendor.
Our series continues with Metadata. It is the glue that connects all your media assets to each other and steers your workflow. You cannot find content in the library or manage your creative processes without it. Metadata can also control the end-user playback experience.
