The current digital terrestrial broadcast system, now referred to as ATSC 1.0, has been around for more than 20 years. Although it has seen widespread use and success, technologies and viewer expectations have changed dramatically since the standard was created.
In response to our series of commentaries questioning the future of the current generation of asset management technologies, we have had a response from Pronoloy, a vendor with a different perspective. It says reports of MAM’s death are greatly exaggerated.
The differences in archive and backup technologies are significant. Be sure you know which solution you really need.
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?
Changing channels is expensive. At a minimum, it will require a new antenna. Who’s going to pay for it and when?
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.
Across the board, virtually every piece of equipment in modern video production field packages has become smaller, lighter and more power efficient. With this trend has come an increased reliance on standard AA and nine-volt batteries to run devices like audio mixers, wireless microphones and LED light fixtures.
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…
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.
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.…
