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Between broadcast and studios, IP is the standard connection method. Why not within studios also? Image courtesy HD Broadcast Arizona.

Live Video Over IP: More Confusion Than Clarity August 4th 2015 - 08:01 AM

Just when I thought it was going to be safe to go in the water, out comes a survey and a statement that Live over IP is still 5 to 10 years away. Really?

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Thomson 4K encoder - a technology with the edge to see off market decline.

​Report: Distribution Encoder Market to Decline 21% by 2020 July 31st 2015 - 01:45 PM

Revenues of broadcast (linear) encoders are expected to decline by 21% in the distribution market and by 10% in the contribution market over the next 5 years, a new report from Futuresource Consulting has found.

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Conceptually, you are delivering your content to your audience

MAM is Dead. Long Live Media Logistics—Part 3 July 29th 2015 - 08:04 AM

In the third and final part of BroadcastBridge’s MAM feature we contend that MAM as we’ve known it is dead and that today’s broadcaster and content delivery firm want a media logistics solution which encompasses all ingest, production, distribution and archive with rich metadata including rights. If so, are the tools in most MAM’s appropriate at ‘orchestrating’ all of these assets?

Here are the comments of Tony Taylor, CEO TMD.

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Apple sourced Thunderbolt cable.

Avoiding Thunderbolt Cable Failure July 29th 2015 - 07:00 AM

Do you realize that mysterious computer RAID freezes, crashed applications and dog-slow or aborted offloads can be caused by bad cables? Apple’s Thunderbolt technology is good, but when it comes to the connectors, beware.

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OTT services are taking off

Differentiating OTT Services July 23rd 2015 - 08:09 AM

OTT services are taking off with increased rates of growth driven by more content, more devices, more subscribers and more advertisers. In the last 12 months alone, OTT has grown to $9-12 billion in global revenues, with $1.9 billion of those revenues coming from emerging markets, according to a report from PWC. Viewers are slowly but steadily cutting the cord on traditional cable services in favor of broadband connections and OTT services, driving a new living room plus mobile experience.

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This flow chart from arvato Systems illustrates the complexity of managing today

Soup-to-Nuts Software for a New Generation of Media Business July 22nd 2015 - 03:00 PM

In the era of anytime, anywhere, any device services, media complexity has dramatically increased. Media companies must be sufficiently agile to quickly supply their content to a range of consumer devices—including OTA, tablets, smartphones, web sites and new trends yet defined.

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A smart MAM is able to combine the liner and multi-platform worlds

MAM is Dead. Long Live The Smart MAM—Part 2 July 22nd 2015 - 08:00 AM

In part 2 of this special feature we contend that MAM as we’ve known it is dead and that today’s broadcaster and content delivery firm want a media logistics solution which encompasses all ingest, production, distribution and archive with rich metadata including rights. If so, are the tools in most MAM’s appropriate at ‘orchestrating’ all of these assets? Here’s Dalet’s Director of Marketing, Ben Davenport.

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A MAM that claims to do everything won

MAM is Dead. Long Live Media Logistics—Part 1 July 15th 2015 - 10:01 AM

In this special feature we contend that MAM as we’ve known it is dead and that today’s broadcaster and content delivery firm want a media logistics solution which encompasses all ingest, production, distribution and archive with rich metadata including rights. If so, are the tools in most MAM’s appropriate at ‘orchestrating’ all of these assets? We asked select vendors to comment. First up, here’s Nick Ryan, CTO and Co-Founder, Nativ.

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