A new generation of CDN technologies and services is being driven along by the gathering boom in mobile video consumption fuelled by larger smartphones and tablets in particular. This is leading to CDNs designed to meet the specific needs of mobile video services, which include catering for multiple device formats…
A new category has appeared in the marketing lexicon of playout automation and media management companies, namely ‘media orchestration’. It describes a process that will play an increasingly significant role as media organisations make the inevitable transition from baseband (SDI) to IP network technology.
Let’s start with two interesting and, maybe, surprising facts: “TV advertising remains the most effective form of advertising and creates the most profit for businesses…. Television commercials have yielded an average profit return of £1.79 for every £1 invested during 2011-14.”
Apple iPad app significantly reduces set up time for multi-view control rooms.
There’s now a myriad of ways to monitor multiple video signals on a single screen, both for the large broadcast facility and the single camera operator. All have their benefits. Image courtesy Ross Video.
In this third and last part of the series on IP networking, we will look at the components that make up the network infrastructure.
Clear evidence that social network activity around a linear broadcast drives subsequent catch up viewing has come from a study by Nielsen, the world’s leading TV audience measurement specialist. This is significant for broadcasters in that time shifted viewing within the seven day window after linear showing now accounts f…
The goal is to cut down on the wait time.
If you ask any avid sports fan, and maybe some casual observers as well, the biggest problem with instant replay reviews during live sports games is that the referees, or more recently umpires, take too long to make a call—e…
Equal access legislation in the UK, US and other countries has led to widespread captions and subtitles for broadcast services. However, despite the efforts of a number of lobbying groups, availability of captions on video-on-demand services, including those streamed via the internet, have been slow to take off. This article…
It may be obvious, but sometimes the obvious needs stating, which is that television pictures can only be assessed by the viewer through the human visual system. It is equally obvious, that moving picture reproduction systems developed without an understanding of human vision will be sub-optimal. That’s where we a…
