The Technology Of The Internet: Part 2 - Bandwidth And Adaptive Streaming June 6^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

How CDNs, Adaptive Bit Rate streaming protocols and codecs have evolved together to take video streaming forward from the earlier inconsistent and low-quality experience, to deliver broadcast quality today in many cases.

Understanding IP Broadcast Production Networks: Part 3 - Resilience June 6^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

How distance vector routing simplifies networks and improves resilience.

The Importance Of CDN Selection To Achieve Broadcast-Grade Streaming Experiences June 2^nd 2023 - 09:30 AM

Multi-CDN is a standard model for today’s OTT Operators, which automatically requires a CDN selection solution. As streaming aims to be broadcast-grade and cost-effective, how are CDN Selection solutions evolving to support these objectives?

IP Monitoring & Diagnostics With Command Line Tools: Part 9 - Continuous Monitoring June 1^st 2023 - 09:30 AM

Scheduling a continuous monitoring process will detect problems at the earliest opportunity. If the diagnostic tools run often enough, they can forecast a server outage before a mission critical failure happens. Pre-emptive diagnosis and automatic corrections are a very good thing.

System Showcase: Ireland’s RTÉ Adds Video To Its Radio Studios To Increase Content Value May 31^st 2023 - 09:30 AM

RTE’s move to new studios prompted a project to add more sophisticated video capabilities to its new radio studios, reflecting a global trend towards the consumption of radio online.

Understanding IP Broadcast Production Networks: Part 2 - Routers & Switches May 30^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

How Routers & Switches reduce traffic congestion and improve security.

OTT’s Unique Storage Requirements May 26^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

Central storage systems for OTT are unique in the world of media storage. They combine a set of requirements which no other media use case must handle.

Waves: Part 9 - Propagation Inversion May 25^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

As a child I came under two powerful influences. The first of these was electricity. My father was the chief electrician at a chemical works and he would bring home any broken or redundant electrical parts for me to tinker with, dismantle and occasionally repair.

The Sponsors Perspective: What Are You Waiting For? May 24^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

Cloud based workflows are here to stay. So, there are no longer any technical or production-based reasons not to take full advantage of the opportunities this can bring to broadcasters.

Understanding IP Broadcast Production Networks: Part 1 - Basic Principles Of IP May 23^rd 2023 - 09:00 AM

This is the first of a series of 14 articles that re-visit the basic building blocks of knowledge required to understand how IP networks actually work in the context of broadcast production systems.