TIM Deploys Android Set Top Boxes From Technicolor September 23^rd 2021 - 09:00 AM

Italian telco TIM has deployed Android TV set-top boxes supplied by Technicolor, giving access to streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon, Infinity, Disney+ and DAZN, as well as traditional linear TV.

BT Sport’s Live VR 360 Coverage Of Premier League Brings Fans Closer To The Action September 22^nd 2021 - 09:00 AM

While the merits of 8K delivery is being debated by broadcasters around the world, some are moving forward with plans to deploy the high resolution quality in creative ways that engage viewers and encourage them to interact with a live broadcast.

PTP V2.1 – New Security & Monitoring For IP Broadcast Infrastructures - Part 2 September 21^st 2021 - 09:00 AM

In the last article in this series, we looked at how PTP V2.1 has improved security. In this part, we investigate how robustness and monitoring is further improved to provide resilient and accurate network timing.

Public Service Broadcasters Juggle Linear And Online To Maximize Coverage September 17^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

The decline of public service broadcasting has been one of those long running narratives that is sometimes defied by reality, like the death of the set top box.

Field Report: NewTek Spark Plus 4K September 16^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

NDI (Network Device Interface) is a free protocol for Video over IP, developed by NewTek. The key word is “free.”

NAB 2021 Cancelled September 15^th 2021 - 04:06 PM

NAB have announced the show scheduled for October 2021 has been cancelled.

TV Stations Coping With Severe Weather But Keep The Reports Coming September 15^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Violent weather storms are wreaking havoc on the East Coast of the U.S. and radio and TV stations there are struggling to get the life-saving news out. In the past two months alone storms have knocked out TV antenna and broadcast towers at an alarming rate.

PTP V2.1 – New Security & Monitoring For IP Broadcast Infrastructures - Part 1 September 14^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Timing accuracy has been a fundamental component of broadcast infrastructures for as long as we’ve transmitted television pictures and sound. The time invariant nature of frame sampling still requires us to provide timing references with sub microsecond accuracy.

Creative Audio - Noise Reduction With Bob Bronow September 13^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Dialogue is king in television. Let’s face it, you don’t watch an episode of your favorite police procedural or reality show just to listen to the sound design or the incidental music. But whether the content is scripted or unscripted, delivering intelligible dialogue can be a real challenge for…

EU-Funded Group Looking To Productize 5G For Broadcast Production And Distribution September 9^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

For the past year an international group of technology companies, funded by the European Union (EU), has been looking into the use of 5G technology to streamline live and studio production in the hopes of distributing more content to (and from) viewers faster and more efficiently. Due to the restrictions…