Applied Technology: Why Fast Production Storage Is Just Not Enough June 25^th 2015 - 07:47 AM

UHD, 4K, 6K, 8K…the proliferation of high-resolution formats and files, along with the growing number of skillsets that can collaborate on projects, can push storage bandwidth and capacities beyond their limits. With millions of assets available to potentially hundreds of creatives, resource contention across storage and lack of sophisticated m…

Adventures In Live Broadcast, Part 1 June 24^th 2015 - 08:03 AM

Anyone who says engineering live field production is a breeze isn’t serious.

Precision Time Code and Genlock Bring Wireless Action Cameras Into Live Broadcasting June 23^rd 2015 - 08:05 AM

While it is easy to mount multiple wireless GoPro cameras around an event area.The real issue becomes how to accurately switch between them. Fortunately, there now is a solution.

Professional AoIP for Broadcast June 22^nd 2015 - 01:00 PM

Today’s standard industrial IT infrastructure has already overtaken the technology of AES/EBU, MADI and TDM routers in terms of performance, cost and flexibility. The rate of development of IT systems, fuelled as it is by a multi-billion dollar industry many times the size of the broadcast industry, is c…

Viewpoint: IP, the fast lane to TV everywhere? June 22^nd 2015 - 08:02 AM

It is inevitable, that once content becomes separate from the carrier, a transition that has already taken place, data networks will replace baseband.With the transition to digital essentially complete, we now get to reap the benefits, and havoc, that media freed of any physical carrier brings with it.

Make Love…Not War June 17^th 2015 - 11:00 AM

Broadcasters across the globe are adopting the 1960s slogan ‘Make Love – Not War’ and using its essential message to underpin a revolution in the way they are organising their staff, technology and buildings. A new era of intense internal collaboration is being seen as a key tactic in their efforts to re…

The Last Mile Is The Hardest—Getting To Live IP June 15^th 2015 - 01:55 PM

It is no secret that the media industry is moving towards an IP infrastructure. It is not so clear as to how much confusion this transition may cause. Media expert Gary Olson offers some guidance on this important evolution.

The Benefits Of DVR In The Cloud June 11^th 2015 - 10:04 AM

As subscribers demand more features, storage and the ability to simultaneously record multiple shows, Digital Video Recorder (DVR) services have emerged as one answer to those needs. However, a hardware solution is both expensive and short-term. A cloud-based DVR offers many advantages.

How a 1953 Standards Decision Affects Today’s Global Television Industry June 11^th 2015 - 08:05 AM

It pays to have a handle on your industry’s history. Today, few who write modern video software know that over $70 billion a year is generated in global broadcasting based on a non standards-based engineering decision made in 1953 when black and white television transitioned to color.

Mobile Analytics Firms Target TV June 10^th 2015 - 01:55 PM

Pay TV operators and broadcasters struggling to measure viewing via mobile platforms could find help from firms specializing in analytics for wireless services. Birdstep of Sweden has signaled its intentions on this front by identifying video app and service providers as targets for the latest version of its analytics platform…