In this third and last part of the series on IP networking, we will look at the components that make up the network infrastructure.
Clear evidence that social network activity around a linear broadcast drives subsequent catch up viewing has come from a study by Nielsen, the world’s leading TV audience measurement specialist. This is significant for broadcasters in that time shifted viewing within the seven day window after linear showing now accounts f…
The goal is to cut down on the wait time.
If you ask any avid sports fan, and maybe some casual observers as well, the biggest problem with instant replay reviews during live sports games is that the referees, or more recently umpires, take too long to make a call—e…
Equal access legislation in the UK, US and other countries has led to widespread captions and subtitles for broadcast services. However, despite the efforts of a number of lobbying groups, availability of captions on video-on-demand services, including those streamed via the internet, have been slow to take off. This article…
It may be obvious, but sometimes the obvious needs stating, which is that television pictures can only be assessed by the viewer through the human visual system. It is equally obvious, that moving picture reproduction systems developed without an understanding of human vision will be sub-optimal. That’s where we a…
Dedicated hardware servers running fully integrated software have long formed the preferred technical solution for broadcasters’ playout. Easy to install, configure and operate, they continue to be the preferred choice for any new broadcast channel. They are highly compact, easy to maintain and extremely cost-efficient. Additional channels can be added…
Broadcasters and content owners tend to look at the world of television and advertising as divided into linear and non-linear. The two models do have much in common; content, monetization, tracking, and invoicing, for example. However, there are clear differences between broadcast and targeted-delivery models; the use of indirect versus…
With the advent of rapidly changing consumer viewing habits and literally billions of portable devices accessible around the world, media companies are being challenged like never before to meet the demand or be left behind. Expanding a content provider’s reach is what all the fuss is about. The primary t…
This is the second in the series and here we will begin to get into a more granular discussion of the IP addresses and network transmission protocols. It is important to understand the different transmission and addressing protocols as devices, applications and systems each have specific requirements based on their…
With consumers viewing (and listening to) content on more devices and in more places than ever before, broadcasters are being challenged to meet demands for new and better audio experiences in the most cost-effective way. This means upping the ante on multichannel audio from the existing 5.1 surround sound systems found…
