Ultra HD Forum Factors High Frame Rate Into Latest Infrastructure Guidelines September 27^th 2019 - 12:05 PM

The Ultra HD Forum has given a stimulus to UHD deployments with the release of its latest 2.1 guidelines that give proper weight to all the ingredients constituting next generation A/V (Audio/Video).

Secure IP Infrastructures For Broadcasters - Part 1 - Secure Servers August 29^th 2019 - 10:00 AM

In this series of three articles, we investigate the underlying aspects of computer server design for high value security and 24-hour operation. In the first article we look at advanced server security, in the second article we understand how servers are controlled, and in the third article we gain a…

Data Recording & Transmission - Part 12: The Optical Drive - Playback August 20^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

Optical disks rely totally on the ability of the pickup to follow and focus on the data track. It is taken for granted that these mechanisms are phenomenally accurate, work at high speed despite being made at low cost and need no maintenance.

Data Recording: The Optical Drive - Part 11 August 7^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

The optical disk has some useful characteristics that have allowed it to survive alongside magnetic media. John Watkinson takes a look.

Taming The Virtualized Beast July 24^th 2019 - 10:00 AM

Without doubt, virtualization is a key technological evolution focus and it will empower many broadcast and media organizations to work differently, more efficiently and more profitably.

Data Recording and Transmission - Part 10: The Hard Disk Drive – Increasing Density July 10^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

The hard disk drive rapidly converged on the concept of one head per surface with all of the heads moving together on a common positioner.

AI – ML – DL – The Differences July 3^rd 2019 - 09:00 AM

Artificial Intelligence is more than just one element. In this article, we look at and describe the many parts AI encompasses.

Compressed IP Video Transport Report, Part 2: Tweaking Internet Video with RIST July 2^nd 2019 - 09:00 AM

Internet packets can be occasionally dropped, primarily due to instantaneous congestion in routers. Dropped packets need to be recovered for glitch-free video. Given enough time, any losses can be recovered, but contribution applications are typically latency-sensitive and can not ‘wait forever’.

Data Recording and Transmission: The Hard Disk Drive - Part 9 June 19^th 2019 - 01:00 PM

We call them hard disks to distinguish them from floppy disks. As the latter have practically died out as a result of progress in solid-state storage such as flash memory, it is probably not necessary to specify that disks are hard anymore, but tradition is a powerful thing.

Cyber Security - A DAM Issue June 19^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

After visiting the recent Henry Stewart DAM (Digital Asset Management) conference in New York, Gary Olson asked some very difficult questions of Cloud vendors regarding security. Their responses may surprise you.

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