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The recent Superstorm Sandy that inflicted incredible devastation on 18 states on the East Coast, and particularly how it impacted the broadcast industry in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut media hubs, has brought front and center the need for a business continuity strategy and the importance of a disaster recovery (DR) operation for program originators to remain on the air. It requires a significant capital investment to build a DR facility for a multi-channel program origination center. This puts the channel in a box discussion in a new light as a practical and cost-effective way to protect origination....More

The first video compression standard was introduced in 1984; this was the CCITT/ITU-T, H.120 Recommendation. It was low bit rate black-and-white used for video conferencing. Compression and Digital Broadcast have come a long way since then. There are a considerable number of compression standards and formats; they are different depending on whether the compression is to a file or stream. When a stream is created for Over the Air (OTA) distribution, there are only a few standards typically used: MPEG2 and MPEG4 H.264....More

Delivering content to smartphones, media tablets and MDTV receivers presents broadcasters with new image quality and workflow concerns...More

With newer open-standard technology and industry protocols, it's now possible to closely couple traffic, scheduling, library management, finance, legal, rights management and business intelligence with broadcast and production operations....More