A Strong Core Equips Providers for Volatile Peaks in Demand February 17^th 2016 - 08:00 AM

Building the technical core for a cable, satellite or broadcast system starts with predicting the transport needs. Add to that requirement constantly changing viewer demands and needed support for new technology like 4K, UHD and HDR. Now ask yourself, what state-of-the-art monitoring technology will be needed to ensure proper system…

Live Premium OTT is Not Quite There February 15^th 2016 - 10:00 AM

Live OTT has been the butt of various recent announcements focusing on security, quality and synchronization with traditional broadcast signals over satellite, digital terrestrial, cable or multicast IPTV. The goal is to enable delivery of premium content including TV shows and news but especially live sports to multiscreen devices at…

FCC Picks a Big Fight With Cable Over the Future of Set-Top Boxes February 8^th 2016 - 07:00 AM

In lobbying to get rid of the CableCARD, the cable television industry shot itself in the foot. Now, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler has taken the lead in using their misstep to loosen the industry’s monopoly on cable set-top boxes. It is all shaping up to be a huge fight w…

Screen Wars: Episode II V.0 - The Stations Awaken February 5^th 2016 - 09:00 AM

Broadcasters didn’t invent wireless. They invented how to bring wireless news and entertainment content to the public for free, and make money at it. Since the first US wireless broadcast with sound 106 years ago, radio and TV broadcasters have built the largest, most powerful wireless networks in the world a…

Delivering Live OTT Content: How to Leverage ABR Technologies to Your Advantage February 4^th 2016 - 06:00 PM

According to a 2015 study from Digital TV Research, global OTT TV and video revenues will reach $51.1 billion in 2020.

IP for Live Production: The Case for ASPEN February 1^st 2016 - 01:00 PM

The great promise of IP is to create a truly open and interoperable environment for the smooth plug and play of best of breed technologies. A bit like SDI in fact, but with greater potential for economic and creative benefit. There are a number of overlapping initiatives trying to solve…

Dolby Vision Beating 4K January 29^th 2016 - 12:05 PM

Dolby Laboratories has announced major partnerships that will bring Dolby Vision to your living room HDR TV faster than 4K video is becoming available. Look for it in home movie releases and theaters, too.

“Live is King” in OTT January 28^th 2016 - 03:09 PM

Despite the explosion in Over-the-Top (OTT) in the last year or so, it is still linear TV that attracts the majority of viewers by a long way. One of the major drawbacks of OTT has been its failure to address and capitalize on live content in a way that traditional…

How to Add Live Captions to Streaming Content January 26^th 2016 - 04:00 PM

If adding captions to your streaming content – whether it’s on-demand or live – feels daunting, you’re not alone. Both present new challenges that arise in step with fast-evolving formats and consumer tastes.

Landmark CES UHD Transmission Nearly Plug and Play January 25^th 2016 - 11:30 AM

This is the story of one of two ATSC 3.0 experimental transmissions that took place at CES 2016. Under a FCC Special Temporary Authority permit for Channel 18, station KHMP transmitted an ATSC 3.0 UHD signal to the LG CES exhibit booth using a GatesAir transmitter and Dielectric antenna. The other CES ATSC 3.0 demonstration…