The World Of OTT (Infrastructure Pt1) - The Principles & Terminology Of The OTT Ecosystem October 21^st 2020 - 09:00 AM

OTT is becoming more and more prevalent in the world of video consumption. Some people would say that it will become the dominant form of video delivery in years to come as the underlying technologies expand, develop or mature, and consumer behaviour continues to revolve around convenience, flexibility and personalization. …

The Sponsors Perspective: Storage - How To Solve 5G’s Biggest Challenge September 22^nd 2020 - 09:00 AM

The arrival of 5G brings both opportunities and challenges to communications, media and entertainment companies, as well as the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) working to support them.

Software-Defined Automation: Are We Nearly There Yet? Part I May 15^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Playout automation has been enabling fewer people to control more channels for decades but we’re not quite at the point where human interaction can be eliminated altogether. Since most linear broadcasters will either move to a software-based deployment for their channels themselves or give them to a service provider t…

Qvest Media Helps Broadcasters Manage The Shift To Virtualized Operations February 7^th 2020 - 12:05 PM

As a long-standing systems architect and ICT integrator with 13 international offices that has designed and worked on some of the most high-profile broadcast facilities and live productions, Qvest Media is used to reshaping its business strategy to fit the current trends. Today, as the industry continues to migrate to cloud-based…

Microservices Poised To Take Self-Serve To Another Level February 6^th 2020 - 10:00 AM

Microservices enable broadcasters to find new ways to adopt, engineer, operate and maintain the value of their solutions. For vendors, microservices provides opportunities to offer what could essentially be a self-serve menu for clients rather than building bespoke workflows internally. The impact on the service that will be delivered by…

UK Regulator Urges Review Of Public Service Broadcasting As Streaming Gains August 19^th 2019 - 10:00 AM

UK media regulator Ofcom is calling for a review of public service broadcasting in the light of its report finding rapid growth in streaming viewing, especially among Millennials.

Nine Entertainment Company Looks To Change The Ad Buying Game May 20^th 2019 - 12:05 PM

With the shift in consumer viewing habits, advertisers are becoming increasingly reluctant to buy commercial spots based on large potential views and instead are moving towards an audience-based buying model and targeted demographics.

Systems Integrators Have Their Heads In the Cloud March 8^th 2019 - 01:50 PM

Although there are still many cables to connect and physical hardware to implement, the overall scope of many of today’s system integrator projects around the world is changing dramatically, incorporating lots of software and IP connections. Once the exclusive domain of project engineers well versed in SDI infrastructures, IT e…

Practical Broadcast Storage - Part 3 February 14^th 2019 - 11:00 AM

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made its mark on IT and is rapidly advancing into mainstream broadcasting. By employing AI methodologies, specifically machine learning, broadcasters can benefit greatly from the advances in IT infrastructure innovation and advanced storage designs.

Practical Broadcast Storage - Part 2 January 31^st 2019 - 01:50 PM

Broadcast systems are renowned for their high speed and high capacity data demands. Up to recently, they relied on bespoke hardware solutions to deliver the infrastructure required for live real-time uncompressed video. But new advances in IT data storage have now opened the doors for broadcasters to take advantage of…

Timing: Part 9 - Time Base Correction December 1^st 2021 - 09:00 AM

Time base correction is an enabling technology that crops up everywhere; not just in broadcasting.

AJA Video Provides Flexible Bridge From SDI To NDI And Back Again November 26^th 2021 - 09:30 AM

As broadcast facilities and other organizations that use media to educate and inform continue to carefully make the move to video over IP, they currently face two main options, with a range of others in the wings. They may opt for a full SMPTE ST 2110 design that leverages uncompressed pristine q…

Cellphone Apps Put Control And Monitoring In The Palm Of Your Hand November 26^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Due to the flexibility and virtually unlimited access of the Internet Protocol, manufacturers of broadcast and production equipment have for years provided customers with the remote ability, via an HTML 5 browser interface, to monitor and control hardware devices via a smart phone, tablet or laptop. Vendors have now begun to…

Creative Audio - Mixing Live Music For TV With John Harris - Part 2 November 25^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

“You need to be very predictable with the broadcast at all times. When I started doing this you had to be really careful with 5.1; there was no standardization,” he says. Indeed, for a long time, as broadcasters began to switch to HDTV across the U.S., it was not unusual for…

Studio Berlin Re-Imagines OB Van With Two Socially Distant Yet Combined Environments November 23^rd 2021 - 09:00 AM

The pandemic has affected the system design and operations of live sports production in a myriad of ways. At first it was difficult for many to figure out but then evolved into the deployment of innovative types of distributed workflows and crews that drastically altered the physical positioning of technology…

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