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Over the next two months, Gary Olson, president of the GHO Group, will provide a multi-part overview of the changing technology used in broadcast and production facilities. His thoughts will provide valuable insight into the types of decisions and solution selection you will soon need to make.
Broadcasters had almost 75 years of exclusivity in program delivery. That is now being challenged by new and inexpensive streaming technology.
With the Consumer Electronics industry hell-bent on making Ultra High-Definition (UHD) television sets and other related products the next best thing, the video production and distribution community is looking to help with content—now that we all know what “UHD TV” actually means.
Contribution – backhaul in the U.S. – has always been a challenge for broadcasters. In the early days most of the engineering effort in a remote broadcast went toward creating the wireless links back to the studio.
Amid all the OTT hype IPTV will increase its share of the global pay TV market according to various forecasts, with the latest from Transparency Market Research predicting a trebling in worldwide revenues generated by the sector between now and 2020. The firm’s latest forecast ‘IPTV Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2014 – 2020’ predicts revenues will reach $79.38 billion by 2020 compared with $24.94 billion in 2013, growing at a solid compound annual rate of 18.1%.
What broadcast engineer, video or audio technician or camera person hasn’t wanted to work the Super Bowl? Being part of the broadcast team for the most high-profile event in U.S. television is considered by many to be a career-crowning achievement. For those who do work the Super Bowl, it may be just another weekend football game—albeit one with an intensity that is off the chart!
The ATSC continues its work on the next-generation television standard, known as ATSC 3.0. The committee is now looking for ways to deliver an immersive audio experience in the form of multiple channels which enable consumers to focus on specific “objects” or audio elements within content.
Intelsat and its partners demonstrate the readiness of 4K UHDTV technology for satellite delivery
