The World Of OTT (Infrastructure Pt9) - Minimizing OTT Churn Rates Through Viewer Engagement October 14^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

The basic goal is for consumers of video services to be highly engaged. It is easy to say but hard to do. Yet it is at the core of being a D2C streamer. D2C requires a deep understanding of the end customer’s satisfaction. But rather than this u

MediaHub Australia Deliver Sky News Regional Channels September 30^th 2021 - 10:00 AM

Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) broadcasts 93 free to air TV signals across regional Australia including Sky News Regional and use MediaHub to deliver its services.

The World Of OTT (Infrastructure Pt8) - The Battle To Beat Content Piracy September 27^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Piracy is an ancient issue. In the media industry, piracy is the unlicensed use of content that is protected by copyright. While there are many benefits to OTT video, a downside is that its “over the top” nature where content travels via the internet (rather than a managed network), gives pir

The World Of OTT (Infrastructure Pt7) - ISPs And The Growth Of OTT Video September 8^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are experiencing significant growth in bandwidth consumption largely due to the uptake of OTT video services and the growth in numbers of connected devices per household. ISPs are therefore navigating the path of making successful investments in their networks that support OTT operators’ goals and consumers’ exp

Live Cloud-Based Remote Production Slowly Gaining Traction August 26^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Although latency and resource coordination continue to challenge those considering cloud-based remote live production, the distributed architecture model is steadily gaining traction as a cost-effective alternate to hardware-based on-premise projects. To date this IT-centric architecture has not been deployed for high-profile productions like the Super Bowl or World Cup, but

The Future Of Live Production Is Moving To The Cloud July 1^st 2021 - 09:00 AM

With mature, cloud-based services now prevalent across the industry, helping to process and distribute content faster and more accurately than ever before, the long sought-after promise of producing content in the cloud—reducing cost and physical barriers—prompted broadcasters and production companies to experiment with new ways to make it a c

The World Of OTT (Quality Assurance Pt2) - Monitoring From The Network Side June 23^rd 2021 - 09:00 AM

Part 1 of this series described how network-side QoE (Quality of Experience) measurement is fundamental to proactively assuring the quality of OTT services. At its core, the network-side can be an early warning system for QoS, which in turn correlates to actual QoE performance. This article considers the two types of

Red Bee Connects Síminn To Channel Store June 11^th 2021 - 10:30 AM

Red Bee Media has connected Síminn to its Channel Store and is now delivering channel aggregation services to the Icelandic telecommunications company.