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SMPTE Publishes ASPEN
The ASPEN Community announces that ASPEN has achieved a major milestone as it has been published by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE). …Interoperability ≠ Open Specification ≠ Open Standard ≠ Open Source
The point of having standards is to enable interoperability. Apparently, just like new math introduced some different and often confusing concepts, the broadcast and production industries seem to have to have redefined the term interoperability. …Beyond the Hybrid: How Might an IP-Based Facility Look?
Broadcast and production facilities will maintain islands of SDI-dependent functionality within their workflows for the near to mid-term. Even so, an increasing number of facilities are on the road to establishing operations that can truly be called IP-based. With several IP-migration roadmaps from which to choose, and the likely hoodIP Video: Its More Than One Thing, And It Needs More Than One Solution. Part 3
What does IP Video really mean, why there is such hysteria and where it’s all going? At annual industry trade shows, like IBC and NAB, there is often a single ‘buzzword’ which floats to the top of conversations between vendors, broadcasters and consultants. Over the last year or so, thatIP Video: Its More Than One Thing, And It Needs More Than One Solution. Part 2.
What does IP Video really mean, why there is such hysteria and where it’s all going? At annual industry trade shows, like IBC and NAB, there is often a single ‘buzzword’ which floats to the top of conversations between vendors, broadcasters and consultants. Over the last year or so, thatThere are two major video IP connective technologies being promoted, ASPEN and AIMS. But the question should not be which is the better solution. The industry has survived quite well before with more than one option to a technology need.
IP for Live Production: The Case for ASPEN
The great promise of IP is to create a truly open and interoperable environment for the smooth plug and play of best of breed technologies. A bit like SDI in fact, but with greater potential for economic and creative benefit. There are a number of overlapping initiatives trying to solveAIMS versus ASPEN – The Next Format Battleground?
About the only thing broadcasters and production types can agree on is that there are too many formats. Unfortunately, it appears a battle is brewing over the next connectivity format/standard. …New Alliance To Promote Video Over IP
A group of manufacturers have come together to form a group promoting a set of open standards for transitioning the industry to IP. Founder members Grass Valley, Imagine Communications, Lawo, Snell Advanced Media and Nevion are initially promoting promoting the implementation of SMPTE 2022-6, audio over IP standard AES67 andIndustry Aligns To Embrace IP
As the broadcast industry continues its calculated migration from SDI to Internet Protocol (IP) infrastructures—and all of the targeted file transfers, reduced equipment costs and resolution independence that comes with it—many of the major equipment vendors have begun forming alliances to support each other’s efforts and ensure inter
