Be Your Own OTT Mogul June 6^th 2016 - 12:05 PM

Traditional broadcasting faces increased competition from heavily funded network-based channels. But now, there are new, smaller and much lower-cost ways for content makers to get their message to an audience. Enter NomadTV, a company that builds low-cost OTT services for any niche audience.

Enabling Interop Between AIMS, ASPEN, NewTek NDI and Sony NMI: Questions Answered June 6^th 2016 - 10:00 AM

Confused about moving to IP? Don’t worry you are not alone. While recent moves by Evertz, chief promoter of the ASPEN live IP production protocol and Sony, architect of its own route to live IP, to join the Alliance for IP Media Solutions would seem to herald a break…

EU Treads Softly Towards Cross Border Content Portability June 3^rd 2016 - 12:05 PM

The EU’s member states are reaching towards consensus over cross border portability of content between European countries with a transitional approach allowing broadcasters and media rights holders time to adjust to a more open market. This emerged during the EU’s recent Competitive Council meeting, where delegates showed favor of …

The Human Element in Digital Media Monitoring May 17^th 2016 - 01:00 PM

A good test and measurement solution combines both smart test equipment and a trained operator.

UHD and HDR—the Dolby View May 4^th 2016 - 10:00 AM

Better pixels are coming, but there is much detail to be resolved. Will consumers be confused? Will a “4K” receiver also support high dynamic range (HDR), high frame rate (HFR) and wide colour gamut (WGC)? And where will the content come from? Over-the-air looks a little way off, but fibre bro…

Getting from HD to the UHD Perfect Picture May 3^rd 2016 - 08:00 AM

Just what are the practical aspects of improving delivered picture quality? They involve a complex combination of needing to increase both spatial and temporal resolution.

EBU Urges Broadcasters to Conform with New Cyber Security Guidelines April 26^th 2016 - 12:30 PM

The EBU (European Broadcasting Union) has published its minimal set of cyber security guidelines for its members’ IT systems based on best practice already established in other industries. The recommendation known as EBU R143 has been developed in response to several high profile and damaging hacks on broadcasters and content o…

Ultra HD Forum Guidelines Clear Way for Commercial Deployments April 21^st 2016 - 04:00 PM

The Ultra HD Forum released its first set of guidelines for production workflows at NAB 2016 as promised, clearing the way for early deployments in 2016. But the Forum emphasized that these guidelines were still work in progress and that a future version would target later Ultra HD services in 2017 and beyond.

SaaS Captioning and Subtitling April 18^th 2016 - 08:30 AM

Subtitling multi-language media provides a specific challenge, namely that the person facilitating the subtitling has to be available at the broadcaster or post house facility. For one language this may be viable, but a feature film may require many language versions for international distribution, and the requirement to have localised…

Before the Truck Rolls…. April 15^th 2016 - 10:00 AM

A lot of people are prepared to fly on an airline that provides very poor customer service if they think they are getting a bargain ticket by doing so. For others, a pleasant travel experience is part of the holiday, and worth paying a bit more for. But basically, if…