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AI combined with context-aware algorithms and data sets are key to creating intelligent storage.

Practical Broadcast Storage - Part 3 February 14th 2019 - 11:00 AM

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made its mark on IT and is rapidly advancing into mainstream broadcasting. By employing AI methodologies, specifically machine learning, broadcasters can benefit greatly from the advances in IT infrastructure innovation and advanced storage designs.

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An Insider’s Guide to Object Storage February 11th 2019 - 01:50 PM

As the IP revolution continues to gain momentum and more broadcast facilities take advantage of the fantastic and unprecedented opportunities IT delivers, administrators and system designers must master the complex aspects of data storage.

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WTA Offers New Research on Teleport Automation February 5th 2019 - 03:00 PM

In a world of 10-fold increases in complexity automation is the key to survival. Not just automation, “service orchestration” is the new approach needed to manage internal and external hardware and software in order to make the best use of in-house resources and leverage third-party providers.

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IP Control Uncovered February 5th 2019 - 11:00 AM

As broadcasters continue to successfully migrate video and audio to IP, attention soon turns to control, interoperability, and interconnectivity to improve reliability and efficiency. In this article, we investigate IP control as we move to IP infrastructures.

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As demands increase for every more compact and faster storage, so too does industry technology to satisfy those needs.

Data Recording and Transmission: Part 4 - Pushing Storage Density February 4th 2019 - 11:00 AM

One measure of the performance of a data storage device is the cost per bit. Simple economics forces a constant improvement in density that allows more data in the same space. John Watkinson looks at what the limits are and to see which are fundamental and which can be pushed back.

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More people are choosing to watch even major events on a small screen.

Streaming Competes with Broadcast at Super Bowl LIII February 1st 2019 - 12:05 PM

Thanks to improved streaming technology, a lot more fans are going to be watching the Super Bowl on mobile screens.

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Context aware data-sets, along with AI, can create scalable and dynamic storage systems.

Practical Broadcast Storage - Part 2 January 31st 2019 - 01:50 PM

Broadcast systems are renowned for their high speed and high capacity data demands. Up to recently, they relied on bespoke hardware solutions to deliver the infrastructure required for live real-time uncompressed video. But new advances in IT data storage have now opened the doors for broadcasters to take advantage of this state-of-the-art IT innovation.

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Broadcast of a NASCAR race (shown here) requires multiple TV trucks, but nothing equals the the Super Bowl. Image NASCAR 2017

Routers Link Mobile Units to Provide Hugh IP Connectivity for Super Bowl January 31st 2019 - 08:00 AM

Evertz EXE IP routers will be linked together in NEP’s SSCBS and Game Creek’s Encore mobile units to provide at least 2,000 inputs and 4,000 outputs for this year’s Super Bowl coverage.

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