Essential Guide: OTT (or is it ABR?) May 26^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Program delivery to mobile devices and smart televisions has fueled the growth for internet delivery. But one of the challenges broadcasters and media content providers face is that the internet was never originally designed to stream large amounts of video and audio with virtually no dropout or latency.

Broadcasters Go Mobile For Remote Production During Lockdown May 21^st 2020 - 09:00 AM

The global lockdowns have come just too soon for 5G mobile services to help mitigate disruption to production and content creation.

Essential Guide: Monitoring An IP World - OTT May 19^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Monitoring has always been the engineers’ best friend as it turns apparent chaos into order and helps us understand what is going on deep inside a system to deliver high-quality pictures and sound. As OTT continues to play a more prominent role, the need to monitor internet distribution systems is b

Liberty Global And Telefonica Strike $40 Billion UK Joint Venture May 18^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

The £31 billion ($40 billion) merger deal in the UK between cable company Virgin Media and mobile operator O2 will if approved create a second major fully converged entertainment and communications group in the country alongside BT.

The Sponsors Perspective: Reaching OTT At Scale - Pitfalls And Opportunities May 13^th 2020 - 11:30 AM

OTT delivery continues to expand to meet the relentless growing consumer demand. This trend shows no chance of abating and technologists are continually looking to innovation to scale infrastructures accordingly. In this sponsors perspective, Ryan Nicometo, SVP of Product for Vecima, presents the OTT Scale – Maturity Quadrant to help decision m

The New Era Of Broadcast - Mezzanine Links And Beyond May 7^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

20 years ago, broadcast television went through an evolution as it transitioned from analog to digital distribution. This migration was driven by the demand for larger channel counts and spectrum reallocation. Since that transition, another, even more significant sea change has occurred, the internet.

Core Insights: Operating An IP Broadcast Facility May 6^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Whether we’re routing signals or remotely operating equipment, the need for reliable system control is one of the most important aspects of a broadcast facility. But as we migrate to IP, some of the working practices we took for granted with SDI operation don’t necessarily transfer and this is

Essential Guide: The Liberation Of Broadcast Technology May 5^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

For many years broadcasters have been working with static systems that are difficult to change and upgrade. Although we have video and audio routing, the often-tangled mess of jackfield patch-cords is testament to how flexible broadcast systems really need to be to meet the demands of modern program making.