Converging Broadcast Distribution into ‘The Cloud’ September 1^st 2014 - 04:40 PM

Digital…..the word has such broad connotations. Digital ‘gadgets’ are now affecting nearly every person on the planet today, in one form or another.

How to Maximize Your MAM September 1^st 2014 - 09:00 AM

Over the last ten years, an industry that was mostly hardware based has been successfully transitioning to an IT world, bringing about huge change to technical workflows and business practices, and thereby enabling content owners to transition from tape to digital. In the past five years, we’ve developed a m…

New Help for Engineers Moving to File-Based Workflows August 27^th 2014 - 04:20 PM

Industry consultant and The Broadcast Bridge writer, Gary Olson, has released an in-depth tutorial book, Planning and Designing the IP Broadcast Facility, designed to help engineers and technical managers transition their facilities into the world of computer-based technology and file-based workflows.

MAM: maximize the value of your media, minimize your costs August 21^st 2014 - 04:15 PM

Funnily enough, we’re all Media Asset Managers. There’s the pile of LPs under the record player, the CDs on the shelf, the MP4s you (legally no doubt) downloaded during the glorious years of widespread downloads, and then your iTunes collection. Then there are your photos. The ones nic…

Orchestration – The Next Generation of Automation August 12^th 2014 - 10:11 AM

As automation systems become smarter, they also become more complex.

In Today’s Audio and Video Marketplace, Social Media is Essential to Success August 6^th 2014 - 07:00 PM

In order to be successful in marketing audio, video or multimedia program material in today’s complex marketplace, the seller must be Internet savvy. He or she should be capable of spreading a targeted story not only about the program being sold, but the production company or band’s brand ide…

Musings of a Consultant - Workflow in Modern Media. 2nd in a Series. July 28^th 2014 - 07:59 PM

Metadata in Production. We have been keeping records in media for well over a hundred years. 3x5 index cards, and yellow legal tablets on a clip board were once the tools of the production assistant and librarian. Major studios all had their forms that production had to keep, which ended…

The changing landscape of Command and Control July 28^th 2014 - 07:33 PM

The transition to an IP architecture has created significant changes in command and control and in how systems are monitored and managed. Command and control is the all encompassing automated set of processes that control the acquisition, file movement, handling and delivery of media. Monitoring is more than a set…

Musings of a Consultant - Workflow in Modern Media July 10^th 2014 - 12:11 PM

This article will be the first in a series that will continue for a while. I hope to explore some aspects of workflow for modern media and create some clarity about terms, trends, pitfalls, and successes. I am also hoping that as we explore this together you will feed back…