Chinese Television System (CTS) chose Harmonic to supply the video contribution and distribution infrastructure for its broadcast coverage of the 29th Summer Universiade, the “Olympics” for university students, running from August 19-30th in Taipei, Taiwan.
As broadcasters and production staff look up to the clouds, they no longer perceive the images seen by a child; a doggie, cat, dragon or airplane. The fact is the digital cloud is a future storage, production, playout and business tool that comes in a thousand flavors. The cloud article described below will help those having to evaluate cloud solutions.
The second article provides a high-level tutorial on ATSC 3.0 transmission. The author explains an RF technology that can improve coverage by adding Multiple Input Single Output (MISO) diversity to an antenna. The result can offer an attractive path to a stronger signal.
Harmonic’s financial woes continue with a loss of $31.5 million under GAAP (Generally accepted accounting principles) rules for its second quarter on revenues of $82.3 million. Even so, there are signs of a return to profitability in the longer term.
Media Links will launch its MDP3020, an IP media gateway edge device, designed for remote production and IP content delivery at IBC 2017. The company developed the MDP3020 for the broadcast media market and it will be of particular interest for sports broadcasters. It can be used in three primary configurations: firstly, for contribution applications as an encoder, secondly for distribution applications as a remote video playout decoder, and thirdly for point-to-point local video and distribution applications.
Frame.io just launched Frame.io Enterprise, helping large organizations power their video creation at scale. Frame.io Enterprise is already being used by the organizations such as Vice, Turner Broadcasting Systems, BuzzFeed, DJI and others.
When a significant power increase is not an option, adding Multiple Input Single Output (MISO) diversity offers an attractive path to a stronger signal.
