PTP V2.1 – New Security & Monitoring For IP Broadcast Infrastructures - Part 2 September 21^st 2021 - 09:00 AM

In the last article in this series, we looked at how PTP V2.1 has improved security. In this part, we investigate how robustness and monitoring is further improved to provide resilient and accurate network timing.

Field Report: NewTek Spark Plus 4K September 16^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

NDI (Network Device Interface) is a free protocol for Video over IP, developed by NewTek. The key word is “free.”

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.

Timing: Part 6 - Synchronization September 2^nd 2021 - 09:00 AM

The need for synchronization rears its head in so many different endeavors that it has to be accepted as one of the great enabling technologies.

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.

Protecting Premium Content OTT & VOD Distribution - Part 2 August 24^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Protecting high value media content is a major priority for any broadcaster working with OTT and VOD. In the previous article in this series we looked at the three challenges facing broadcasters and in this article we dig deeper into the remedies and methods for keeping content safe.

Remote Production 2.0 August 18^th 2021 - 09:30 AM

Although it may seem that remote production was born out of necessity to address a growing demand for distributed workflows amidst global lockdowns, it was already gaining momentum prior to the pandemic, which accelerated the trend. But why is remote production so attractive, and what is the broadcast industry doing…

TDM Mesh Networks - A Simple Alternative To Leaf-Spine ST2110: Application - Eurovision Song Contest August 18^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

With over 4000 signals to distribute, transfer and route, the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) proved to be this year’s showpiece for Riedel’s TDM based distributed mesh networked system MediorNet. Understanding the intricacies of such an event is key to realizing why TDM is such a powerful solution.