Differentiating Between Cloud And Virtualization March 13^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

There’s usually a bit of confusion when people talk about going to the cloud vs. virtualizing. While most cloud providers use virtual machine configurations to optimize their offerings, that’s not the same thing.

NAB Has Been Cancelled Due to the Coronavirus March 11^th 2020 - 07:30 PM

The NAB show has been cancelled. This announcement was made by NAB president, Gordon H. Smith.

Bonded Cellular At The 2020 NAB Show March 10^th 2020 - 01:00 PM

Need a live shot from inside an unmarked moving rental sedan during a thunderstorm? No problem.

Blockchain Is Not A Cloud Service March 10^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

As cloud and cloud words become common in the media lexicon so has the term blockchain. Let’s take a closer look at blockchain. Not all technologies work everywhere or should they! Each time one industry sector introduces a new concept or technology, all the other market sectors latch on a…

The Road From CES Leads To NAB March 6^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Following the myriad of transitions in media production and distribution, is a combination of new technologies that create media and ones that support the consumption of media. Since the creation of media is mostly intended for the audience, the technologies needed to create the media are pretty important even while…

Data Recording and Transmission: Error Correction II - Part 17 March 5^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Here we look at one of the first practical error-correcting codes to find wide usage. Richard Hamming worked with early computers and became frustrated when errors made them crash. The rest is history.

More AI Acronyms & Buzzwords Explained March 2^nd 2020 - 09:00 AM

So many buzzwords & acronyms and so little time! I thought this was a better title than Understanding the Differences Part 2.

The Beginning Of A New Decade February 28^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

While I am not one to wax nostalgic, the last decade was a pretty exciting one in media technology. HD-SDI came into its own in the early aught (00) years, mobile and wireless media, OTT and streaming all became mainstream. IP and file based media production was introduced and standardized (SMPTE…

Open Source vs. Interoperable February 26^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Open Source is one of the current buzz terms in technology. In the world of software applications and services offering to make the source code of a program freely available is certainly a noble gesture. Interoperable is more of a design specification and philosophy to make sure systems and devices…

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…