The Evolution of Video Distribution December 7^th 2016 - 10:00 AM

Denying that the video and content distribution industry is evolving at an astounding pace, is like trying to convince someone that the earth is flat. While this evolution is creating significant distribution challenges for content owners and distributors, it is also providing some exciting opportunities for those who embrace it.…

DVB Approves Next Step For Standardization of Adaptive Bit Rate Streaming For Live Applications December 6^th 2016 - 10:00 AM

At its most recent meeting, The DVB Steering Board approved initial specifications for the Commercial Requirements for ABR (Adaptive Bit Rate) Multicast. It also approved the latest specification for Ultra High Definition Television, called UHD-1 Phase 2.

A Better Way to Manage OTT Rights December 5^th 2016 - 10:00 AM

For many OTT video distributors, rights management is a challenge. Given the alternative of lacking rights to manage, this is a good problem to have. But slow-paced integrations and makeshift solutions are creating costs and risks that competitive OTT players can ill afford.

EBU Calls for Broadcasters to Get Engaged with Mobile Convergence December 2^nd 2016 - 10:00 AM

Broadcasters around the world need to engage with mobile standardization efforts around the 5G banner to ensure their interests are represented in emerging technologies for converged networks combining fixed broadband with Wi-Fi and cellular transmission. This was a key takeaway from the annual EBU (European Broadcasting Union) state of the…

System Reliability for Broadcast-over-IP applications November 29^th 2016 - 05:00 PM

From headend to backend, passing through contribution and distribution networks, IP is now almost everywhere in broadcast infrastructure, with its use only increasing. On the production and playout side of the business that’s also now set to dramatically increase. This is due to the flexibility of IP-based systems, their r…

Telcos can move up value chain with video optimized CDNs November 25^th 2016 - 03:00 PM

A Broadcast Bridge panel at “Capacity North America” focused on Telcos as CDN providers for OTT television

ASPEN Provides a “Safe Path” to IP November 21^st 2016 - 10:00 AM

As the industry continues its slow and steady migration to Internet Protocol (IP) infrastructures, the manufacturing community has coalesced around two initiatives ASPEN and AIMS, each of which is claimed to help ease the conversion from SDI to IP.

Broadcasters Become More Software Driven to Compete in Multiscreen Era November 11^th 2016 - 01:50 PM

Broadcasters are reverting to being engineering driven after some years operating as little more than content houses, but this time the focus is more on software than infrastructure. That conclusion emerged from the EBU’s (European Broadcasting Union) fourth annual software engineering conference called Devcon, which started in 2013 in recognition t…

COTS Makes Virtualized Video Practical November 7^th 2016 - 12:05 PM

Consumer off the shelf technology (COTS) is providing broadcast TV facilities an economical foundation for technical growth in all directions.

Bonding Fixed and Mobile Networks Can Help Overcome Broadband Gaps November 4^th 2016 - 01:00 PM

Bonding between fixed and mobile networks has emerged as the latest attempt to bring remote areas up to speed for Internet access and relieve “broadband deserts”.