Ten Years Later: NBC Sports’ Stamford Facility Grows With The Times January 30^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

It was ten years ago, in the fall of 2012, that NBCUniversal opened a new international broadcast center in Stamford Connecticut, as the home for NBC Sports. It served as a way to consolidate its growing employee base and the production activities of a number of physical assets the network owned…

The Compromises In Long Zoom Lenses Are Still There But Viewers See Fewer Of Them January 26^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Fox Sports’ broadcast of the 2022 Baseball World Series was a real eye-opener, and it wasn’t just because the Houston Astros handily defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in six games. After all, for those in the know, the Astros were the heavily favored team so the outcome shouldn’t have been too s…

Machine Learning (ML) For Broadcasters: Part 8 - AI And ML Drive TV UX Innovation January 25^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

AI, primarily Machine Learning (ML), is driving progress in the evolution of the UI (User Interface) for TV’s and other consumer devices, alongside other aspects of the overall UX (User Experience).

Orchestrating Resources For Large-Scale Events: Part 2 - Connecting Remote Locations January 24^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

A discussion of how to create reliable, secure, high-bandwidth connectivity between multiple remote locations, your remote production hub, and distributed production teams.

Interlace: Part 1 - It Began In The 1930’s January 19^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

At one time broadcast television was inseparable from interlace, whereas now things have moved on, but not without interlace leaving a legacy. So what was it all about?

Scalable Dynamic Software For Broadcasters: Part 3 - Microservices, Containers And Orchestration January 17^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Microservices provide a mechanism to allow broadcast facilities to scale their resource to meet viewer demand. But the true power of microservices is released when we look at containers and orchestration, a management system that empowers scalability, flexibility, and resilience.

The Sponsors Perspective: The Answer Is: “Yes We Can!” January 16^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Flexible architecture opens new business possibilities.

Compression: Part 4 - Introducing Motion Compensation January 12^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Here we introduce the different types of redundancy that can be located in moving pictures.

The Shifting Landscape Of High Power, Low Energy Consumption CPU Design January 11^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

With key CPU design personnel exiting Apple and moving to other players, this article discusses the significance of the recent moves and what they might mean for corporate strategies. It’s a shifting landscape that could affect us all.

Orchestrating Resources For Large-Scale Events: Part 1 - Planning Is Everything January 10^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

An examination of how to plan & schedule resources to create resilient temporary multi-site broadcast production systems.