There is no doubt that esports is here to stay. The scene, while very fluid, is absolutely in the mainstream now. It’s not easy to find absolute consensus among the various reported numbers, but if you had to put a pin in the map, it looks like esports is set for around 500 million viewers worldwide this year.
GatesAir, a global leader in wireless, over-the-air content delivery solutions for TV and radio, has joined forces with Pearl TV and Howard University to bring NEXTGEN TV service to Washington DC this fall.
Broadcasters are no longer faced with the binary choice of going down the SDI or IP routes. The hybrid method of using TDM (Time Domain Multiplexing) combines the advantages of distributed networks with IP and SDI to deliver a fully integrated solution that helps broadcasters working across multiple technologies.
Riedel’s Artist and Bolero intercom systems helped Dodd Technologies orchestrate the U.S. swim trials for broadcast and streaming to fans around the world.
IP is delivering new opportunities in terms of distributed processing and de-centralization. In the second part in this series, we look at the practicalities of using COTS hardware and the advantages it has for multiviewer monitoring over traditional SDI hardware solutions.
With the launch of Nexio NewsCraft, Imagine brings to market a high-value, remote-friendly, all-in-one news production solution that enables organizations to work smarter and more efficiently ― ensuring every news story gets to air quickly no matter where operators are located.
The pressure to extract more revenue from ever shrinking budgets, due to expensive content rights contracts, is causing Broadcasters to re-evaluate—and in many cases reduce—how they spend their money on production tools and infrastructure. Recognizing this, live production technology providers like Grass Valley are getting “creative” in how they sell their products and cloud-native systems.
Video interface and IP workflow vendor Magewell has launched multi-device management software available free of charge for on-premises server or cloud hosting platforms.
