Traditional broadcasting faces increased competition from heavily funded network-based channels. But now, there are new, smaller and much lower-cost ways for content makers to get their message to an audience. Enter NomadTV, a company that builds low-cost OTT services for any niche audience.
Confused about moving to IP? Don’t worry you are not alone. While recent moves by Evertz, chief promoter of the ASPEN live IP production protocol and Sony, architect of its own route to live IP, to join the Alliance for IP Media Solutions would seem to herald a break…
The EU’s member states are reaching towards consensus over cross border portability of content between European countries with a transitional approach allowing broadcasters and media rights holders time to adjust to a more open market. This emerged during the EU’s recent Competitive Council meeting, where delegates showed favor of …
IT professionals have long been using LTO tape to back up critical files. However recently, as the number and size of media files continues to grow exponentially, media organizations have come to realize the value of LTO tape for archiving media libraries as well. This tutorial suggests ways to begin…
Fairlight is collaborating with DTS and the University of Salford, located in Manchester, UK, to develop a new approach to assist sound engineers with live sports productions.
I was due to write another terminology article and thought doing one that explains the terms, alliances, and standards might be helpful. There is no shortage of new terms, so let’s get started.
For 20 years broadcasters have dreamed of a true media factory, where assets arrive and an automated plant configures and delivers the correct form of media to the proper location. The demands of new content players, smart TVs, tablets, phones and PCs, make that dream even more important. In fact, that…
A good test and measurement solution combines both smart test equipment and a trained operator.
Anyone can buy and fly a UAV-drone. All the exhibits at this year’s NAB show made that obvious. What was typically glossed over were the finer points of the flight science that makes them work—and why drones can make a less-than-perfect camera platform. Helicopter and UAV pilot John Wat…
Increased global connectivity is enabling broadcasters operating across geographically dispersed locations to reevaluate the way they do business. In this article we take a look at examples of distributed media workflows, where advanced integration connects separate broadcast sites to form a mesh network of operational locations.
The BBC is arguably…
