Production–Delivery Convergence: Part 6 - Designing Experiences That Viewers Trust

Performance reliability is an invisible contract between a streaming service and its customer, and it is fundamental to guaranteeing viewer retention. The problem is that performance isn’t just about delivery. Here we identify where to look and why it’s critical to take a much wider view of the whole signal chain.

SMPTE Education Launches Summer 2026 Lineup Of IP And ST 2110 Courses

Boasting two standalone courses, an intensive boot camp, and a hands-on practical lab, SMPTE Education has launched its summer 2026 Lineup of IP and ST 2110 Courses.

Virtual Production For Broadcast: Principles, Terminology & Technology

The technology and techniques of virtual production, from the camera back through the video wall, processors, and rendering servers.

Standards: Video - Advanced Video Coding (AVC)

AVC remains one of the most widely deployed video codecs in the world, but navigating its profiles, levels and signaling mechanisms is far from straightforward.

Live Sports & Monetization: Public Service Broadcasters Maximizing Live Sports Opportunities

PSBs across the world are making the most of limited resources to enrich live sports coverage around ancillary content and platforms, and monetizing the resulting services. Here we focus on the content and coverage rather than technical issues around workflow and multi-platform distribution.

Production–Delivery Convergence: Part 5 - Scaling The Future

The streaming industry is delivering richer formats, more personalization, and more immersive viewing experiences. There’s just one problem – how can the global delivery ecosystem support it?

Network Traffic Engineering: RIST & SRT - The Success Of ARQ Based Protocols

IP networks are inherently unreliable. We kick off this series on IP Network Traffic Engineering with a look at how RIST and SRT give broadcast engineers user-configurable control over the latency-versus-reliability trade-off for real-time media streaming.

Standards: Video - Standards For Video Coding

From 4K to 32K, the demand for ever-larger video formats is pushing codec technology to its limits. This guide surveys the landscape of video coding standards – from legacy MPEG formats to AI-driven neural network compression – to help navigate the choices shaping the future of video delivery.

Live Sports & Monetization: Public Service Broadcasters Thinking Outside The Box

Although premium sports rights may be slipping beyond reach for Public Service Broadcasters, the trend towards segmented rights owned increasingly by leagues or individual athletes offers further opportunities. There is growing scope for aggregating less costly packages, including highlights or clips from premium sports, as well as niche events.

Production–Delivery Convergence: Part 4 - When Viewer Performance Becomes An Ecosystem Problem

Viewer experience is not just about the user interface. Performance is also key, and even the strongest creative proposition struggles to retain viewers when the experience falls short. Consistent performance is no longer simply an engineering challenge; it is a shared discipline that spans production, delivery, and everything in between.…