Ultra HD Forum Factors High Frame Rate Into Latest Infrastructure Guidelines September 27^th 2019 - 12:05 PM

The Ultra HD Forum has given a stimulus to UHD deployments with the release of its latest 2.1 guidelines that give proper weight to all the ingredients constituting next generation A/V (Audio/Video).

What Does PCI 4.0 Offer? September 26^th 2019 - 01:00 PM

When, in May 2019, AMD announced their Ryzen Zen 2 architecture, beyond the amazing performance offered by the new Series 3000 microprocessors, they announced the new chips would support PCI 4.0. Although I was pretty confident the step from 3.0 to 4.0 meant 2X greater bandwidth, I decided it was time to learn more about the…

Esports Expands Audiences Using Broadcast IP Production & Distribution – Part 1 – The Business Case September 25^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

Esports viewership worldwide is on a steep upward trajectory and will soon begin to challenge traditional sports broadcast audience figures. As the esports and traditional sports communities converge, what can traditional broadcasters learn from the remote production workflows being pioneered by one of esports’ major game developers? In part 1 of t…

As Media Migrates To The Net, So Goes Serendipity September 11^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

Serendipity — the unplanned random discovery of things of interest — is disappearing in the age of the internet. As the novelty of web surfing wears off, old human habits return. Today, most of us are spending more time on fewer and fewer web sites though greater variety exists.

5G’s Millimeter Waves September 5^th 2019 - 01:00 PM

There’s a reason you don’t meet many retired transmitter engineers. It’s the same reason stations prefer miles between studios and towers.

In Live Channel Creation Video Quality Monitoring Is Critical! September 4^th 2019 - 11:30 AM

There is always a cacophony of noise around the big tradeshows; at NAB this year Telestream made its voice clearly heard with the first showcase of OptiQ Channel, a new and radically different one-click channel creation live service for cloud environments.

Secure IP Infrastructures For Broadcasters - Part 1 - Secure Servers August 29^th 2019 - 10:00 AM

In this series of three articles, we investigate the underlying aspects of computer server design for high value security and 24-hour operation. In the first article we look at advanced server security, in the second article we understand how servers are controlled, and in the third article we gain a…

Sports Fans Last To Cut Cord But Flock To Smart Phones August 29^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

Sports viewers are less likely to cut the cord than average yet consume more content on smart phones as well as on social media.

HDR Primer: Part 3 - Curves & Workflow August 28^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

HDR Profiles - Pros & Cons. An obstacle to HDR adoption has been figuring out how legacy SDR TVs should display an HDR signal. There are about 1.6 Billion TV sets world-wide and 300 Million TV sets in the US.

Color and Colorimetry – Part 4 August 27^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

A long chain of events is needed to see a color picture on a TV set. Only by considering every link in the chain can we strengthen any weak links.