When Google deprecated the Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) in their Chrome web browser, we entered a new era of DRM. NPAPI was ancient, in digital terms and widely derided for severely outdated security measures. But as one of the key technologies used by Java and Silverlight, this move…
Nine months before the 600 MHz auction is scheduled to open and proponents on all sides claim reasons and rights to spectrum territory. The drama leading up to the big auction has all the ingredients of a ratings-winning TV show. This is extreme reality TV nobody will see on TV.
You don’t need a “secret decoder ring” to understand IP terminology. However, if you think that a DAM involves water, that SOAP is for the shower, that PAM is your cousin’s name and ESB is short for Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street Band, read on. You have some catching…
Last month, NHK covered the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners baseball game in 8K with six Ikegami cameras at Yankee Stadium. The game was viewed in 8K by the media in a special suite.
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Belgian public broadcasting company VRT unveiled the LiveIP Project. The project is a collaboration between EBU, VRT and a group of companies to build of a live TV production studio at VRT’s premises in Brussels.
A recent pricing announcement by HEVC Advance, one of two groups pooling patents for HEVC compression technology among rights holders, has done little to clarify the situation for device makers. The launch in April 2015 of HEVC Advance surprised many in the industry who are not close followers of the compression…
Online video providers may be gaining subscribers from established pay TV operators but they are not having it all their own way with high churn rates among themselves. This applies to leaders such as Netflix and Amazon as well as smaller OTT players, according to the latest OTT Video Market…
Without standards, the world would be a very difficult place to live in. There are many kinds of standards that affect almost every aspect of live – technology is just one of those areas. We can consider language as a kind of standard that allows people in one part of the w…
The outside broadcast (OB) truck is a microcosm of a studio control room. Placed in any number of settings, from theater productions and sporting events, to one-off concerts and festivals, OB trucks play a crucial role in delivering up to the minute, high quality content.
For all of last year’s talk about distributing 4K television to home viewers, there has been little real progress on making it a reality. The only place 4K technology is being used regularly is in some sports production and in the making of premium television programming.
