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Lead author Venkat Arun in front of the RFocus smart surface prototype. Photo by Jason Dorfman, MIT.

RF Signals May Get Major Boost From MIT’s New “Smart Surface” Technology March 20th 2020 - 01:00 PM

MIT researchers have developed RFocus “smart surface” antenna technology that can work as both a mirror and a lens to increase the strength of WiFi signals or 5G cellular networks by ten times.

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The EBU’s Joint Task Force on Networked Media (JT-NM) conducted vulnerability scans in August 2019 at Wuppertal in Germany.

Broadcasters Fail To Address Common Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities March 19th 2020 - 01:00 PM

Broadcasters are falling prey to common cybersecurity vulnerabilities as some struggle to adjust to the migration away from traditional dedicated systems to generic infrastructures based on the IP protocol, more like enterprises in other sectors.

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Large numbers of devices such as tablets can cooperate in peer-assisted video delivery to take load off CDNs and central servers.

European Consumers Will Pay For Legitimate Stream Sharing March 18th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Hopes that casual sharing of passwords among friends and family by subscribers to streaming services can be converted to legitimate paying has been boosted by a survey of European consumers.

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Selecting A Content Creation Laptop March 16th 2020 - 01:00 PM

Computer marketing departments typically do not promote all company products. Rather they focus on high margin products.

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Differentiating Between Cloud And Virtualization March 13th 2020 - 09:00 AM

There’s usually a bit of confusion when people talk about going to the cloud vs. virtualizing. While most cloud providers use virtual machine configurations to optimize their offerings, that’s not the same thing.

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NAB Has Been Cancelled Due to the Coronavirus March 11th 2020 - 07:30 PM

The NAB show has been cancelled. This announcement was made by NAB president, Gordon H. Smith.

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EBU DG Noel Curran rails at algorithms of Silicon Valley.

EBU Seeks To Clip GAFAN’s Wings March 11th 2020 - 01:00 PM

Global digital giants, collectively referred to by acronyms like GAFAN (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Netflix), have gained the upper hand over traditional broadcasters in determining what people watch on TV, especially the younger generation.

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Essential Guide:  Practical SDI and IP March 11th 2020 - 11:30 AM

SDI has been and continues to be a mature and stable standard for the distribution of video, audio and metadata in broadcast facilities. From its inception in the 1989 to the modern quad-link 12G-SDI available today, it has stood the test of time and even with the advent of IP and Ethernet, it shows no sign of waning.

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