The Value of Getting Ad Insertion Right September 24^th 2018 - 11:00 AM

It seems that the conversation on the growth in OTT is an old one - except it isn’t. OTT continues to strengthen, gaining more subscribers every week. As this happens, broadcasters are providing OTT capabilities alongside their traditional TV platforms, making targeted ad insertion even more crucial in the m…

Live IP Delivery - Part 2 - OTT Technology September 13^th 2018 - 11:30 AM

In part-1 of this series, Challenges, we introduced the basic concepts of the technology behind live OTT delivery. In this article, we dig deeper to help broadcast engineers and technical managers understand the intricacies of HTTP and IP technology, so they will be able to design and support OTT systems…

IP - The Final Frontier 2 - Solutions September 13^th 2018 - 09:30 AM

Many broadcasters are seeing the benefits of IP and progressing ever closer to migration. But making IP systems work and achieving the COTS benefits CEO’s demand involves more than just understanding the technology. In this article, we look at the migration from the perspective of the engineers who are m…

Timing - Tails of Truth September 11^th 2018 - 01:50 PM

Recognising the extremities of the bell curve distribution and the impact large jitter variances have on picture and sound stability is critical. Only when this is understood, do we hope to be able to build reliable, flexible, IP infrastructures that will meet the demands of real-time broadcast facilities.

The Migration to IP: The Revolution Continues - Broadcast for IT September 11^th 2018 - 01:00 PM

Are you an IT engineer having trouble figuring out why the phones, computers and printer systems work but the networked video doesn’t? Or maybe you have 10-15 years of experience with video production equipment but really don’t understand why the rack room is filled with things called “switches.” Help fo…

Seven Benefits of Cloud-Native SaaS September 7^th 2018 - 01:00 PM

Amidst the chaos of these times, it’s nice to see some things getting simpler. The use of cloud technology has now become mainstream within media companies, and with that the highly customized and complex systems deployed by early adopters are increasingly being retired in favor of off-the-shelf, multi-tenant SaaS, S…

Reality of IP - Part 3 - Data Acceleration September 7^th 2018 - 11:00 AM

Network Interface Cards (NIC’s) are often seen as the bottleneck of data processing for ST2110 and ST2022-6. IT manufacturers have witnessed similar challenges with high speed trading and 5G networks but have been able to provide real-time solutions to overcome latency and blocking. In this article, we investigate I…

Reality of IP - Part 2 - Benefits of Virtualization September 6^th 2018 - 01:00 PM

Riding on the back of IT innovation allows broadcasters to benefit from virtualization. In this article, we investigate those benefits and learn how they apply to television. Especially as we learn of the new trailblazers waiting in the wings.

DHCP Can Be IP Video Kryptonite September 4^th 2018 - 01:50 PM

If you can see how a magic act is performed, POOF! the magic disappears. Live TV is a magic act because so much of the on-screen magic happens behind the curtain. When a random device malfunctions or fails during a live show, if the talent doesn’t blab the secret o…

The Far-Reaching Benefits of IP-based Audio Stageboxes September 4^th 2018 - 01:00 PM

Networked modular audio stageboxes have been around for a while and were hailed as a convenient alternative to clunky snakes and the huge patch bays that came with them. Unlike analog stage- and wallboxes, which usually only transmit signals to fixed locations or else require intricate and time-consuming cabling, they…