IP Monitoring & Diagnostics With Command Line Tools: Part 1 - The Command Line Interface April 28^th 2025 - 09:30 AM

Being faced with an IP and file-based broadcast environment can be daunting if you are not already an experienced Information Technology systems administrator. This series of articles will help you acquire the skills one-by-one to monitor and diagnose problems from the UNIX command line. Then you can build more sophisticated…

BEITC At NAB 2025: Conference Sessions Preview - Part 2 March 14^th 2025 - 09:00 AM

Once again in 2025 The Broadcast Bridge is proud to be the sole media partner for the BEIT Conference Sessions at NAB. They are not free, but the conference sessions are a unique opportunity to engage with very high quality in-person technical learning. Here is the second part of our summary…

BEITC At NAB 2025: Conference Sessions Preview - Part 1 March 7^th 2025 - 12:45 PM

Once again in 2025 The Broadcast Bridge is proud to be the sole media partner for the BEIT Conference Sessions at NAB. They are not free, but the conference sessions are a unique opportunity to engage with very high quality in-person technical learning. Here is the first part of our summary…

The Ultimate Compression Technology? February 28^th 2025 - 09:00 AM

Our resident provocateur Dave Shapton speculates on the nature of compression and its potential future evolutionary path.

5G Broadcast Update 2025 February 19^th 2025 - 09:00 AM

After some trials of varying success, European broadcasters are most interested in exploiting 5G Broadcast as part of their hybrid offerings with hopes of reaching mobile devices. The key missing ingredient is support by the major device makers.

EdgeBeam Wireless Technology Furthers ATSC 3.0 Datacasting February 11^th 2025 - 09:00 AM

Simultaneous broadcast of real-time data to an unlimited number of one-way receivers and locations is the unique catalyst of the amazing potential of the Broadcast Internet. EdgeBeam Wireless is a new market offering from a group of TV broadcasters seeking to leverage ATSC 3 to deliver such a national datacasting service.

TV Piracy Update 2025 January 29^th 2025 - 09:00 AM

AI and machine learning are bringing new tools to combat TV and stream piracy, but at the same time blunting the effectiveness of some established ones such as forensic watermarking. More than ever the scourge of piracy must be combated on multiple fronts including awareness, legal, and disruption to payment…

A New Year Speculation On Immersion January 1^st 2025 - 09:00 AM

As we head into another new year it seems ok to indulge in some obvious speculation about what the future may bring. Here we consider the proposition that eventually, and probably not far into the future, broadcasters will have to deal with immersiveness. Why is this likely, and how should…

Six Considerations For Transitioning To Cloud Based Video Distribution December 11^th 2024 - 09:00 AM

There are many reasons why companies are transitioning from legacy video distribution workflows to ones hosted entirely in the public cloud, but it’s not a simple process and takes an enormous amount of planning. Many potential pitfalls can be avoided with intelligent network design directly in the cloud. Here a…

The Resolution Revolution December 6^th 2024 - 09:00 AM

We can now capture video in much higher resolutions than we can transmit, distribute and display. But should we?