CDN Optimization for VR Streaming October 22^nd 2018 - 10:00 AM

Virtual Reality (VR) 360° content is still very new, but that does not make viewer expectations any more relaxed. If anything, the required quality level is even more important with VR content due to the expectations for immersiveness, which can be broken by just a minor glitch in delivery.

Viewpoint: Keys to Picking a Technology Partner October 16^th 2018 - 01:00 PM

Competition in the global video and media market is increasing with many more points of creation and distribution of content being made available. Combined with an exploding catalog of programming and new devices to support, broadcasters can no longer succeed with a one-to-many delivery solution. Successfully meeting these challenges requires…

Live IP Delivery - Part 3 – Monitoring October 4^th 2018 - 11:00 AM

Throughout this series of articles, we’ve been investigating the detail of how OTT internet delivery works. In this article, we dig deeper into the operational systems, and investigate the additional benefits and necessity of monitoring.

Broadcast Staff Security—Protecting Your People October 2^nd 2018 - 08:00 AM

Regardless of market size, all it takes is one motivated crackpot to turn the fun of broadcasting into instant tragedy. It’s the needle in the haystack that can hurt you.

Cost-effective IP Contribution and Distribution October 1^st 2018 - 03:00 PM

Saving dollars is one of the reasons broadcasters are moving to IP. Network speeds have now reached a level where real-time video and audio distribution is a realistic option. Taking this technology to another level, Rohde and Schwarz demonstrate in this eBook how to reduce costs even further and provide…

IP - A Golden Opportunity ? September 25^th 2018 - 10:00 AM

Broadcast television has witnessed many advances in technology since the first electronic images were transmitted in the 1930’s, and none have been as influential or disruptive as IP. But are we now at the dawn of the perfect win-win outcome? Can manufacturers, entrepreneurs, and broadcasters all equally gain from IP m…

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…

Viewpoint: Sports Streaming - Getting Better ROI September 17^th 2018 - 01:00 PM

It’s not quite game, set, and match for traditional broadcasters when it comes to sports, but the writing is certainly on the wall. At a time when content has become commoditized, meaning the old adage of “build it and they will come” has never been less relevant. How should OTT p…

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…

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…