Huge data, Huge Challenge, Small Pool Of Engineers June 8^th 2016 - 08:00 AM

The fundamental premise of technology is that it gives us leverage. A tool gives us more power, more effectiveness, more precision, more time. But there are few tools or technologies that do this for us without some effort on our part. Just buying a lathe doesn’t make the person a…

Video Transport: SDI vs IP—Timing Is Everything June 7^th 2016 - 09:00 AM

Moving video around a broadcast or media facility is a key requirement and fundamental to the operation. When media is transported the signal is open to induced errors, typically through noise, distortion and interference. The time frame of the error may vary between a few pico-seconds and many seconds. It…

Enabling Interop Between AIMS, ASPEN, NewTek NDI and Sony NMI: Questions Answered June 6^th 2016 - 10:00 AM

Confused about moving to IP? Don’t worry you are not alone. While recent moves by Evertz, chief promoter of the ASPEN live IP production protocol and Sony, architect of its own route to live IP, to join the Alliance for IP Media Solutions would seem to herald a break…

Understanding the Terminology Behind IP Standards May 27^th 2016 - 09:00 AM

I was due to write another terminology article and thought doing one that explains the terms, alliances, and standards might be helpful. There is no shortage of new terms, so let’s get started.

The Human Element in Digital Media Monitoring May 17^th 2016 - 01:00 PM

A good test and measurement solution combines both smart test equipment and a trained operator.

IP – Generating Results for Sports Broadcasters May 10^th 2016 - 05:00 PM

When it comes to sports broadcasting, IP technology is changing the game with winning results. The use of IP has the potential to simplify sporting applications making them more cost effective and operationally efficient. From major global sporting events, to the coverage of smaller, niche sports, broadcasters can overcome a…

Advantages of Centralized Hardware Solutions May 10^th 2016 - 08:00 AM

Beginning with IBC 2015, the broadcast and production industries have seen an increasingly large investment in IP-centric solutions being offered by vendors. While that is encouraging, customers need to be sure that the performance of a centralized solution is not compromised by a low-bandwidth network.

Care and Feeding of an IP Facility: Part 1 April 27^th 2016 - 08:00 AM

A few years ago at a technical conference, the CTO of a major sports entity was challenging the storage vendors on how much storage capacity and throughput architecture would be needed to meet his needs. What they neglected to tell him was the cost, technology and resources required to monitor,…

IP or IT? Democratizing Content Production with Commodity Infrastructure April 25^th 2016 - 06:00 PM

In the transition to IP, do you know what the product is you might be buying? Is everything as it seems, or will you draw back a curtain to find nothing has changed, realize that the medicine is snake oil or that you have been tricked and locked into an…

Before the Truck Rolls…. April 15^th 2016 - 10:00 AM

A lot of people are prepared to fly on an airline that provides very poor customer service if they think they are getting a bargain ticket by doing so. For others, a pleasant travel experience is part of the holiday, and worth paying a bit more for. But basically, if…