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Sport climbing makes its debut at Tokyo 2020 © 2018 Olympic Broadcasting Services / Owen Hammond

Olympian Effort: Tokyo 2020 Host Production Upgrades To UHD, IP And Cloud July 23^rd 2021 - 09:00 AM

Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) the host broadcaster for the Games was founded twenty years ago and has arguably gone through its hardest and most intense period of digital transformation for Tokyo 2020.

Leveraging an IP infrastructure in Tokyo, NBCUniversal will deliver 7,000 hours of Olympic content across its media distribution properties.

NBCU Decentralizes Resources To Produce And Distribute Olympic Games Live July 21^st 2021 - 09:00 AM

Aside from being the first Summer Olympics to be delayed a year due to a pandemic—shifting technical plans and causing strict work-arounds to comply with health restrictions—this year’s live coverage by NBCUniversal (NBCU) is noteworthy for its move to all-IP operations within the International Broadcast Center (IBC) onsite in Tokyo and for its use of the network’s extensive and disparately located resources to make the Games a success.

When Elon Musk launched his car in 2018, he also launched his first test-flight Starlink satellites. In August, Starlink will be worldwide.

Low Orbit Satellites - The Space-Age Future Of Live Streaming Video July 20^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

The launch of new low orbit satellites for global network coverage will have a significant impact on remote live streaming for broadcasters and webcasters. With the likes of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Amazon’s Kuiper, or one of the other vendors such as Oneweb vying for vertical space, the outlook for remote communications has never looked more open for change.

Thousands of eager NDI users, hungry for new NDI 5 Tools, have joined a growing release notification wait list.

Stand By For NDI 5 July 19^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

NDI Version 5 is loaded with highly anticipated new features and unseen capabilities, because it was announced a month ago and hasn’t been released yet.

“Anything with a printed circuit board in it is likely looking at similar market dynamics.” Tim Shoulders, Grass Valley CEO and President.

Parts And Chip Shortages July 15^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

TV equipment manufacturers are doing what broadcasters do best: Creatively helping each other work through a difficult technical challenge.

LTN Global’s Kansas City centralized production facility mentors all Cloud-based video and audio traffic for each client.

The Future Of Live Production Is Moving To The Cloud July 1^st 2021 - 09:00 AM

With mature, cloud-based services now prevalent across the industry, helping to process and distribute content faster and more accurately than ever before, the long sought-after promise of producing content in the cloud—reducing cost and physical barriers—prompted broadcasters and production companies to experiment with new ways to make it a common reality.

Our temporary studio was in a 1930 log lodge listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Field Report: The day we used the public internet for backhaul on a budget. June 24^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

Public internet-based remote TV production adds new critical monitoring points to avoid digital cliffs.

AI has helped production professionals do their job better and streamlined workflows, saving hours of time and effort in a myriad of ways.

Now A Trusted Technology, AI Streamlines Video Production And Delivery Workflows June 18^th 2021 - 09:00 AM

There was a time when the mere mention of bringing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning into the media industry brought visions of robots replacing humans. Today that is certainly not the case—although we might be getting close: I saw a robotic camera operator move the cameras for a national television news show from his converted kitchen table. On-air, viewers never saw a difference from the programs they always watch.