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The Technology Of The Internet: Part 2 - Bandwidth And Adaptive Streaming June 6th 2023 - 09:00 AM

How CDNs, Adaptive Bit Rate streaming protocols and codecs have evolved together to take video streaming forward from the earlier inconsistent and low-quality experience, to deliver broadcast quality today in many cases.

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The Importance Of CDN Selection To Achieve Broadcast-Grade Streaming Experiences June 2nd 2023 - 09:30 AM

Multi-CDN is a standard model for today’s OTT Operators, which automatically requires a CDN selection solution. As streaming aims to be broadcast-grade and cost-effective, how are CDN Selection solutions evolving to support these objectives?

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OTT’s Unique Storage Requirements May 26th 2023 - 09:30 AM

Central storage systems for OTT are unique in the world of media storage. They combine a set of requirements which no other media use case must handle.

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A1 Croatia taps Appear’s NEO Series for server-based live channel encoding and distribution.

A1 Croatia Migrates To All-IP OTT Distribution With Appear May 23rd 2023 - 11:00 AM

Appear has been chosen by A1 Croatia to transform and optimize its live OTT channel encoding and distribution workflow to include fully on-premise transcoding.

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Viacom18 Deploys Nevion Contribution Solution For The TATA IPL’23 May 19th 2023 - 11:00 AM

Viacom18, part of Network18 Group, one of India’s media and entertainment (M&E) conglomerates, has deployed Nevion’s contribution solution. This, delivered in just three weeks by Nevion (a Sony Group Company), is being used for the live coverage of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) of cricket.

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OTT Content Origination May 19th 2023 - 09:30 AM

Content Origination is in the midst of significant transformation, like all parts of the OTT video ecosystem. As OTT grows and new efficiencies are pursued, Origination must play its part as a fundamental element of the delivery chain. But Origination is not just about smooth and efficient content delivery. It’s also about providing key features to the OTT service.

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The Technology Of The Internet: Part 1 - How Video Streaming Shaped The Internet May 18th 2023 - 09:00 AM

This is the first in a series of articles examining the technology underlying video streaming as that becomes the dominant transmission medium for TV. This first article dissects the internet itself and examines the impact of streaming on it, setting the scene for a more in depth look at specific components such as CDNs.

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Vendor Spotlight: Chyron May 10th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Chyron’s new mantra is flexibility.

​Founded in 1966, Chyron’s technology has become so ingrained in the broadcast industry that its very company name has become the standard term for a caption superimposed over usually the lower part of a video image during a news broadcast.

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