The New Frontier Of Interactive Rights: Part 1 - The Converged Entertainment Paradigm

Interactive Rights are at the forefront of creating a new frontier in the media industry. Driven by the Streaming era, but applicable to all forms of content platforms, Interactive Rights hold an important promise – to deeply engage the modern viewer in a way that creates a new value exchange between viewers, content owners, brands, and other stakeholders. This new series delves deeply into the technology and business models involved…

HDR: A Bigger Stage To Act On

From a creative perspective HDR is all about enabling technology that offers a far broader, deeper palette of light, detail and color to work with.

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IP Security For Broadcasters: Part 1 - Psychology Of Security

As engineers and technologists, it’s easy to become bogged down in the technical solutions that maintain high levels of computer security, but the first port of call in designing any secure system should be to consider the user and their interaction.

Operating Systems Climb Competitive Agenda For TV Makers

TV makers have adopted different approaches to the OS, some developing their own, while others adopt a platform such as Google TV or Amazon Fire TV. But all rely increasingly on the OS for competitive differentiation of the UI, navigation, and in some cases for reaching out to other devices…

Demands On Production With HDR & WCG

The adoption of HDR requires adjustments in workflow that place different requirements on both people and technology, especially when multiple formats are required simultaneously.

Beyond A Protocol: Zixi’s Software Defined Video Platform (SDVP®) Is Revolutionizing The Industry

Over the past 15+ years, Zixi has become a trusted leader in live IP video delivery and orchestration technology, evolving from a pioneering protocol to a comprehensive platform with a who’s who list of clients including Amazon Prime Video, Bloomberg, Fox, Fubo, MLB, NFL, Roku, Sinclair, Sky, Warner Media and…

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If It Ain’t Broke Still Fix It: Part 2 - Security

The old broadcasting adage: ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix it’ is no longer relevant and potentially highly dangerous, especially when we consider the security implications of not updating software and operating systems.

Standards: Part 21 - The MPEG, AES & Other Containers

Here we discuss how raw essence data needs to be serialized so it can be stored in media container files. We also describe the various media container file formats and their evolution.

NDI For Broadcast: Part 3 – Bridging The Gap

This third and for now, final part of our mini-series exploring NDI and its place in broadcast infrastructure moves on to a trio of tools released with NDI 5.0 which are all aimed at facilitating remote and collaborative workflows; NDI Audio, NDI Bridge and NDI Remote.

Designing IP Broadcast Systems - The Book

Designing IP Broadcast Systems is another massive body of research driven work - with over 27,000 words in 18 articles, in a free 84 page eBook. It provides extensive insight into the technology and engineering methodology required to create practical IP based broadcast production systems. This series builds on the…