Remote Production 2.0 August 18^th 2021 - 09:30 AM

Although it may seem that remote production was born out of necessity to address a growing demand for distributed workflows amidst global lockdowns, it was already gaining momentum prior to the pandemic, which accelerated the trend. But why is remote production so attractive, and what is the broadcast industry doing…

TDM Mesh Networks - A Simple Alternative To Leaf-Spine ST2110: Application - Eurovision Song Contest August 18^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

With over 4000 signals to distribute, transfer and route, the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) proved to be this year’s showpiece for Riedel’s TDM based distributed mesh networked system MediorNet. Understanding the intricacies of such an event is key to realizing why TDM is such a powerful solution.

Esports - A New Prescription For Broadcasting: Part 2 - To Be Agile August 17^th 2021 - 11:30 AM

Esports has the big advantage of working from the ground up when delivering productions. Backwards compatibility is unheard of and legacy equipment is something for other people. But how does this lack of legacy help broadcasters?

Protecting Premium Content OTT & VOD Distribution - Part 1 August 17^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

The complexity of modern OTT and VOD distribution has increased massively in recent years. The adoption of internet streaming gives viewers unparalleled freedom to consume their favorite live and pre-recorded media when they want, where they want, and how they want. But these opportunities have also presented content owners with…

Creative Analysis: Part 23 - Christian Rousseau On No Loss, No Gain August 13^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Filmmaking is not usually a weekend pursuit, but a sufficiently clever script can make a wide-ranging story happen in a very contained space.

Japan Carries Torch For 8K At Tokyo 2020 Olympics August 12^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics is giving Japan the perfect stage for showing off the quality of 8K broadcasting, even if the Games are a year late and muted in their impact by the lack of crowds and controversy over staging them at all at a time of a Covid-19 surge in…

Esports - A New Prescription For Broadcasting: Part 1 - The E Factor August 11^th 2021 - 09:30 AM

There is no doubt that esports is here to stay. The scene, while very fluid, is absolutely in the mainstream now. It’s not easy to find absolute consensus among the various reported numbers, but if you had to put a pin in the map, it looks like esports is s…

TDM Mesh Networks - A Simple Alternative To Leaf-Spine ST2110: Knowing What To Choose August 11^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Broadcasters are no longer faced with the binary choice of going down the SDI or IP routes. The hybrid method of using TDM (Time Domain Multiplexing) combines the advantages of distributed networks with IP and SDI to deliver a fully integrated solution that helps broadcasters working across multiple technologies.

Multiviewers For Flexible Operations - Part 2 August 10^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

IP is delivering new opportunities in terms of distributed processing and de-centralization. In the second part in this series, we look at the practicalities of using COTS hardware and the advantages it has for multiviewer monitoring over traditional SDI hardware solutions.

HDR: Part 30 - Creative Technology - A Thousand Ways To Shoot August 9^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

For most of its history, film and TV work has, by any sane measure, been incredibly complicated. Photochemical film was a nightmare of precision engineering and process control. Digital alternatives, intended to make things cheaper and simpler, involve some of our highest-performance electronics.