The fact that broadcasting is transitioning at breath taking speed is a statement of the blindingly obvious. It’s difficult to keep up with the pace of change whether it’s IP, COTs, cloud, HDR, or metadata. But what’s not so obvious is some of the interesting challenges we have around supply chains, even for software.

Latency continues to be a hot topic as more broadcaster’s transition to IP infrastructures. But the advances in GPU design may be key to the successful deployment of low latency IP systems.

May you live in interesting times as the old proverb says and as we see more industry professionals using cloud services, are we witnessing the new dawn of remote collaboration?

TCP has been the backbone of reliable IP delivery since the late 1970s but after years of research, we seem to have reached the limits of its abilities. QUIC is being hailed as a large-scale replacement for TCP. But why is QUIC so important and what can it do for broadcasters?

Any self-respecting engineer or operational broadcast technologist will have in their tool kit at least one role of gaffer tape. But as we move to a software connected world, our trusted friend is finding a new collaborator in the form of Python, the go-to scripting language for broadcasters.

We seemed to have reached a milestone in our IP journey as more broadcasters are able to distribute live video and audio over private networks and even the internet. So, what’s next?

As we progress through our IP journey the technology now available is providing us with the opportunity to rethink many of our working practices. But with these advances there seems to be some working practices emerging that defy logic. To me, one of these is PTP locking an OB truck with the studio.

Timing is one of the most critical aspects of broadcast television and we must take it seriously due to the massive impact it has on every transmission.  With this in mind, it’s not surprising that engineers insist on small and responsible progressive technology steps.

GPIs have been with us since the dawn of television. As old as coil-relays themselves, the humble GPI has been the mainstay of broadcast systems the world over. But should we now be looking more to IP?

Reading the Fastly internet service outage newspaper headlines this week would make anybody relying on the internet take a deep and thoughtful intake of breath. But when we dig below the headlines into the detail, there are a lot of positives that broadcasters can take away from this event.