Mobile tops CDN Summit October 22^nd 2014 - 05:16 PM

The needs of mobile operators have leapt up the CDN (Content Delivery Network) agenda, reflecting the fast growing consumption of high bandwidth content on the move, chiefly video. As a result MNOs (Mobile Network Operators) had top billing at the recent CDN World Summit in London and not just as…

OTT broadcast passes tipping point as HBO and CBS leap aboard the waggon October 21^st 2014 - 12:12 PM

The tipping point for OTT broadcast services was surely passed when on successive days HBO and CBS announced they were cutting their own cords with announcements of online-only subscription services. Analysts such as UK based Rethink Technologies are right to assert that these moves will start the dominoes falling not…

New Ericsson Report Finds Major Changes in Television Viewing Habits October 6^th 2014 - 11:00 AM

Television viewing habits throughout the world are undergoing major change. A new report from Ericsson finds that streaming video is closing in on linear TV with a gap of just two percentage points in terms of weekly consumption.

I Want My 4K MTV September 29^th 2014 - 02:18 PM

The future of digital video is expanding in all directions; from the size of the living room TV, the depth of content selection, and to the different types of devices which serve content. A culmination of technologies is brewing that is bringing an IMAX1-esque experience into the living room.

An Exploration into the Impact of Middle-Mile Optimization on Content Delivery Bottlenecks September 22^nd 2014 - 05:02 PM

In this whitepaper you’ll learn: results of an industry-wide content acceleration technology “bake-off”; the benefits of middle-mile optimization on content acceleration technologies; the testing methodologies and approach we used when comparing providers; and independent third-party corroboration of the test results. This whitepaper is a detailed look into the methods and r…

Mobile Television Could Not Exist Without Content Delivery Networks August 18^th 2014 - 04:10 PM

The popular concept of television anytime, anywhere and on any device may be Internet driven, but it could not exist without Content Delivery Networks (CDN) — the speedy enablers that work quietly behind the scenes connecting video programs to end users.

LTE Broadcast gains momentum despite negative report from EBU August 11^th 2014 - 08:25 AM

LTE Broadcast is the mobile industry’s latest attempt to develop a viable technology for multicast transmission over cellular backhaul infrastructures and on through the Radio Access Network (RAN), after a litany of previous failures such as DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting- Handheld) and in the US Qualcomm’s MediaFlo.

OTT live is the next frontier for content security July 21^st 2014 - 11:41 AM

Forensic watermarking the key to combating OTT stream piracy

The Business Cost Of Poor Streaming Quality May 3^rd 2024 - 09:00 AM

Poor quality streaming loses viewers at an alarming rate especially when we consider the unintended consequences of poor error reporting on streaming players.

Future Technologies: Asynchronous Transport May 1^st 2024 - 09:00 AM

In this first in a series of articles considering technologies of the near future and how they might transform how we think about broadcast, we begin with the potential for asynchronous transport streams.

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.

Why AI Won’t Roll Out In Broadcasting As Quickly As You’d Think April 24^th 2024 - 09:00 AM

We’ve all witnessed its phenomenal growth recently. The question is: how do we manage the process of adopting and adjusting to AI in the broadcasting industry? This article is more about our approach than specific examples of AI integration; there’s plenty of time for that later.

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.

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