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Feb. 4, 2013

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ITU approves H.265 video codec

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....More
Feb. 1, 2013

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West European surge keeps HomePlug up with MoCA

Rapid growth in Western Europe will keep the HomePlug communication over power cable protocol level with Multimedia Over Coax (MoCA), making these the two dominant wired standards for home networking, according to a forecast by ABI Research....More
Feb. 1, 2013

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Broadcast Engineering

Video and signal conversion, part 1

In a perfect world, interfaces and standards would interact fluidly and perfectly. Unfortunately, this is not the case, and with history as a guide, new advances in technology will perpetuate this situation....More
Jan. 30, 2013

News

BTX Technologies opens fiber-optics lab

The new fiber lab has received Neutrik opticalCON certification....More
Jan. 2, 2013

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PacTV expands media network with Net Insight’s Nimbra

Net Insight has announced that Pacific Television Center (PacTV), is to upgrade and expand its existing Nimbra-based media network to meet the growing demands of its customers....More
Nov. 19, 2012

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Closing the loop of online video delivery

The company said its Primetime software was used to authenticate 88 million streams of the 2012 Summer Olympics delivered by NBC Sports in the U.S. This, Adobe said, is a record in TV Everywhere history....More
Nov. 12, 2012

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Crystal Vision introduces SYN-A 3G video frame synchronizer

The SYN-A 3G is ideal for broadcast engineers who need to synchronize video sources containing up to four groups of embedded audio....More
Nov. 2, 2012

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Banks help pay for East Europe’s digitization

East Europe’s public service broadcasters have won support from two of the continent’s leading investment banks for digitization of their terrestrial services....More
Oct. 30, 2012

News

Sinclair Broadcast Group adds T-VIPS for ASI/IP transport

The equipment allows the broadcaster to transport, monitor and process ASI and IP streams between its stations....More
Oct. 22, 2012

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Riedel MediorNet adds long distance remote camera control

The new card enables the bidirectional routing of camera bandwidth-hungry HD signals, including all embedded audio and telemetry control data, through the MediorNet’s fiber infrastructure....More
Oct. 17, 2012

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Sportscasts benefit from cloud distribution with Aspera

Sports television is going through a technological revolution as fiber costs fall. Major venues already have fiber connections, but the affordability of fiber now makes it possible for smaller or little used venues to also benefit from the connection. In the past such venues would have relied on microwave or satellite occasional use links to backhaul event coverage....More
Sep. 18, 2012

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Inflight Productions Deploys Signiant to Accelerate and Manage the Delivery of Airline Entertainment Programs

UK-based Inflight Productions (IFP) has deployed Signiant’s Media Exchange and Managers+Agents software to accelerate the production and distribution of inflight entertainment programs. As a provider of tailored video content for airline passengers, IFP has implemented Signiant’s solutions as part of a broader effort to reduce, and eventually eliminate, tape from its digital production and distribution workflows....More
Aug. 31, 2012

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EBU backs up for disaster

Eurovision, the broadcast transmission network of the EBU, has acted to protect its operations against disasters such as fire or flood as well as major technical failures by launching a backup network control center in Leuk, Switzerland....More
Aug. 9, 2012

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Nevion to show IP video systems at IBC

Nevion will showcase its sophisticated IP-based video transport systems at IBC....More
Aug. 8, 2012

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IP transmission prices falling fast

Prices for wholesale IP transmission service continue to go down throughout the world, while accelerated declines in costs were acutely prevalent between the second quarters of 2011 and 2012....More
Aug. 5, 2012

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LiveU at the Olympics

More than 100 LiveU units are being used by global broadcasters and online media at the games....More
Jun. 1, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

IP contribution networks for live broadcast

Traditionally, live remote broadcasts have used microwave and satellite feeds to deliver signals from the event location to the broadcast studio. These...More
Apr. 13, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

AllDigital uses Signiant for exchange

Innovative file movement software speeds multiplatform media delivery....More
Apr. 1, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

BRIDGING NETWORKS - PART 2

Following last month's exploration into bridging solutions between satellite DTH and terrestrial DVB-T2, this second piece of our two-part article provides...More
Apr. 1, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

Nevion's VideoIPath

Increasingly, infrastructures designed for SD cannot meet requirements of HD/3G broadcasting. At the same time, however, SD to HD/3G migration presents...More
Mar. 20, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

Swisscom Broadcast selects Net Insight Nimbra platform

The broadcaster will rely on the Nimbra platform to transport live HD video, voice and data content from all premier league ice hockey and football arenas in Switzerland....More
Mar. 16, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

T-VIPS to make U.S. launch of new video transport over IP system at 2012 NAB Show

The new T-VIPS TNS544 switch enables operators and broadcasters to migrate from ASI to IP without loss in quality or reliability....More
Feb. 1, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

Video over Ethernet

Last month, we explored the merging of IP with SDI. This month, we will continue to explore this topic by looking at recent work on video over Ethernet....More
Jan. 25, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

Net Insight wins significant expansion order in the EMEA region

Net Insight has received a significant expansion order for a nationwide digital TV and media network in the EMEA region....More
Jan. 18, 2012

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Broadcast Engineering

Australia's Seven Network installs Signiant for content transfer with U.S. distributors

Signiant replaces satellite links and other inefficient traditional methods to provide highly flexible enterprise platform for digital content exchanges....More