Empowering Cloud Through Microservices - Part 1 March 7^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Simply moving workflows and software applications to virtualized infrastructures – whether public or on-prem – will not leverage the power of cloud. Monolithic software programs and static workflows all conspire against the broadcaster when they are reaching to achieve the flexibility, scalability, and resilience that cloud systems promise.

FAST vs. Linear TV: Part 2 - What Are The Real Differences? March 3^rd 2023 - 09:00 AM

FAST can deliver the promise of true personalization intertwined with mass market reach. This heady mix can maximize advertising revenues from the large audiences currently turning away from traditional Pay-TV services towards free streaming services.

Celebrating BEITC At NAB Show March 2^nd 2023 - 09:30 AM

As we approach the 2023 NAB Show in the NAB centenary year, we celebrate the unique insight and influence of the Broadcast Engineering & IT Conference that happens alongside the show each year.

The Sponsors Perspective: Unchaining Time February 21^st 2023 - 09:30 AM

What is real time? While that question doesn’t normally come up at the dinner table, asking it of a group of broadcast engineers can draw out all kinds of responses, from philosophical debates around global atomic clocks to technical dissertations on lines, frames, and permissible nanoseconds of processing delay.

FAST vs. Linear TV: Part 1 - What Are The Real Differences? February 20^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

FAST feels like a new name for Linear TV, just delivered over the internet, rather than involving DTT, cable, and IPTV networks. Perhaps this is why service providers and technology vendors are grappling with marketplace confusion about what FAST channels are and what they can be.

The Big Guide To OTT February 14^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

The Big Guide To OTT is a Themed Content Collection that provides deep insights into the technology that is enabling a new media industry. It is a very large scale body of content that will publish during 2023 and will exhaustively explore the technology and business models of OTT and streaming…

System Showcase: Canal+ Builds New IP Production Center To Support Distributed Production February 13^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

Although his company has been doing remote production trials during live events for more than five years, Pierre Maillat, Head of Technical Studies & Architecture at CANAL+ Group, does not like the term. He prefers “distributed production” because he feels it more accurately describes the process for hosting a series of …

The OTT Lexicon For 2023: Part 2 - Should We Re-think Some Of Our Terminology? February 3^rd 2023 - 09:00 AM

While the business side of streaming has a host of terms that can confuse, the same can be said of the technology side. Sometimes the confusion stems from a lack of definition or an overuse of a term from so many different use cases that its meaning is lost. Sometimes…

The OTT Lexicon For 2023 January 20^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

The world of streaming is defined by acronyms like SVOD, AVOD, FAST, OTT and more. But this leaves gaps and confusion in what is included in our OTT services. For example, what does a service like BBC iPlayer include? What is watching the World Cup on RAIPlay called? Do we…

The Sponsors Perspective: The Answer Is: “Yes We Can!” January 16^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Flexible architecture opens new business possibilities.