Cloud services and virtualization are providing new ways of connecting broadcast systems together. But what does it mean to connect software?

What happened to all the soldering irons? As we transition to increasingly connected software systems, a massive number of opportunities are becoming available.

Security is playing an increasingly prominent role in broadcasting. The move to IP and the high-profile nature of television makes our industry a high visibility target for cybercrime. Can slightly shifting our mindset and working collaboratively help our fight?

In recent years, a cloud services technology has become available that has the potential to take the broadcasting world by storm – granular storage rights management.

Software Defined Networks (SDNs) are making a big splash in broadcasting, but why are they proving so popular?

Moving to the cloud demands an agile mindset that encapsulates concepts such as rip-and-replace. But why does this mindset empower engineers even more?

As data storage expands beyond all comprehension, it seems like we are focused on storing every media asset we can get our hands on, but data storage is only as important as data retrieval.

As broadcasters start to see some normality returning to their operations, will remote working now disappear to the history books? Or have broadcasters changed forever?

Engineers and technologists have demonstrated amazing feats of achievement over the past year in making remote production work during lockdown. Is this now the new way of working? Or do we run the risk of forgetting something fundamental to broadcasting?

Open-source software has revolutionized our lives, although many may not be fully aware of the impact it is having on broadcasting.