Small rather than big screens are driving video revenue growth and increasingly shaping content production, according to the latest global media consumer study from Verizon subsidiary AOL.
The annual NAB Show is a notorious launching pad for real products and trial balloons. At the 2017 NAB Show, nearly every exhibitor proudly displayed 4K devices or products 4K ready. Viewed close-up, 4K UHD images are stunning. Will UHD fit local DTV broadcasting’s US business model?
Using microphones during extreme weather conditions is sometimes unavoidable. When this happens, there are certain things every audio recordist needs to know in order to capture good sound while protecting the audio gear.
Stream latency is more critical for online betting than almost any industry and now leading bookmakers are starting to deploy technology to cut delays to the bone, aiming to make OTT delivery even faster than traditional linear broadcast.
In an era when exploding quantities of storage is needed for archival data, it is ironic that the oldest, tried and true format — magnetic tape — is winning the competition over newer media.
Several years ago, the broadcast industry came to satellite operators with one request – to solve the problem of satellite interference, particularly to satellite news gathering (SNG). To that end, Carrier ID was born, and many of us believed that would be the best fix for SNG transmissions.
Immersive TV is emerging from the vapors of multiple technologies to make viewing more engaging for users and more profitable for providers of content or ads. Its big advantage is that it is not just one aspect of viewing like “more pixels” as in 4K, but the whole assemblage of tec…
As broadcasting moves from its artisan cottage industry to highly efficient production lines of the future, understanding business needs is key for engineers, and recognizing the commercial motivations of CEO’s and business owners is crucial to building a successful media platform.
A Comark transmitter is licensed and ready for experimental on-air, real-world ATSC 3.0 broadcast trials from Tribune Broadcasting’s WJW-TV facility.
Recording multi-track immersive audio is no longer difficult. Yet, many broadcasters and video producers prefer to stick with plain old mono sound. They are missing the opportunity to add major impact to their productions.
