The US-based Advanced Television Systems Committee standardized three more components of ATSC 3.0, the next-generation television system expected to transform the ability of broadcasters to deliver mobile, interactivity and higher quality content.
Sometimes technical managers and engineers get caught up in technology as though it exists by itself. It is important to remember all new solutions must be installed and maintained by humans—and that may require new skills.
There are several solutions for optimizing the distribution of multiscreen video. One method is by controlling the origin server, with respect to packaging and encoding. Another is to use local caches installed in the networks of operators that are either handling an important part of the content provider’s traffic o…
Delivering a major live event like the Olympics, a national political convention or the World Cup to your audience using mobile cellular transmitters and an IP-based network can be scary for even the most seasoned broadcaster. To help alleviate those fears, here is a list of best practices.
The compression of high-quality video has traditionally been a compute-intensive operation requiring dedicated hardware. But the steady progression in computational power of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment has enabled the gradual transition of some video processing operations to software-based environments. A software-based approach can offer significant flexibility and agility improvements over purpose-built…
What’s old is new again. The first broadcast mass medium, radio, is back again — this time as personalized, targeted audio for audiences on the go. From books to long form text articles, audio-only programming is gaining listeners fast in a constantly evolving media world.
The cloud is one of the hot topics in the world of broadcast and media at the moment. Every vendor, it seems, is keen to offer a cloud solution, even if some are not always clear what it means, and where the benefits lie.
Broadcast television is undergoing a tectonic revolution from artisanal service provider to industrial scale producer. As the industry moves to its mature phase business owners require a highly efficient production line approach that is scalable, agile and cost predictable, allowing creative production teams to deliver better programming and viewer experiences.
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Log gamma recording is available from an increasing number of camcorders and even several DSLRs. When folks buy these cameras it’s a safe bet they are doing so with the intent of using, or at least trying, their new camera’s log option.
The introduction of the Digital Video Recorder (DVR,) pioneered by TiVo, provided consumers the ability to record and watch shows on demand. The technology has fueled the appetite for on-demand content, with DVR services now available in 50% of U.S. TV households.
