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Applied Technology: Moving Secondary Services Into The Cloud March 30th 2018 - 12:05 PM

Historically, broadcast-related activities had to located near the actual broadcast production chain. But with the advent of cloud services, many auxiliary broadcast services can be located anywhere.

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Cloud-based SaaS solutions are increasingly the key to supporting cost-effective media production.

The Unique Benefits of Cloud-Native SaaS for Media Companies March 29th 2018 - 11:00 AM

Media technology must deal with highly variable demand for time-sensitive work that involves geographically distributed locations, while operating on extremely large professional media files. These inflexible and harsh demands make the agility and cost effectiveness of cloud-native SaaS particularly relevant.

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At a recent SMPTE Australia show, Agile Broadcast helped Wheatstone set up a demonstration of its virtualized products.

NAB Session Looks At New Forms Of Virtualization For Audio Production March 28th 2018 - 01:00 PM

Due to advances in IP content delivery and production crew collaboration, new virtual tools are augmenting the connected studio. Broadcasters are now able to customize studios and workflows with virtual interfaces that talk directly to anything that touches the IP audio network. They’re replacing hardware newsrooms with virtual mixers, mobilizing the studio using tablets and other virtual interfaces in the field, and scripting their own version of what broadcast looks and feels like.

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Broadcast For IT - Part 7 - Color and Temperature March 27th 2018 - 08:00 AM

In this series of articles, we will explain broadcasting for IT engineers. Television is an illusion, there are no moving pictures and todays broadcast formats are heavily dependent on decisions engineers made in the 1930’s and 1940’s. In this article we start to look at the human visual system and color temperature.

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AoIP Technology Helps Stations Expand Their Reach “On Location” March 16th 2018 - 11:00 AM

Amidst swirling competition and a need for new revenue, radio personalities have expanded their audiences and their reach by installing video cameras in their studios and broadcasting from remote sites related to their genre’s scope. This has been particularly true of sports talk radio shows, which use major sporting and entertainment events to draw their listeners in. They have also invested heavily in live remotes to attract attention.

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The ATSC 3.0 standard affords broadcasters new ways to address the issue of UHD/HD/SD delivery across diverse reception conditions.

ATSC 3.0 Offers New and Flexible OTA Delivery Options for Broadcasters March 15th 2018 - 11:00 AM

The broadcast industry is on the cusp of a new era with the launch of ATSC 3.0 This flexible platform supports multiple types of encoding, which can result in viewers always getting the best available signal over a variety of reception conditions.

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Broadcast For IT - Part 6 - Counting Time in 59.94 March 14th 2018 - 04:00 PM

In this series of articles, we will explain broadcasting for IT engineers. Television is an illusion, there are no moving pictures and todays broadcast formats are heavily dependent on decisions engineers made in the 1930’s and 1940’s. In this article we look at how to represent time in 59.94i frame systems such as those based on the American NTSC systems.

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WTA Report Reveals Service Providers Adapting to Market and Tech Disruption March 13th 2018 - 11:00 AM

The World Teleport Association (WTA) has released Teleport Opportunities 2018, a new research report surveying teleport executives on market opportunities and obstacles to growth, investment, hiring and technology plans.

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