EBU Welcomes Outcome Of World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 December 31^st 2019 - 09:00 AM

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has declared satisfaction with the outcome of the latest World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19), but is concerned over indications that spectrum currently allocated to Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) might be handed over to fixed wireless broadband providers after 2027.

The Sponsors Perspective: Media Companies - Advance Your Security And Innovation Lifecycles December 27^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

Hackers are always improving the level of sophistication and constantly finding new surface areas to attack – resulting in the surging volume and frequency of cyberattacks.

Video Piracy Declines In EU December 18^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

Media content piracy declined by an average 15% across Europe during 2018 according to the European Union (EU) Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), contradicting the popular notion that the problem is getting out of hand in the streaming era.

Color and Colorimetry – Part 7 – CIE XYZ December 16^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

The rg color space served to document the chromaticity gamut of the HVS, and so was a great step forward in understanding color and color vision. However, it was based on a certain set of primaries. As no set of primaries can embrace the whole of the HVS gamut, it…

PTP Explained - Part 4 - Requirement’s For Virtualisation Of ST 2110 COTS Infrastructures December 10^th 2019 - 10:00 AM

In the fourth and final part of this series, we wrap up with an explanation on how PTP is used to support SMPTE ST 2110 based services, we dive into timing constraints related to using COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) hardware, i.e.: servers.

DVB-I Standard Approved For IP Centric TV December 4^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

DVB, the consortium developing open technical specifications for delivery of broadcast services, has formally approved its DVB-I specification for delivery of linear TV over IP networks including the internet.

Apple TV Plus Puts Spotlight On Low Latency Streaming And CMAF December 3^rd 2019 - 10:00 AM

The recent launch of Apple’s TV Plus service bulked up with original TV shows costing $6 billion to produce has disrupted global attempts to unify streaming behind a common set of protocols for encoding, packaging, storing and playing back video delivered over the internet.

5G And Live Production November 28^th 2019 - 10:00 AM

This past summer the NBA did a little experimenting using 5G and mobile phones to cover their summer league. This is not User Generated Content (UGC) by any means. It also was not an off the shelf deployment of 5G and demonstration of its capability.

PTP Explained - Part 3 - Operational Supervision Of PTP Network Services November 26^th 2019 - 10:00 AM

In the previous two parts of this four-part series, we covered the basic principles of PTP and explained how time transfer can be made highly reliable using both the inherent methods IEE1588 provides as well as various complementing redundancy technologies. In this part, we look deeper into monitoring PTP systems.

Cyber Security Is An All Industry Issue November 25^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

Cyber security impacts everyone and every industry. One unifying comment from cyber security experts is the bad guys are mostly winning. The good guys are fighting the good fight and we each need to do our part. One of the more challenging aspects of cyber security is cyber policy, governance,…