5G Broadcast is coming to the boil as different factions converge on the field, including traditional broadcasters, streaming providers, mobile operators, CDN (Content Delivery Network) companies, and mobile device makers, as well as regulators at both global and national levels.
To attract and retain an audience, OTT services must provide excellent customer experience by delivering content at the highest possible quality. Service must be smooth, uninterrupted and in the resolution required by the customer. This is one of the key ways OTT will continue to attract more viewers and fulfil…
Getting audio sources to the right destinations is fundamental to broadcast production. From analog patch bays to SDI and onwards to the luxury of IP, device identification & routing interfaces have been a central part of daily life in broadcast.
Welcome to the first part of ‘Designing IP Broadcast Systems’ - a major 18 article exploration of the technology needed to create practical IP based broadcast production systems. Part 1 discusses the need to think asynchronously, layers & topologies, the need for shared experience, hybrid systems, and timing.
A Practical Guide To RF In Broadcast features a series of twelve articles and provides an extensive technical guide to RF technology within broadcast. It is a major work that will serve as a reference resource for professional broadcast engineers everywhere.
In 2008 Yousef Javadi, President, CEO, and Co-Founder of LTN, and his co-founding partners were sitting around a table in his partner`s home and surmising that long-form video consumption and digital content distribution were set to explode. According to market research firm eMarketer, U.S. consumer spending on movie downloads…
Ensuring consistency of lighting between the virtual world and physical objects on set requires controlling production lighting based on image content.
We present the first in a series of articles on 5G Broadcast, starting with its history and why it is rising up the agenda for broadcasters. Future articles will delve deeper into the technology and standardization, including interaction with existing digital terrestrial networks, with some examples of early trials and…
CDNs are much more than just high-speed links between Origins and ISP (Internet Service Provider) networks. Instead, they form a complete ecosystem of storage and processing, and they create new possibilities for highly efficient streaming at scale that will likely replace broadcasting technologies. In this article we look at the…
Our series exploring the basic technology and tools of audio in broadcast continues with a collection of articles which discuss the essential technical challenges of routing, keeping everything synchronized and dealing with latency.
