Applied Technology: Smarter Workflows for Multi-platform Delivery November 10^th 2014 - 07:55 PM

With the advent of rapidly changing consumer viewing habits and literally billions of portable devices accessible around the world, media companies are being challenged like never before to meet the demand or be left behind. Expanding a content provider’s reach is what all the fuss is about. The primary t…

The Anatomy of the IP Network, Part 2 November 10^th 2014 - 02:00 PM

This is the second in the series and here we will begin to get into a more granular discussion of the IP addresses and network transmission protocols. It is important to understand the different transmission and addressing protocols as devices, applications and systems each have specific requirements based on their…

Applied Technology: Understanding the Return on Investment of Media Asset Management Systems November 6^th 2014 - 11:30 AM

Media Asset Management (MAM) systems are revolutionizing the way media enterprises manage and optimize their content life cycles by delivering revenue, efficiency, and creative gains, yet understanding how to financially justify new projects remains a challenge for many organizations.

MAM Best Practices – The beginning is really the end November 6^th 2014 - 10:40 AM

As counterintuitive as this may sound, to actually determine what you need in a digital asset management system, you have to start at the end. So in other words, the most important questions to ask when trying to determine what goes in to your asset management system, is ‘What are…

Content intelligence November 5^th 2014 - 03:16 PM

There are around seven and a quarter billion people in the world today. You can go to worldometers.info and watch the total rise. What does this mean for us humble folk who used to work in broadcast?

Using KPI for Media Workflows November 3^rd 2014 - 07:09 PM

Determining the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) required in order to measure media workflows is no different than for other workflows. Attempting to set standards and measure these without a thorough understanding of the process will result in incorrect results regardless of whether your workflow is for a doctor’s office o…

The Anatomy of the IP Network, Part 1 November 3^rd 2014 - 02:00 PM

This is the first in a three-part series of articles to help engineers and technical managers better understand the IP network, which has become the core technology in the broadcast center.

Workflows in the Cloud: A Heavenly Solution for Broadcasters’ CAPEX and Video Processing Goals November 1^st 2014 - 04:35 PM

While cloud computing isn’t new, only recently has it begun to play a critical role in the video workflow process as broadcasters seek new ways to reduce the costs of their video processing and quality control (QC) needs. The immediately available processing infrastructure of the cloud is naturally appealing t…

Reimagining archive as integral to production, preparation and delivery October 21^st 2014 - 02:47 PM

Content owners have traditionally archived material as a resource worth keeping in perpetuity, but this simplistic approach is no longer fit for purpose. Invariably though, detailed knowledge about the content is unavailable or it is in a state where it cannot be easily unlocked. If assets are stored on disparate…

Disaster recovery strategies October 7^th 2014 - 12:02 PM

We’ve all heard the phrase Disaster Recovery (DR), but what does it actually mean for broadcasters and content owners, and what constitutes a disaster? DR is a broad term that encompasses a range of scenarios, from catastrophic disaster (for instance, the complete destruction of a whole facility), to operational d…