Part 1 of The Big Guide To OTT is a set of three articles which take us back to the foundations of OTT and streaming services; defining the basic principles of the OTT ecosystem, describing the main infrastructure components and the…

The Streaming Tsunami is emerging as broadcasters tune in to their own streaming video strategies. Today, most broadcasters deliver less than 10% of their total viewing hours via OTT streaming services. But things are changing due to consumer preferences for streaming,…

Here we look at reflection and refraction, which figure highly in the cameras and lighting equipment used by broadcasters, to say nothing of the real word in which images are captured.

Although IP and cloud computing may be the new buzz words of the industry, hardware solutions are still very much in demand, especially when taking into consideration software defined architectures. And in addition, a whole new plethora of FPGA based…

Video and audio signals represent synchronous sampled systems that demand high timing accuracy from their distribution and processing infrastructures. Although this has caused many challenges for broadcasters working in traditional hardware systems, the challenges are magnified exponentially when we process…