Video Transport

Interactive video a potential new revenue stream

Wed, 01 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Emerging technologies add opportunities for broadcasters

Interactive video as a revenue-generating opportunity still eludes broadcasters, in some part because of limits of the existing broadcast standards. This is about to change, with the advent of various new technologies that will add interactivity in a backwards-compatible fashion.

Signiant to power accelerated news delivery workflow automation for EBU

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:11:00 +0000

Eurovision's new File Exchange Platform unites 72 EBU members; next-generation solution to facilitate transition from linear satellite feeds to file-based operations for news package delivery.

Barnfind Technologies debuts Barnone at NAB 2013

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:38:00 +0000

Barnfind demonstrated its BarnOne, a system that provides up to 32 ports with either 32 X SFPs from various manufacturers offering different capabilities, or a mix with 8 or 16 BNCs or HDMI/ DVI.

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The changing role of content delivery networks

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Andrew Jones

Distributing content to a desktop grows more complex by the year.

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.

The cloud for broadcast: more content for consumers

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Cloud storage serves the demand for interactive content.

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.

Yospace to demonstrate content-replacement system at NAB 2013

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:49:00 +0000

Being shown for the first time anywhere is the company’s SmoothStreaming support for seamless content replacement.

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Net Insight unveils Nimbra video appliance at NAB

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:14:00 +0000

The video appliance significantly reduces cost for first-mile connectivity, allowing broadcasters to shift resources from transmission to content creation.

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Small Tree to showcase ThunderNET at NAB 2013

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:45:00 +0000

ThunderNET supports 1 Gigabit-Ethernet or 10 Gigabit-Ethernet connectivity to iMac, Mac Mini, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air computers.

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Aspera ships enhanced versions of Sync, Console

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:30:00 +0000

Sync is for high-performance, scalable, asynchronous file replication and synchronization. Console centrally manages all Aspera transfers across cloud, on-premise and hybrid deployments.

ITU approves H.265 video codec

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:16:00 +0000

The new High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) promises to lower the amount of bandwidth required to stream current MPEG-4 H.264-standard content by half.

Study Group 16 of the ITU has agreed on the first-stage approval for the codec, which could open the door to 4K-resolution content being delivered by streaming services.