Cloud Native Technology Ensures Media Business Success July 1^st 2020 - 09:00 AM

As the media landscape continues to streamline the way it delivers content, cloud-native technology, that is, container-based virtualized environments that replicate traditional workflows on premise, is playing a big role. However, some broadcasters moving their assets and processing power to the cloud are performing a simple “forklift,” which is often not

OTT (Or Is It ABR?) - Part 2 - The Mechanics Of ABR Delivery June 29^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

ABR delivery offers the prospect of automatic adaptation of bit rates to the prevailing network conditions. Since the client is aware of the set of available bit rates, it can determine, segment-by-segment, which is the optimal bit rate to use.

Android TV Gains Ground Around Asia June 23^rd 2020 - 09:00 AM

Taiwan Broadband Communications (TBC), one of the country’s leading cable TV operators, is the latest recruit in the region for Android TV, following deployments of the platform at Kbro in the same country, as well as KT Skylife and CJ Hello in South Korea. There have also been recent d

OTT (Or Is It ABR?) - Part 1 - The Challenges To Be Solved June 22^nd 2020 - 09:00 AM

Over-The-Top (OTT) started life as a means to deliver file-based assets for on-demand viewing, and most of its key characteristics echo that origin.

Essential Guide: Advertising, Regionalization & Personalization June 9^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Technical advances in regionalization and personalization for Ad insertion are helping broadcasters leverage revenues from OTT and VOD. Improved granularity in distribution facilitates refined targeting of advertising giving broadcasters and advertisers unprecedented access to discerning viewers.

The Sponsors Perspective: How HDR Has Blurred Lines Between TV And Cinema June 4^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Twenty years ago, there was a clear divide between how you shot and finished a project for Cinema compared to the typical workflows used in broadcast TV. With the advent of streaming services that provide 4K/UHD to a broad audience the lines are now blurred between these two worlds.

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.

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

Lockdown Drives Up US Broadband Usage By Almost Half May 14^th 2020 - 11:00 AM

The current lockdown has driven a 47% surge in US broadband traffic, according to analytics and technology provider OpenVault.

CP Communications Fortifies Ironman By Integrating Streaming Media Studio May 13^th 2020 - 01:00 PM

CP Communications has completed systems integration of a custom-designed streaming media studio and control room for the IRONMAN Group, a sports event management company based in Tampa, Florida.