Software-Defined Automation: Are We Nearly There Yet? Part II May 22^nd 2020 - 09:00 AM

Playout automation has been enabling fewer people to control more channels for decades but we’re not quite at the point where human interaction can be eliminated altogether. Since most linear broadcasters will either move to a software-based deployment for their channels themselves or give them to a service provider t…

Creative Analysis: Part 1 - The Nest From The DOP May 20^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Glasgow in December is a place and a time with a particular look, and The Nest is a production which enthusiastically embraces that aesthetic. Broadcast in the UK beginning in March 2020, it was produced for the BBC by Studio Lambert as five one-hour episodes featuring a couple, played by Martin…

VSF RIST Spec On Road To Wide Implementation May 19^th 2020 - 09:30 AM

In 2017, at that year’s VidTrans conference a regional gathering of members of the Video Services Forum (VSF), a new protocol for delivering audio and video over lossy IP networks (including the public Internet), was born. It was an idea that many had been skeptical of, since the open Internet b…

Software-Defined Automation: Are We Nearly There Yet? Part I May 15^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Playout automation has been enabling fewer people to control more channels for decades but we’re not quite at the point where human interaction can be eliminated altogether. Since most linear broadcasters will either move to a software-based deployment for their channels themselves or give them to a service provider t…

The Shows Go On May 14^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

The current social and medical situation with lockdowns and distancing is unleashing new ideas at local TV stations. Some will become the new normal.

The Sponsors Perspective: Reaching OTT At Scale - Pitfalls And Opportunities May 13^th 2020 - 11:30 AM

OTT delivery continues to expand to meet the relentless growing consumer demand. This trend shows no chance of abating and technologists are continually looking to innovation to scale infrastructures accordingly. In this sponsors perspective, Ryan Nicometo, SVP of Product for Vecima, presents the OTT Scale – Maturity Quadrant to help decision m…

HDR: Part 9 - An Introduction To ACES May 12^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

It’s one thing to be confronted by a big pile of technology and to be confused by it. It’s another to know something about that technology and conclude that things could be a lot simpler than they are. That’s the reaction a lot of people have to color…

Color and Colorimetry – Part 12 May 11^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

It’s all very well reading all this theory about colorimetry, but what can be done in practice? First of all, it is necessary to consider that imaging, be it still or moving, is a creative process that relies totally on technology. Wherever that happens, there are always two different w…

The New Era Of Broadcast - Mezzanine Links And Beyond May 7^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

20 years ago, broadcast television went through an evolution as it transitioned from analog to digital distribution. This migration was driven by the demand for larger channel counts and spectrum reallocation. Since that transition, another, even more significant sea change has occurred, the internet.

Data Recording and Transmission: Part 19 - Cyclic Redundancy Checks May 5^th 2020 - 09:30 AM

The CRC (cyclic redundancy check) was primarily an error detector, but it did allow some early error correction systems to be implemented. There are many different CRCs but they all work in much the same way, which is that the data to be protected are divided by the CRC polynomial.…