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May 1, 2013

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Netflix unveils plan to replace broadcast television 11

The company said most of the world’s leading linear TV networks are moving toward Internet TV....More
May 1, 2013

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Broadcast Engineering

May 2013 new products

WORLD EDITION EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a look at some of the recent product introductions for television engineers, technical managers, company managers and those involved in the production, cable, satellite, TV station and network, and telecommunications industries. Included in this round-up is the JVC GY-HM70....More
Apr. 24, 2013

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Bill to reform Lifeline program would bring broadband to needy 3

The Broadband Adoption Act modernizes the Universal Service Fund (USF) Lifeline Assistance Program to make broadband service affordable for lower-income households in rural and urban areas....More
Apr. 16, 2013

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Netflix Preps Next Mobile TV Show — Sense8

Netflix streaming is certainly on a roll, with the critical acclaim and audience reaction to its recent “House of Cards” series. Although the company has yet to release official ratings for the show, there is no doubt that its investment was a success. Not one to slow down, Netflix has announced a new series coming to a mobile device near you, the sci-fi program “Sense8.”...More
Apr. 15, 2013

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NewTek Developer Network partners unveil new products

NewTek has announced the expansion of the NewTek Developer Network, a growing ecosystem of companies that create workflows for NewTek customers....More
Apr. 15, 2013

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Gloves come off: FOX and CBS battle Internet TV company Aereo 12

Internet TV company Aereo’s recent NYC federal appeals court win has not settled well with broadcasters. So much so, that FOX and CBS are pondering leaving the free airwaves for satellite and cable to ensure they get paid for their content. But will OTA consumers don’t become collateral damage in this fight?...More
Apr. 15, 2013

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MPEG HEVC compression not ready for primetime

Like H.264 (AVC) before it, HEVC is the latest version of the MPEG standard....More
Apr. 15, 2013

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10Gb/s transfer speeds (in and out of the cloud) now possible

Initial benchmark tests compared the performance of Aspera transfers on a high-performance Intel system versus a similar system that did not support Intel’s Data Direct I/O Technology....More
Apr. 15, 2013

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UK content boom leads to saturation

UK consumption of on-demand content has grown quickly, but the customer base for it has reached saturation....More
Apr. 14, 2013

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Haivision, NewTek announce new technology collaboration

The collaboration provides automated streaming options for content producers to easily transcode in the cloud with Haivision's HyperStream Live and and NewTek's TriCaster....More
Apr. 1, 2013

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Broadcast Engineering

Content replacement: New protocols enable flexibility in simulcast services.

Web engineers tend to think user-/device-centric, whereas broadcast engineers tend to think more headend-centric. It’s called broadcast for a reason! However, these worlds are colliding, and — thanks to advances in online video delivery protocols, multi-screen encoding systems and cloud-based distribution services — it is now possible to perform advertising insertion or content replacement, and to tailor it to individual users....More
Apr. 1, 2013

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PESA unifies digital content workflow

PESA’s Cheetah is central to Georgia Tech's Global Learning Center overhaul....More
Apr. 1, 2013

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Broadcast Engineering

The changing role of content delivery networks 1

The classic definition of a CDN, or content delivery network, is an aggregation of servers dishing out live streams, on-demand content and other files to end users on behalf of various clients. In broadcasting, typical clients range from small radio and television stations to larger broadcast networks and media conglomerates. The CDN’s role in the broadcast space isn’t so much changing but evolving. The now-simple idea of distributing content to a desktop grows more complex by the year. The explosion of mobile streaming and the ever-expanding OTT universe is evidence alone....More
Apr. 1, 2013

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Broadcast Engineering

The cloud for broadcast: more content for consumers

With VOD services, the content is stored on large servers located at remote sites, and the media are streamed to large numbers of independent and perhaps simultaneous (but asynchronous) users. Thus, as more and more devices — particularly handhelds and mobiles — consume multimedia content via streaming (as opposed to traditional “broadcast”) services, content and software capabilities are moving toward off-site remote storage systems....More
Mar. 29, 2013

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Yospace to demonstrate content-replacement system at NAB 2013

Being shown for the first time anywhere is the company’s SmoothStreaming support for seamless content replacement....More
Mar. 27, 2013

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YouTube bringing adaptive steaming to mobile, home TV screens

Currently, YouTube's computer player automatically switches between different video quality settings based on the user's Internet connection speed....More
Mar. 27, 2013

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Genachowski to step down from FCC

FCC chairman Julius Genachowski said March 22 he will leave the agency within weeks....More
Mar. 25, 2013

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Broadcast Pix introduces Flint live production and streaming system

Flint delivers built-in HD streaming and allows operators to include cloud-based content, in addition to cameras and file-based graphics and video, during live productions....More
Mar. 15, 2013

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NAB Show conference to focus on second-screen innovations

The new event, “2nd Screen Sunday,” will focus on new business opportunities, case studies and tech innovations related to creating supplementary, synchronized and social TV content....More
Mar. 13, 2013

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The Weather Channel taps Elemental Technologies for cross-platform video

Elemental Live supports multi-screen content delivery to the network’s widely deployed digital and mobile applications....More
Mar. 13, 2013

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Boxee co-founder Ronen to deliver keynote at Disruptive Media Conference 1

Under Ronen’s leadership, Boxee has won numerous awards since its founding, including the 2008 Consumer Electronics Association's Innovation award....More
Mar. 6, 2013

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Global video usage study spotlights changes in viewer habits

The year 2012 was a historic one for online video viewing....More
Mar. 1, 2013

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Keeping Live Streaming Elemental 1

The Elemental Live encoder combines the benefits of parallel hardware-based processing with task-specific software to perform simultaneous processing and encoding of multiple adaptive bit rate outputs....More
Feb. 27, 2013

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Ball State to study second-screen viewing in Time Warner Medialab

The goal of the study to reveal how viewers interact with television programs and ads through social TV, as well as the effect that second screen has on linear viewing....More
Feb. 27, 2013

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Copyright Alert System goes active 3

The Center for Copyright Information said Feb. 25 that its Copyright Alert System to notify those engaged in unauthorized file sharing of TV shows, movies and music will go live within days....More

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