Media streaming over the internet is unique. Packet switched networks were never designed to deliver continuous and long streams of media but instead were built to efficiently process transactional and short bursts of data. The long streams of video and audio data are relentless in their network demands and to distribute them effectively requires the adoption of specialist CDNs.
NBC Sports has selected TAG Video Systems to provide OTT monitoring and multiviewing for its production of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games.
The latest releases from Hedge deliver customizable metadata elements, support for RAW camera codecs, and spanning for LTO archive, increasing productivity across the product suite.
New Desktop Software v16.2 for all of AJA System’s KONA, Io, and T-TAP Pro products including the latest macOS support; new OBS Studio compatibility and improved 12-bit, 444, RGB workflows for UHD.
_460_307_70.jpg "Alongside satellite feeds, Globecast is supplying a technical team for control and monitoring in its MCR")
The Confederation of African Football has chosen Globecast for two seasons of satellite distribution for their main competitions. This includes the recent Africa Cup of Nations men’s football championship, held in Cameroon.
In the previous article in this series, we looked at the advantages of software-KVM and how it differs from some of the VPN solutions available. In this article, we look at further improving security through end-to-end solutions.
Bridge Technologies has announced the release of its VB246, an ASI input option card for real-time high-density monitoring in remote head-end, regional edge-multiplexer, modulator and transmitter sites.
The Olympic movement can always be relied on to push the broadcasting barrier. Most innovations in its history have been incremental such as the move to color or HD and latterly UHD. Its host broadcast division Olympic Broadcast Services (OBS) is arguably in the midst of the most sweeping set of changes ever in transitioning its entire production fabric to IP and cloud in order to meet the goals of sustainability, flexible production, huge content demands and new formats and immersive presentation. BroadcastBridge examines this including a virtualised OB van project being tested at the Winter Games.
