Tightrope Media Adds New Features to Media Platform Ver 6.5 October 31^st 2018 - 09:00 AM

Tightrope Media Systems has unveiled version 6.5 of the Cablecast Community Media platform, which is designed to help PEG broadcasters improve their online viewer experiences. The new update elevates the quality of VOD clips while providing new tools to help users measure the impact their content is making online.

NAB NY Panel Considers Future of Broadcast/OTT Playout and Distribution October 10^th 2018 - 11:00 AM

Broadcasters and playout facilities are already coming to grips with distributing programming to a multitude of outlets and platforms, in addition to conventional broadcast channels. This is only set to grow as more operators enter the market to exploit the potential of emerging technologies such as 5G. As this burden

The Broadcast Bridge Publishes Almost 100 Articles Each Month October 10^th 2018 - 08:00 AM

The Broadcast Bridge publishes about 100 articles every month. Given that high number, you could be expected to have missed one or more of them. Here are two recent articles that our data says readers found highly interesting.

IP - The Final Frontier 3 - All Together Now October 9^th 2018 - 10:00 AM

As we migrate to IP, broadcasters are thinking about how they will interface their SDI, MADI, and AES systems together. Many see the benefit of IP and one day all devices will be IP-enabled. But until that time arrives, we need to understand how to interface new and old together.

Trends TV Stations Will Be Watching At 2018 NAB Show New York October 8^th 2018 - 11:00 AM

At the upcoming NAB Show New York conference, October 17-18th at the Javits Center in New York City, local television executives stations will be looking for help in selecting the proper technology path forward.

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.

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

Vendors Now Well Versed In The Language of IT September 21^st 2018 - 09:52 AM

At the recent IBC Show in Amsterdam, it was clear that when discussing the design and deployment of next generation video production and distribution infrastructures, manufacturers of the technology and processes required are now using significantly different technical terms. Now, familiar words like “encoding”, “playout” and “software defined networks’ are being repla

coralPlay Cloud-Based Automation Solution September 20^th 2018 - 05:00 PM

New software provides an automation control interface and a video pipeline delivering video and audio in a variety of output formats.

GV Rolls Out Core Technology Initiative at IBC September 19^th 2018 - 04:00 PM

Embracing the ‘lean engineering’ philosophy of high performing companies, such as Amazon, Google, Netflix and Tesla, will enable Grass Valley to innovate faster, and at scale.

Arqiva To Withdraw From Playout and Refocus on Uplink Operations November 7^th 2018 - 01:50 PM

The playout business received another jolt today when facilities provider Arqiva announced that it intends to move out of the sector over time. The company, which has been a major player in playout for the past 18 years, also plans to redirect its Occasional Use (OU) division away from conventional uplinks

WTA Certification Program Expands Latin American Footprint with Provisional Certification of Axesat November 7^th 2018 - 10:00 AM

The World Teleport Association has announced that Axesat has achieved provisional certification of its Bogota, Colombia Teleport under WTA’s Teleport Certification Program.

The Broadcast Bridge Published Over 200 Articles Last Month November 7^th 2018 - 08:00 AM

It was a busy October for the editors at The Broadcast Bridge. During that month, we published more than 200 feature articles, tutorials, essential guides and new products information. A reader could be excused for missing some of that content, especially in light of the multiple exhibitions and conferences that took

The Satellite Interference Reduction Group (IRG) Has Become Satcoms Innovation Group November 1^st 2018 - 12:05 PM

The Satellite Interference Reduction Group announced that it is expanding its reach to encompass all types of innovation within the satellite communications industry. As part of that expansion, it has changed its name to Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG).

Newtec Modems Successfully Tested On Telsat’s First LEO Satellite November 1^st 2018 - 10:00 AM

Now that Telesat’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite is successfully in orbit, it has begun testing third-party vendor products that could benefit form the satellite technology. The initiative is part of Canada-based Telesat’s plans to deploy a global LEO constellation of 117 satellites for broadband connectivity that it said wou

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