Local TV In The U.S.A – 1967 Style June 24^th 2025 - 09:00 AM

Our very own TV pioneer shares recollections of local TV in the US from his start in 1967.

Authenticity And Trust In Media May 6^th 2025 - 03:30 PM

Our resident digital philosopher Dave Shapton asks us all to consider whether we know what is real and how much we value authenticity.

IP Monitoring & Diagnostics With Command Line Tools: Part 1 - The Command Line Interface April 28^th 2025 - 09:30 AM

Being faced with an IP and file-based broadcast environment can be daunting if you are not already an experienced Information Technology systems administrator. This series of articles will help you acquire the skills one-by-one to monitor and diagnose problems from the UNIX command line. Then you can build more sophisticated…

BEITC At NAB 2025: Conference Sessions Preview - Part 2 March 14^th 2025 - 09:00 AM

Once again in 2025 The Broadcast Bridge is proud to be the sole media partner for the BEIT Conference Sessions at NAB. They are not free, but the conference sessions are a unique opportunity to engage with very high quality in-person technical learning. Here is the second part of our summary…

BEITC At NAB 2025: Conference Sessions Preview - Part 1 March 7^th 2025 - 12:45 PM

Once again in 2025 The Broadcast Bridge is proud to be the sole media partner for the BEIT Conference Sessions at NAB. They are not free, but the conference sessions are a unique opportunity to engage with very high quality in-person technical learning. Here is the first part of our summary…

The Ultimate Compression Technology? February 28^th 2025 - 09:00 AM

Our resident provocateur Dave Shapton speculates on the nature of compression and its potential future evolutionary path.

Deep Learning Accelerates Object Tracking In TV Production January 10^th 2025 - 09:00 AM

Advances in application motion tracking in audiovisual production, both live and recorded, have been slow until recently accelerated by the advent of modern AI techniques associated with neural network based deep learning and mathematical graph theory. These advances have converged from multiple application domains including robotics, medical imaging, sports science…

A New Year Speculation On Immersion January 1^st 2025 - 09:00 AM

As we head into another new year it seems ok to indulge in some obvious speculation about what the future may bring. Here we consider the proposition that eventually, and probably not far into the future, broadcasters will have to deal with immersiveness. Why is this likely, and how should…

The Resolution Revolution December 6^th 2024 - 09:00 AM

We can now capture video in much higher resolutions than we can transmit, distribute and display. But should we?

Great Things Happen When We Learn To Work Together October 22^nd 2024 - 09:00 AM

Why doesn’t everything “just work together”? And how much better would it be if it did? This is an in-depth look at the issues around why production and broadcast systems typically don’t work together and how we can change that. If we do, there are untold benefits.