Essential Guide: Software COTS For Real Time IP Broadcast September 4^th 2019 - 01:50 PM

A major development has happened in the broadcast industry with the adoption of software running on COTS servers for processing uncompressed real-time video. Up to recently, this had not even appeared on the radar, but new technology evolution and innovation has now made software COTS for broadcasters a reality.

Essential Guide: Hybrid IP and SDI Test and Measurement August 30^th 2019 - 10:00 AM

Broadcasters continue to see the benefits of IP and many are integrating piecemeal to build hybrid SDI-IP systems. At a first glance, monitoring of hybrid systems may seem to be just an extension of existing practices. However, the complex interaction of SDI and IP signal levels, buffers, and timing conspire…

Essential Guide: Immersive Audio Pt 3 - Immersive Audio Objects July 24^th 2019 - 01:00 PM

Immersive audio transforms the listening environment to deliver a mesmerizing and captivating experience for a wide range of audiences and expansive group of genres.

Essential Guide: IP – A Practical Application June 27^th 2019 - 10:00 AM

As broadcasters accelerate IP migration, we must move from a position of theory to that of practical application. Hybrid solutions to integrate SDI, AES, MADI, and IP will be needed for many years to come, even with green field sites, as broadcasters seek a steady and methodical transition.

Essential Guide: OTT Monitoring Uncovered June 20^th 2019 - 12:30 PM

OTT distribution is worlds apart from traditional unidirectional broadcasting in terms of its fundamental operation and viewing preferences. The internet is a rapidly expanding collection of service providers, many in direct competition, transferring broadcaster video and audio streams alongside many other types of often conflicting data.

Essential Guide: Immersive Audio Pt 2 - Immersive Audio Compatibility May 30^th 2019 - 12:30 PM

Immersive audio has the great potential to transform our human listening experience, captivate our imagination, and inspire our inventiveness.

Essential Guide: When to Virtualize IP May 9^th 2019 - 10:30 AM

Moving to IP opens a whole plethora of options for broadcasters. Engineers often speak of the advantages of scalability and flexibility in IP systems. But IP systems take on many flavors, from on-prem to off-prem, private and public cloud. And then there is virtualization.

Essential Guide: Immersive Audio Pt 1 - An Immersive Audio Primer April 18^th 2019 - 11:30 AM

Part one of this four-part series introduces immersive audio, the terminology used, the standards adopted, and the key principles that make it work.

Essential Guide: Practical Broadcast Storage February 28^th 2019 - 01:50 PM

Ground breaking advances in storage technology are paving the way to empower broadcasters to fully utilize IT storage systems. Taking advantage of state-of-the-art machine learning techniques, IT innovators now deliver storage systems that are more resilient, flexible, and reliable than at any time in the history of broadcast television.

Special Report: Super Bowl LIII – The Technology Behind the Broadcast February 18^th 2019 - 11:30 AM

New England Patriot quarterback, Tom Brady, entered Mercedes Benz stadium in Atlanta, GA on February 3rd having already won five Super Bowl games. And through four-quarters of play, all delivered by a television crew of hundreds of technicians, sports casters and engineers, about 100 million television viewers watched Brady add another…