As OTT consumption continues to rise, broadcasters and content distributors see the cloud as a way to respond to an insatiable demand for new channels. Likewise, the cloud seems to be a good solution to disaster recovery (DR). Cynics, however, are quick to note that the cloud, especially a public cloud, is unproven and unprepared both in terms of security and the QoS required by broadcasters.
Is it possible to build one’s own asset management solution? Before you begin, let’s consider the challenges.
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The Duchess of Windsor, the American wife of the man who was previously England’s King Edward VIII, famously said: “You can never be too rich or too thin”. If she’d lived in the 21st century, she might have added: “… or have too much bandwidth”.
You don’t have to look very far to see yet another industry story on ‘cord cutting’. With more viewers seeking less costly ways to watch TV, broadcasters must be concerned about their potential for dwindling audiences.
The goals of live IP production include the broadcast of live events, managing content for video switchers, viewing the content live, and switching and mixing the content for live program creation. Output may be IP, SDI or both. Can we do all that today?
The summer of 2016 has long been expected to be a breakthrough moment in the evolution of live streaming. Many experts believe the 2016 Summer Olympics is where that will happen.
In today’s highly competitive television broadcast landscape, the on screen presentation of a broadcaster’s programming can mean the difference between ratings success and failure. That’s why many have embraced virtual sets as a cost-effective way of improving their on-air look by either replacing an existing physical studio set or expanding the studio space without physical building any new walls.
The EBU (European Broadcasting Union) has included two enhanced versions of HD among four alternative profiles for broadcasters to adopt on the road way towards future immersive services that incorporate all aspects of full Ultra HDTV (UHDTV). These are detailed in a new technical report, Video System Requirements for UHDTV and an Advanced 1080p Television Format, whose main premise is that an increase in spatial resolution alone will not provide a sufficient boost in the viewing experience to justify worldwide adoption of a new television system.
