PTP V2.1 – New Security & Monitoring For IP Broadcast Infrastructures - Part 1 September 14^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Timing accuracy has been a fundamental component of broadcast infrastructures for as long as we’ve transmitted television pictures and sound. The time invariant nature of frame sampling still requires us to provide timing references with sub microsecond accuracy.

IP KVM - Delivering For Broadcasters - Part 2 September 7^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

In the last article in this series we looked at how KVM improves control, reliability, security and integration for multiple devices and cloud systems. In this article, we look at how latency is addressed so that users have the best quality of experience possible.

IP KVM - Delivering For Broadcasters - Part 1 August 31^st 2021 - 09:00 AM

Having a collection of PCs and MACs stacked under a desk to facilitate the multitude of operational requirements not only proves difficult to operate but challenges our modern ideas around security and makes maintenance almost impossible.

Bringing The Olympic Games Home In An Innovative, Automated Way August 27^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Sitting at home watching the Olympics 400m Women’s hurdles final live on NBC’s 4K HDR channel, home audiences were captivated by the sweat and effort displayed on screen with immersive sound of the runners’ feet hitting the track. Viewers thousands of miles away could be excused for thinking they …

Esports - A New Prescription For Broadcasting: Part 3 - Considering The Cloud August 25^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Esports is demonstrating how agile mindsets can provide flexible and scalable solutions within relatively short timescales. But as more software solutions become viable, esports is taking advantage of the cloud and its offerings.

Esports - A New Prescription For Broadcasting: Part 2 - To Be Agile August 17^th 2021 - 11:30 AM

Esports has the big advantage of working from the ground up when delivering productions. Backwards compatibility is unheard of and legacy equipment is something for other people. But how does this lack of legacy help broadcasters?

Esports - A New Prescription For Broadcasting: Part 1 - The E Factor August 11^th 2021 - 09:30 AM

There is no doubt that esports is here to stay. The scene, while very fluid, is absolutely in the mainstream now. It’s not easy to find absolute consensus among the various reported numbers, but if you had to put a pin in the map, it looks like esports is s…

Multiviewers For Flexible Operations - Part 2 August 10^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

IP is delivering new opportunities in terms of distributed processing and de-centralization. In the second part in this series, we look at the practicalities of using COTS hardware and the advantages it has for multiviewer monitoring over traditional SDI hardware solutions.

Multiviewers For Flexible Operations - Part 1 August 3^rd 2021 - 09:00 AM

IP and COTS infrastructure designs are giving us the opportunity to think about broadcast systems in an entirely different manner. Although broadcast engineers have been designing studio facilities to be flexible from the earliest days of television, the addition of IP and COTS takes this to a new level allowing…

The Liberation Of Broadcast Technology - Part 2 July 27^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Building optimized systems that scale to meet peak demand delivers broadcast facilities that are orders of magnitude more efficient than their static predecessors. In part 2 of this series, we investigate how this can be achieved.

NAB 2021 Cancelled September 15^th 2021 - 04:06 PM

NAB have announced the show scheduled for October 2021 has been cancelled.

TV Stations Coping With Severe Weather But Keep The Reports Coming September 15^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Violent weather storms are wreaking havoc on the East Coast of the U.S. and radio and TV stations there are struggling to get the life-saving news out. In the past two months alone storms have knocked out TV antenna and broadcast towers at an alarming rate.

PTP V2.1 – New Security & Monitoring For IP Broadcast Infrastructures - Part 1 September 14^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Timing accuracy has been a fundamental component of broadcast infrastructures for as long as we’ve transmitted television pictures and sound. The time invariant nature of frame sampling still requires us to provide timing references with sub microsecond accuracy.

Creative Audio - Noise Reduction With Bob Bronow September 13^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Dialogue is king in television. Let’s face it, you don’t watch an episode of your favorite police procedural or reality show just to listen to the sound design or the incidental music. But whether the content is scripted or unscripted, delivering intelligible dialogue can be a real challenge for…

EU-Funded Group Looking To Productize 5G For Broadcast Production And Distribution September 9^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

For the past year an international group of technology companies, funded by the European Union (EU), has been looking into the use of 5G technology to streamline live and studio production in the hopes of distributing more content to (and from) viewers faster and more efficiently. Due to the restrictions…

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