Actus Digital And The Weather Channel Join Forces To Drive Workflow Efficiency February 22^nd 2021 - 10:00 AM

The Weather Channel television network is using Actus Digital’s broadcast monitoring platform to perform a wide range of mission-critical tasks. Replacing an existing system, the enterprise version of Actus Digital’s platform ensures superior video and audio quality for The Weather Channel while complying with mandatory industry requirements for its

Digital Audio: Part 8 - Sampling Rates February 16^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

The best sampling rate for digital audio is easily established by considering the requirements of the human auditory system (HAS), which is the only meaningful arbiter. Provided that the bandwidth of a digital audio system somewhat exceeds the bandwidth of the HAS, that should be enough.

Digital Audio: Part 7 - Debunking The Myths Around Hi-Fi Audio January 21^st 2021 - 09:00 AM

It’s interesting to compare the quality that can be obtained using digital audio with legacy media such as the vinyl disk and magnetic tape.

Busy Year At DekTec January 6^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

DekTec has been diligently updating multiple digital-video interface adapters (PCI, USB, IP) and associated software for the PC-based professional T&M and Broadcast Infrastructure markets in 2020.

Core Insights - Agile Adaptive Monitoring For OTT December 16^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

With viewers demanding to watch what they want, where they want, and how they want, it’s not surprising we’re seeing an unprecedented growth in broadcaster OTT requirements. However, the change in delivery format from traditional broadcasting is providing us with some interesting challenges.

Digital Audio: Part 6 - Noise Shaping December 15^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Noise shaping performs an important role in digital audio because it allows hardware to be made at lower cost without sacrificing performance, and in some cases allowing a performance improvement.

Sinclair’s Qligent Vision Integration December 11^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Standardized QoS/QoE monitoring systems ensure that Sinclair operators can seamlessly aggregate, analyze and troubleshoot all broadcast performance data groupwide. It also builds a solid foundation for future automation.

Adaptive Monitoring Keeps An Eye Out For Quality While Saving Cost December 2^nd 2020 - 09:00 AM

As the number of channels for OTT delivery continues to grow, monitoring these channels in a highly automated way has become paramount to ensuring a good Quality of Experience for the viewer. To deliver QoE that’s as good as linear TV broadcasts, the entire system—from ingest to multi-bitrate enc

Protected Transport Bolsters Signal Monitoring For Live Broadcasts Over IP November 25^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Any experienced master control operator or quality control manager will tell you that monitoring hundreds of feeds requires that each individual channel is delivered reliably, on time and to the exact location it was meant to go. When these signals are distributed over the public internet, strict protocols must be

Digital Audio: Part 5 - The Mathematics Of Oversampling November 18^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Oversampling is a topic that is central to digital audio and has almost become universal, but what does it mean?