Audio For Broadcast: Routing & Asset Sharing December 13^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Getting audio sources to the right destinations is fundamental to broadcast production. From analog patch bays to SDI and onwards to the luxury of IP, device identification & routing interfaces have been a central part of daily life in broadcast.

Designing IP Broadcast Systems: Part 1 - IP Network Design Principles December 12^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

Welcome to the first part of ‘Designing IP Broadcast Systems’ - a major 18 article exploration of the technology needed to create practical IP based broadcast production systems. Part 1 discusses the need to think asynchronously, layers & topologies, the need for shared experience, hybrid systems, and timing.

A Practical Guide To RF In Broadcast - The Book December 11^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

A Practical Guide To RF In Broadcast features a series of twelve articles and provides an extensive technical guide to RF technology within broadcast. It is a major work that will serve as a reference resource for professional broadcast engineers everywhere.

C-Suite Insight: LTN - Transforming Video Distribution With Cutting Edge IP-based Network Technology December 11^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

In 2008 Yousef Javadi, President, CEO, and Co-Founder of LTN, and his co-founding partners were sitting around a table in his partner`s home and surmising that long-form video consumption and digital content distribution were set to explode. According to market research firm eMarketer, U.S. consumer spending on movie downloads…

Virtual Production For Broadcast: Image Based Lighting December 7^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Ensuring consistency of lighting between the virtual world and physical objects on set requires controlling production lighting based on image content.

5G Broadcast: Part 1 - A Major Milestone For Mobile Broadcast December 5^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

We present the first in a series of articles on 5G Broadcast, starting with its history and why it is rising up the agenda for broadcasters. Future articles will delve deeper into the technology and standardization, including interaction with existing digital terrestrial networks, with some examples of early trials and…

CDN For Live And VOD December 1^st 2023 - 09:00 AM

CDNs are much more than just high-speed links between Origins and ISP (Internet Service Provider) networks. Instead, they form a complete ecosystem of storage and processing, and they create new possibilities for highly efficient streaming at scale that will likely replace broadcasting technologies. In this article we look at the…

Audio For Broadcast: Part 4 - Routing, Sync & Latency November 29^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

Our series exploring the basic technology and tools of audio in broadcast continues with a collection of articles which discuss the essential technical challenges of routing, keeping everything synchronized and dealing with latency.

Re-Evaluating OTT/Streaming Security: Part 5 - Tackling Streaming Credentials Sharing November 28^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Pay TV operators have followed major video streamers to combat unauthorized credentials sharing among friends and family beyond the subscriber’s home. But they face a delicate balance between cracking down on the practice and avoiding annoying innocent customers.

A Practical Guide To RF In Broadcast: The Future Of OTA TV In The US November 27^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

At the moment it is far from clear exactly how the OTA TV landscape will evolve in the US over the next few years… the only sure thing is that we are in a period of rapid change.