CDN For Live And VOD December 1^st 2023 - 09:00 AM

CDNs are much more than just high-speed links between Origins and ISP (Internet Service Provider) networks. Instead, they form a complete ecosystem of storage and processing, and they create new possibilities for highly efficient streaming at scale that will likely replace broadcasting technologies. In this article we look at the…

A Practical Guide To RF In Broadcast: The Future Of OTA TV In The US November 27^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

At the moment it is far from clear exactly how the OTA TV landscape will evolve in the US over the next few years… the only sure thing is that we are in a period of rapid change.

How Starlink Is Progressing As An Alternative To 5G November 23^rd 2023 - 10:00 AM

TV stations have mostly parked their satellite trucks and ENG vans in favor of mobile bi-directional wireless digital systems such as bonded cellular, wireless, and direct-to-modem wired internet connections. Is Starlink part of the future?

A Practical Guide To RF In Broadcast: Other Radios In TV Stations November 20^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Why keeping control of wi-fi and other devices within a broadcast facility to ensure there is no interference with critical devices is essential.

The Big Guide To OTT: Part 7 - Content Delivery Networks November 17^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

Part 7 of The Big Guide To OTT is a set of three articles which examine the pivotal role of CDN’s, how they are evolving and how Open Caching aims to support broadcast grade streaming.

Preventing TV News Deepfakes November 10^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

The technology used to create deepfake videos is evolving very rapidly. Is the technology used to detect them keeping pace and are there other approaches broadcast newsrooms can use to protect themselves?

Scalable Dynamic Software For Broadcasters - The Book November 7^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

Scalable Dynamic Software For Broadcasters is a free 88 page eBook containing a collection of 12 articles which give a detailed explanation of the principles, terminology and technology required to leverage microservices based, software only broadcast production infrastructure.

A Practical Guide To RF In Broadcast: Codecs & Encoding November 6^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Here we look at codecs and encoding for digital RF modulation such as ATSC 3.0, DVB and other digital OTA standards, and network requirements for encoding and delivering streaming internet video.

A Practical Guide To RF In Broadcast: Part 4 - Codecs, Facilities & The Future October 23^rd 2023 - 09:30 AM

This is the fourth of a multi-part series exploring the science and practical applications of RF technology in broadcast. Here we discuss codecs & encoding, the need to carefully manage the proliferation of RF devices within facilities and the future of OTA TV.

Motion Pictures: Part 6 - How We Might Achieve True Motion October 19^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

John Watkinson continues his exploration of the potential for a true motion tv system that requires the complete removal of frame sampling to make each pixel a continuous representation of the image thus removing motion artefacts.