In an era when electronic media outlets are multiplying like rabbits, many organizations find themselves getting newfound attention on radio and television. Whether it be a seminar, announcement or speech by a public figure, it’s easy to be caught off guard when a gaggle of journalists and TV cameramen…
Serendipity — the unplanned random discovery of things of interest — is disappearing in the age of the internet. As the novelty of web surfing wears off, old human habits return. Today, most of us are spending more time on fewer and fewer web sites though greater variety exists.
In the previous articles in this series we looked at advanced server security and out-of-band monitoring and control, especially with security validation of peripheral device firmware. In this article, we investigate virtualization further and its benefits for building secure broadcast infrastructures.
Sound Devices has upgraded its MixPre line of portable audio mixer/recorders and Zoom will soon deliver its F6 mixer/recorder. Both have a revolutionary new feature: so much headroom that it no longer matters where the gain level is set during recording. Both explosive high and quiet volume signals…
There’s a reason you don’t meet many retired transmitter engineers. It’s the same reason stations prefer miles between studios and towers.
In the previous article in this series we looked at advanced server security and how the controller within a hard disk drive or SSD can be vulnerable to hacking even with the most advanced firewalls and anti-virus software. In this article, we delve deeper into the remedies and how Lights…
Like many critical professional equipment categories, live production switchers (“vision mixers” to many overseas) have undergone a transformation based largely around the implementation of software-defined features and multi-layered capabilities that allow the operator to do more. When EVS introduced its Dyvi switcher in 2017, it boasted a software-defined architecture - basically a s…
There is always a cacophony of noise around the big tradeshows; at NAB this year Telestream made its voice clearly heard with the first showcase of OptiQ Channel, a new and radically different one-click channel creation live service for cloud environments.
With a growing number of online outlets providing an accessible platform for video distribution, the walls to television broadcasting have rapidly fallen. Unfortunately, the barriers to good television programming remains as high as ever.
In this series of three articles, we investigate the underlying aspects of computer server design for high value security and 24-hour operation. In the first article we look at advanced server security, in the second article we understand how servers are controlled, and in the third article we gain a…