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KT Skylife, South Korea’s largest satellite broadcaster, has chosen the Alticast Ambient TV platform as the platform for Telebee, its end-to-end turnkey OTT service.
Differing approaches to providing audio solutions are emerging in the broadcast world. Audio over IP is a given, but where to start and which vendors to choose are proving tough decisions to make, especially as the hardware investment can have a ten-year life expectancy. And moving from an analogue, MADI or AES system can be a daunting task for any broadcaster.
If there’s one thing that became very apparent during the Mayweather-McGregor pay-per-view experience, it’s that delivering live streaming premium events to large-scale audiences is inherently difficult. And notoriously unpredictable.
Adobe’s TV Everywhere study shows that people are increasingly watching home television on TV Connected Devices (TVCD) as opposed to mobile devices. Mobile viewing is actually losing ground to TVCD viewing, say researchers.
The EBU (European Broadcasting Union) has struck a partnership with the Digital Production Partnership Ltd (DPP), a UK based business change network, to promote open standards for interoperability between all components of the video cycle as the industry continues its march towards all-IP based workflows. The two bodies are parading their partnership at IBC, with the initial focus on content security and deployment of the Interoperable Master Format (IMF).
Time is money and with M2Film, a full-service film production company based in Copenhagen and Aarhus, Denmark, the time required to transfer files between facilities was getting expensive. A faster way to move large files between locations was needed.
In the last article on Cloud Broadcasting we looked at integration and how we communicate with SaaS and cloud services in the absence of GPI’s and serial connections. In this article, we introduce secure server access and issues around security.
Over the past few years we have undoubtedly been witnessing some massive changes in the media entertainment landscape. We have gone from linear viewing on a TV screen to widespread consumer adoption of multiple over-the-top services, delivering content anywhere, anytime. With this evolution has come a great deal of technological innovation based around IP delivery, which is changing contribution. Some might (and do) say that satellite has had its day.
