At NAB2013 Ericsson is to launch the new AVP 4000 encoder. Broadcasters and platform operators need system flexibility and agility to keep pace with the demand for new services. Broadcasters also need to migrate legacy standard definition infrastructure to support HD and multiscreen delivery. Broadcasters need to build more flexible systems, yet remain within budget....More
Joe Foxton, MediaSilo VP business development, who will present twice at the 2013 NAB Show on cloud computing, says the technology is ready for use by broadcasters and the post-production community....More
Meld Technology, a privately held company in Sunnyvale, CA, has begun offering unlicensed white-space devices to transmit ATSC HD video to DTVs....More
Ed Czarnecki, senior director, Strategy, Development & Regulatory Affairs, Digital Alert Systems, discusses the vulnerability of the EAS system to hackers and steps broadcasters can take to reduce a repeat of the zombie-like hoaxes....More
Mark Richer, president of ATSC, discusses new implementation teams formed to shepherd ATSC 2.0 and M-EAS into the complex, rapidly changing market....More
This tutorial video was presented by Ian Hamilton, Signiant CTO/
Ian Hamilton is an innovator and entrepreneur in Internetworking infrastructure and applications for more than 20 years. He is a member of the FIMS technical board and initiated the project to design and develop a test harness to allow organizations working with FIMS to perform independent validation using data-driven simulators for service consumers and providers. As a founding member of Signiant, he also has led the development of innovative software solutions to address the challenges of fast, secure content distribution over the public Internet and private intranets for many of the media and entertainment industries’ largest companies. He discussed FIMS 1.0 at the 2012 SMPTE Annual Technical Conference last October....More
In discussing a pair of new SMPTE standards for the transport of high bit rate video over IP networks, Brad Gilmer, executive director of the Video Services Forum, predicts going forward a new emphasis on standards that meet business requirements....More
Brad Gilmer, executive director of the Video Services Forum and Broadcast Engineering columnist, talks about two new standards for high bit rate video over IP networks....More
Stephane Bourque, founder of Incognito Software, discusses how cable TV and IPTV operators can better manage their networks to meet the growing demand for OTT content....More