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“Tom”, they said to me in the closing hours of a major trade show: “could you possibly write 1600 words or so on the topic of news?”. I immediately said “yes” and once home I skipped breakfast then sat down to write this – I thought about my recent attendances at NAB, IBC, various DPP, EBU and SMPTE conferences to try and identify what I thought people actually want to hear and realized that while it’s very easy to come up with 1600 words on a specific topic (say, “the potential long-term impact of 5G on contribution workflows”, or “the possibilities of ingest-stage AI metadata on improving monetization of file-based archives”, for example – pick a topic from your favorite conference) it’s far harder with a topic as broad as “News”.
Viacom18, part of Network18 Group, one of India’s media and entertainment (M&E) conglomerates, has deployed Nevion’s contribution solution. This, delivered in just three weeks by Nevion (a Sony Group Company), is being used for the live coverage of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) of cricket.
Content Origination is in the midst of significant transformation, like all parts of the OTT video ecosystem. As OTT grows and new efficiencies are pursued, Origination must play its part as a fundamental element of the delivery chain. But Origination is not just about smooth and efficient content delivery. It’s also about providing key features to the OTT service.
This is the first in a series of articles examining the technology underlying video streaming as that becomes the dominant transmission medium for TV. This first article dissects the internet itself and examines the impact of streaming on it, setting the scene for a more in depth look at specific components such as CDNs.
The Metaverse may seem a long way off but the technology underpinning its rapid deployment is here today and has the potential to empower broadcasters to improve the immersive viewing experience.
Messaging is an incredibly important concept in microservices and forms the backbone of their communication. But keeping systems coherent and resilient requires an understanding of how microservices communicate and why.
One of the difficulties while recording speech outside of a controlled production environment is unwanted background noise – especially when it’s loud and intrusive. This degrades the intelligibility of what is being communicated. There is also the market demand for addressing the important issue of hearing loss and providing a channel for overall speech intelligibility during programming. Countries like Germany have been steadfast in their move to encourage TV broadcasters to include some type of speech enhancement technology with their programs.
AMPP provides many different configurations for high availability cloud systems that empower broadcasters to choose the best infrastructures to meet their demands and further improve the viewing experience.
