Transitioning to Broadcast IP Infrastructures; Part 2 - Practical Topologies and Systems March 2^nd 2021 - 09:30 AM

Our first Essential Insights is a set of three video episodes in which we discuss transitioning to IP with industry experts. We explore the fundamental challenges during the planning stage. The decisions that need to be made, and the long-term thinking needed to maintain flexibility, scalability and resilience.

Grass Valley Strikes $5 Million Multi-Year Deal With Gravity Media March 1^st 2021 - 09:30 AM

Grass Valley and Gravity Media partner for major sporting events with multi-year live production infrastructure deal.

Telestream Cloud Stream Monitor And Wirecast Now Have Full SRT Support February 26^th 2021 - 09:30 AM

Telestream Cloud Stream Monitor and Wirecast streaming solutions have achieved SRT Plugged status by successfully completing interoperability testing at the SRT InterOp Plugfest.

FCC Expands Caption Mandate As Automated Processing Takes Center Stage February 26^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

On October 27, 2020 The Federal Communications Commission issued an order to expand its captioning mandate for broadcasters to include audio description requirements for 40 designated market areas (DMAs) over the next four years. The move came after the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA) directed stations in the top 60

Teradek Partners With Frame.io To Support C2C Cloud-based Workflow February 25^th 2021 - 11:00 AM

Creative Solutions announces that Teradek has partnered with Frame.io to support Frame.io C2C (Camera to Cloud), a cloud-based workflow that bridges on-set camera capture with post-production NLE systems. This revolutionary process is poised to forever transform the way in which production and editorial interact.

MBC Group Selects What’s On As New BMS February 25^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

MBC GROUP, a media company in the MENA region, has chosen the Broadcast Management solution What’s On from Mediagenix to replace its current BMS.

SOLVING IP ROUTING FOR BROADCASTERS: PART 2 - NMOS Progress For Broadcast Control February 24^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

IP networks are delivering outstanding success for broadcasters, both in terms of scalable functionality and flexibility. And the recent NMOS suite of specifications is improving integration and control, with IS-06 and IS-07 accelerating the process.

French SVOD Salto Chooses Nomalab February 23^rd 2021 - 09:30 AM

SALTO used the Nomalab browser based platform to provision thousands of hours of content, acquired from a wide variety of French and international content owners.

MESA And SMPTE Develop First Human- And Machine-Readable Language Metadata Table February 19^th 2021 - 10:30 AM

In collaboration with MESA, SMPTE is bringing the media industry’s first human- and machine-readable Language Metadata Table (LMT) into its public review process, an early step toward SMPTE standardization

Pronology Updated Its StreamFile Core Software With NDI, SRT And Skype February 19^th 2021 - 10:00 AM

StreamFile Core is described as a tool for receiving IP video protocols and encoding them into editor-friendly formats such as ProRes, DNx, XDCam and others. This new version integrates both NewTek NDI and Haivision SRT support providing increased IP and streaming capabilities.

Global Viewpoint

IP Agile Mindsets February 25^th 2021 - 09:15 AM

Agile development and DevOps are relatively new concepts for broadcasters. But when I interviewed Paul Markham, from Discovery, in Part 1 of Transitioning to Broadcast IP Infrastructures, it became clear that these disciplines have implications that stretch far beyond software development.