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Broadcasters have finally been able to harmonize the Master Exchange Format (MXF) with the Digital Cinema Distribution format (DCP) and other international media exchange formats such as Digital Production Partnership (DPP). The result is a new specification called the Interoperable Master Format (IMF).
Some TV people become concerned when all their eggs are in one basket. In fact, when everything is in one basket, you always know exactly where the basket is.
SMPTE announces the approval of the first standards within SMPTE ST 2110, Professional Media Over Managed IP Networks.
How many SMPTE standards does it actually take to make, post-produce, distribute, broadcast and stream a movie? In this Bruce’s Short, Bruce Devlin takes a wry look at the sheer number of standards that are needed to get from the camera to the viewer.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM and Quantum, all suppliers of Linear Tape-Open (LTO)-based storage products for the media and entertainment industries, have announced the specifications of the latest LTO Ultrium format, generation 8, which is now available for licensing by media manufacturers.
Live TV is a like a magic act. It works best when the audience can’t see what’s really happening.
Visitors to IBC 2017 this September in Amsterdam might have concluded that a prediction made almost 20 years ago that over the air services such as TV transmission would migrate to the ground while those already on the ground such as voice telephony would take to the air has now completely come true. They would have witnessed the bullishness of Wi-Fi proponents combined with the low visibility of the principle wired alternatives, Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) and Home Plug powerline (PLC) for transmission over power cables.
In today’s highly competitive media environment, companies are always looking for ways to streamline their operations and speed up the processes involved in content creation. One of the most critical is post production workflows and the need to find audio and video material stored on ever-larger repositories.
