The Sponsors Perspective: The Paths To Streaming Distribution - A Tale Of Two OTT Use Cases October 6^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

The consumer video market is growing fiercely competitive between content creators and content aggregators and OTT live and OTT VOD formats are growing increasingly fragmented. Consumers are benefiting from the tremendous choice of content and sources for that content while their tolerance for a negative Quality of Experience (QoE) continues…

Data Recording and Transmission: Part 24 - Message Integrity October 5^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Once upon a time, the cause of data corruption would be accidental. A dropout on a tape or interference picked up on a cable would damage a few bits. Error correction was designed to deal with that.

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.

The Sponsors Perspective: Mixing Realities - Feeding The Immersive Markets September 15^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Will alternative immersive channels create an imperative for broadcasters? Veronique Larcher, Director of AMBEO Immersive Audio, Sennheiser, explores immersive content outside of the commercial broadcast space, including virtual, augmented, and mixed realities.

Encoding Shines At Virtual IBC 2020 September 11^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Had IBC 2020 taken place as usual, some of the liveliest discussions would have centered around encoding, after an eventful year leading up to the virtual event that took place over the same time slot.

The Sponsors Perspective: The Personal HRTF - An Aural Fingerprint September 8^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

HRTF stands for Head Related Transfer Function and, simply put, is a catch-all term for the characteristics a human head imparts on sound before it enters the ear canal. Everything from level tonal changes caused by our head, shoulders, and pinna (external ear parts), to arrival-time differences (Interaural Time Difference,…

Low Complexity Enhancement Video Coding Edges Towards Final Approval September 4^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Low Complexity Enhancement Video Coding (LCEVC) is gaining traction faster than any other video compression standard as it approaches final approval by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG).

Changing Architecture In The New IP World September 3^rd 2020 - 09:00 AM

The Cloud is the future of live TV production.

Data Recording and Transmission: Part 23 - Delivering Data September 2^nd 2020 - 09:00 AM

The requirements for data transmission have changed out of all recognition since the early days of computing where the goal was simply to make something that worked. Today that’s the easy part.

The Sponsors Perspective: Deep Dive Into Immersive Audio For All September 1^st 2020 - 09:00 AM

The familiar “Faster, Higher, Stronger” motto is not just for Olympic athletes but also applies to the common man (and woman): The first black-and-white television sets were considered a sensation until color TV came along, opening a whole new dimension to the viewing audience. In parallel, cinema screens grew ever tal…