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…

Cloud-Based Video Distribution Makes an Impact on the Broadcast Industry January 22^nd 2016 - 09:00 AM

Broadcasters face tough competition today. A variety of different news outlets are competing for the same story compounded by the fact that television viewers have a desire to be aware of news as it happens. If a broadcaster doesn’t tell a news story first and offer a unique perspective, v…

Navigating the Shift Toward IP-Based Playout January 22^nd 2016 - 07:00 AM

The pressure to reduce the TCO of today’s SDI broadcast infrastructures makes an all IP infrastructure solution appealing. But to reach that goal, a facility needs to leverage existing technology with new software-based media processing applications on COTS servers. Here are some suggested steps.

ATSC 3.0 Broadcast at CES January 21^st 2016 - 09:00 AM

When ATSC 3.0 proponents ran a broadcast test of a UHD signal over-the-air during CES 2016, the results proved the viability of this new IP-based transmission technology. But did anybody understand the significance?

QoE: What Does it Really Mean Today? January 19^th 2016 - 11:00 AM

There are some immutable laws for success in any consumer-oriented industry. Potential customers need to first know the product or service exists, and then they have to be persuaded that it’s desirable or necessary.