The BEITC conference sessions at the 2025 NAB Show were varied and fascinating. Here our transmission specialist Ned Soseman summarizes his pick of the sessions of most relevance to the US broadcast market.

Our resident digital philosopher Dave Shapton asks us all to consider whether we know what is real and how much we value authenticity.

File based monitoring tools sit at the heart of broadcast workflow. As production requirements evolve to embrace remote production and multi-site teams, such systems must also evolve to meet the new challenges.

Tests have confirmed that content steering will boost performance and resilience of multi-CDN delivery networks. Following standardization by the DASH Industry Forum and then ETSI, it is becoming integral to streaming infrastructures, working autonomously and upgraded transparently in the field.

M-S techniques provide useful sound-field positioning and a convenient way to check mono compatibility. We explain the hard science behind this often misunderstood technique.