Video Over IP - Making It Work - Part 1 July 6th 2018 - 11:00 AM

For the first time in the history of live television we can now abstract away the video, audio, and metadata streams from the underlying hardware. This innovation presents unprecedented opportunities empowering broadcasters to deliver flexibility, scalability, and highly efficient workflows.

What Separates Artificial Intelligence from Automation? July 2nd 2018 - 01:00 PM

More so than many other technology trends, artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly become one of the main buzzwords in broadcast and media production. As a result, marketeers in every area of the industry are now presenting products that integrate AI to deliver better production workflows. Increasingly though, the definition of…

A Brief History of IP - Putting It All Together June 13th 2018 - 10:00 AM

Building reliable, flexible IP networks requires an understanding of infrastructure components and the interoperability of systems that run on them, especially when working in fast-paced, dynamic studios. Protocol interfacing is relatively straightforward, but as we investigate application level connectivity further, systems become more interesting.

Broadcast For IT - Part 10 - SDI June 11th 2018 - 12:05 PM

In this series of articles, we will explain broadcasting for IT engineers. Television is an illusion, there are no moving pictures and todays broadcast formats are heavily dependent on decisions engineers made in the 1930’s and 1940’s, and in this article, we look at SDI, its development, and its applications in …

Audio Over IP - Making It Work - Part 3 June 7th 2018 - 11:00 AM

Multicasting is an incredibly powerful tool used in broadcast infrastructures to efficiently distribute streams of audio, video, and metadata. In this article, we look at the advantages of multicasting, how it works, and the alternatives that overcome some of its operational limitations.

Broadcast For IT - Part 9 - Color Space June 4th 2018 - 12:05 PM

In this series of articles, we will explain broadcasting for IT engineers. Television is an illusion, there are no moving pictures and todays broadcast formats are heavily dependent on decisions engineers made in the 1930’s and 1940’s, and in this article, we look at color space and its relevance to bro…