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Broadcast For IT - Part 6 - Counting Time in 59.94 March 14th 2018 - 04:00 PM

In this series of articles, we will explain broadcasting for IT engineers. Television is an illusion, there are no moving pictures and todays broadcast formats are heavily dependent on decisions engineers made in the 1930’s and 1940’s. In this article we look at how to represent time in 59.94i frame systems such as those based on the American NTSC systems.

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WTA Report Reveals Service Providers Adapting to Market and Tech Disruption March 13th 2018 - 11:00 AM

The World Teleport Association (WTA) has released Teleport Opportunities 2018, a new research report surveying teleport executives on market opportunities and obstacles to growth, investment, hiring and technology plans.

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MTVG is now using a number of recycled materials at its Englewood, Colo. headquarters to build its eco-friendly trucks.

Mobile TV Group Sees The Big Picture, And 4K HDR Is Only Part of It February 28th 2018 - 09:00 AM

In this age of environmental consciousness, many companies often claim to be “eco-friendly” and concerned about the future of our planet, but it winds up being marketing slogan and little more.

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The evolving world of data connectors make choosing interfaces more complex than ever.

Making Sense of Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C February 22nd 2018 - 01:50 PM

If you’re like me, making sense of evolving computer standards like Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C is confusing. These standards seem to change often and sometimes when plugging things in that ought to work, they don’t work at all. It’s all in the details. Here’s an overview of where we stand.

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The color grading suite at Light Iron in Hollywood uses a Sony BVM-X300 OLED HDR 4K professional reference monitor for grading.

UHD Post-Part 3 Meeting it in Post February 21st 2018 - 12:05 PM

If UHD is going to become a mainstream broadcast medium, we’ll need to be able to monitor, edit and review it. But can we?

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Setting up a color workspace using Adobe

UHD Post-Part 2 The Signal February 14th 2018 - 12:05 PM

With ATSC 3.0 poised to change the broadcast industry’s basic signal, we need to understand this signal is poised between HD and true 4K.

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Streaming While Staying Sustainable - Next-Gen Compression For OTT February 14th 2018 - 11:00 AM

Over the past five years, the ways in which we choose to watch television have shifted dramatically. It wasn’t too long ago that live TV was the only option available to us. We had to make sure we were seated with the television on, at the time our favourite shows and movies were scheduled to be broadcast. If we didn’t, we simply missed them.

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Protecting expensive media assets demands a multi-layered auditing and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution.

Identifying the Gaps in Your Facility’s Security Plan February 14th 2018 - 10:00 AM

Protecting the security of media is sometimes an unresolved issue. The first step to securing valuable content is a thorough review to identify any gaps in a facility’s security plan. Then, implement industry best practices and security layers to safeguard those assets.

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