Dynamic storage tiering
Data-intense broadcast projects can require petabytes of data with several hundred terabytes often actively in production at any given time. The need...
Video servers
How much performance can be squeezed from a 1RU device when its primary purpose is to ingest and play back video clips? Perhaps surprisingly, it's an...
IP for signal management
With the wider adoption of IT-based infrastructures for playout facilities, it's natural to consider the scope for moving to IP-based signal management...
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CNN standardizes across all of its platformsAs CNN brings content to air on CNN, CNN International, CNN en Espanol and HLN, and to the Internet on CNN.com, our goal is to leverage our substantial... |
Spectra Logic's T950
As one of the most watched PBS affiliates in the nation, at Minnesota-based Twin Cities Public Television (tpt), we were grappling with the storage and...
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User authenticationSystem security is like the weather; lots of people worry, but no one actually does anything about it. The January Computers & Networks column Media network... |
Small Tree's ST-FCoE
For many broadcasting entities and creative agencies with multiple users moving large files across a network, Fibre Channel was a sensible alternative....
Anytime, anywhere
You don't need to look far in most TV stations and network facilities to find piles and drawers full of recorded video cassettes. Somebody saved them...
DVR, cable and satellite boxes waste $2 billion in electricity every year
According to a new study, these devices squander the equivalent annual energy output of six coal burning power plants....
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Video transportAll broadcasters and network operators need the flawless delivery of high-quality content to TVs and other video devices. More and more operators are... |
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Cloud computing for broadcastersThough implementation of cloud-based services may be relatively new to the broadcast industry, the history behind cloud computing stretches back decades.... |
LTFS and LTO-5
LTO-5 is the fifth generation of LTO tape, a tape format developed over the last decade by the LTO Program, a consortium of manufacturers consisting of...
Metadata
By now, most engineers have heard that metadata refers to data about data. As facilities move from tape to files, and from tight integration to service...
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The media life cycle in modern broadcast environmentsA great deal has been written about the importance of file-based workflows for broadcast applications. Often, much of the discussion revolves around video servers and/or nearline storage systems. ... |
Growing home network bandwidth requirements drives HomePlug, MoCA, HomePNA growth
According to new In-Stat research, more than 40 million HomePlug, HomePNA and MoCA networking nodes were shipped last year....
