Audio For Broadcast: Cloud Based Audio June 14^th 2024 - 09:00 AM

With several industry leading audio vendors demonstrating milestone product releases based on new technology at the 2024 NAB Show, the evolution of cloud-based audio took a significant step forward. In light of these developments the article below replaces previously published content on the topic.

An Introduction To Network Observability May 23^rd 2024 - 09:00 AM

The more complex and intricate IP networks and cloud infrastructures become, the greater the potential for unwelcome dynamics in the system, and the greater the need for rich, reliable, real-time data about performance and error rates.

Next-Gen 5G Contribution: Part 2 - MEC & The Disruptive Potential Of 5G May 14^th 2024 - 09:00 AM

The migration of the core network functionality of 5G to virtualized or cloud-native infrastructure opens up new capabilities like MEC which have the potential to disrupt current approaches to remote production contribution networks.

Designing IP Broadcast Systems: Addressing & Packet Delivery May 7^th 2024 - 09:00 AM

How layer-3 and layer-2 addresses work together to deliver data link layer packets and frames across networks to improve efficiency and reduce congestion.

Next-Gen 5G Contribution: Part 1 - The Technology Of 5G April 29^th 2024 - 09:30 AM

5G is a collection of standards that encompass a wide array of different use cases, across the entire spectrum of consumer and commercial users. Here we discuss the aspects of it that apply to live video contribution in broadcast production.

Designing IP Broadcast Systems: Integrating Cloud Infrastructure April 23^rd 2024 - 09:00 AM

Connecting on-prem broadcast infrastructures to the public cloud leads to a hybrid system which requires reliable secure high value media exchange and delivery.

Designing IP Broadcast Systems: Where Broadcast Meets IT April 12^th 2024 - 09:00 AM

Broadcast and IT engineers have historically approached their professions from two different places, but as technology is more reliable, they are moving closer.

Comms In Hybrid SDI - IP - Cloud Systems - Part 2 April 2^nd 2024 - 09:00 AM

We continue our examination of the demands placed on hybrid, distributed comms systems and the practical requirements for connectivity, transport and functionality.

NAB Show 2024 BEIT Sessions Part 2: New Broadcast Technologies March 25^th 2024 - 09:30 AM

The most tightly focused and fresh technical information for TV engineers at the NAB Show will be analyzed, discussed, and explained during the four days of BEIT sessions. It’s the best opportunity on Earth to learn from and question indisputable industry experts, meet them, and swap business cards.

Standards: Part 6 - About The ISO 14496 – MPEG-4 Standard March 22^nd 2024 - 09:00 AM

This article describes the various parts of the MPEG-4 standard and discusses how it is much more than a video codec. MPEG-4 describes a sophisticated interactive multimedia platform for deployment on digital TV and the Internet.