With MPEG-2 still the dominant encoding platform used by OTA broadcasters in North America, and many looking to make the move to ATSC 3.0 (Nextgen TV), software-based encoding systems are increasingly being deployed. This slow but steady evolution has led to smaller sized solutions that offer more features and…

InSync Technology is rolling out updated versions of its FrameFormer software. Thanks to a programme of continual development, the latest versions deliver even higher quality in real time conversion using CPU only, while reducing the processor demands by as much as 20%. …

Organic growth and timely acquisitions help Riedel support customers’ expanding needs. …

Globecast is significantly expanding its European fibre backbone – part of the company’s global fibre network GCBN – to 100G to satisfy bandwidth-heavy media transport including remote production. …

We talk to Systems Integrator Erik Utter to get his insight into the challenges of production facility and system design, and the right time to go SDI, IP, Cloud or hybrid. …

UK Broadcaster GB News becomes the first to simplify subtitle delivery with Ai-Media’s end-to-end subtitling technology and market leading infrastructure. …

The Video Services Forum (VSF), has further enhanced the Reliable Internet Streaming Transport (RIST) protocol with the use of Wireguard VPN in RIST devices. This feature, detailed in TR-06-4 Part 2, is the second release in a series of ancillary features for RIST specifications. …

What is real time? While that question doesn’t normally come up at the dinner table, asking it of a group of broadcast engineers can draw out all kinds of responses, from philosophical debates around global atomic clocks to technical dissertations on lines, frames, and permissible nanoseconds of p…

The Trusted Partner Network (TPN), the leading global film and television content security initiative, has announced the launch of its enhanced program with new application and cloud content security assessments, and the TPN+ platform. …