After much discussion over the past year, Dish Network has joined the over-the top (OTT) fray by unveiling at the CES Show this week a new OTT service that, unlike others, includes sports outlets ESPN, TBS and TNT and will cost about $20 monthly for about a dozen TV channels.
Although there continues to be some debate about whether the industry as a whole will embrace a next-generation television broadcast standard, dubbed ATSC 3.0, due to a number of technical and financial hardship hurdles (for both broadcasters and the consumer), several live demonstrations of the proposed standard’s capabilities continue to b
Cloud computing and broadcasters—they are made for each other. Cloud computing enables global scale of operations, brings tremendous cost savings and enables the worldwide distribution of content.
Ericsson recently unveiled its real-time platform that supports live captioning in multiple languages. The system relies on speech-to-text intelligence, newsroom integration, and rapid offline content preparation. The live platform is a key part of Ericsson’s Broadcast and Media Services portfolio following the acquisition of leading media services company Red
