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Next-gen compression: the key to quality, sustainable OTT
Rémi Beaudouin, VP marketing, ATEME, explains how to stand out from the crowd
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Maximising media assets with a state-of-the-art MAM solution
Dave Clack, CEO of Square Box Systems, looks at the importance of effective asset management
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2018 storage strategies: Five trends to watch
Matt Starr, CTO, Spectra Logic, looks forward to some of the key trends likely to affect the media and entertainment industries in 2018
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Making the most of the cloud
Cantemo's Parham Azimi looks at hybrid solutions and getting the best out of your set up
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Preparing for a future of cloud-based storage
Cloud-based storage will continue to gain momentum as the media industry looks toward efficient, reliable, and scalable cloud-powered workflows, says Aspera’s VP marketing, Richard...
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Voice search: increasing adoption and engagement
TiVo's Charles Dawes looks at education, personalisation and integration of voice-activated services
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The Golden Age of television
Sky's Gary Davey looks at the threats and the opportunities of the British television industry
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Fighting piracy: What are broadcasters’ best weapons?
Nick Fitzgerald, chairman at TV2U, discusses how broadcasters need to take a new approach to combat this ongoing challenge
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Solving the workflow puzzle
Glookast CTO Felipe Santos looks at formulating the best possible solutions that address the pain points experienced by media enterprises
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Putting a stop to Kodi piracy
GeoGuard's David Briggs looks the prevalence of Kodi throughout 2017, and how we can protect our content in the future
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Innovation in an ever-changing landscape
TSL Systems MD Jeremy Rees looks optimising lifetime asset value and rapid integrations
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Embrace transformation to enable business growth
Can outsourcing and business transformation help media companies enable business growth?
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How machine learning will reinvent broadcast
The media and entertainment industry could see a pivotal shift in its day-to-day operations
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Remote events: A cloud-based approach
Ian Hamilton, CTO, Signiant, looks at the increasing importance of live streaming events at remote locations
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Voice-activated AI is the future – but only in the right context
Voices.com CEO David Ciccarelli talks automated voice services, Amazon Alexa and new technology
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The future of OTT streaming
Gert Rieder, CEO, Falcon Media House, looks at how to overcome some of the challenges preventing content providers and producers embracing the latest innovations
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An old idea will turn media upside down
Mark Harrison, DPP managing director, addresses supply chain thinking
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The off-shore OTT opportunity
Mark Blair, vice president, EMEA, Brightcove, looks at how to determine the right distribution model for going OTT overseas
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Why captioning can’t be fully automated
You may have heard the headlines – “We’ve reached human parity” (Microsoft, 16th October) as they reach an accuracy of over 94 per cent;...
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The Premier League piracy problem
NAGRA's Christopher Schouten looks at the on-going problem of illegal streaming
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What next for 4K?
Nevion's Olivier Suard looks at the future of 4K and it's potential impact on broadcasters
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Collaboration enables transformation
Can the industry adopt more collaborative, viewer-centric approaches across linear, OTT and VOD services?
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The promise of voice control
Today consumers are increasingly comfortable using voice commands to control some devices. The next phase of development is bringing control to a multiplicity of...
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Getting broadcasters on board with IP
Most live broadcast contribution and production continues to be performed in a traditional fashion, with existing workflows based for example around satellite and SDI
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What’s next for the online video revolution?
In 2005, Liberty Global published a whitepaper on ‘The Digital Video Consumer’ which reported that 95 per cent of video content viewing in Europe...
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Cloud to compete, data to differentiate
According to the logic of the innovation cycle, a period of new ideas and heavy investment is typically followed by a calmer time, where...
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How technology will make waves in Hollywood in 2017
Huge changes are taking place in the media and entertainment (M&E) industry, and this year the impact of the digital revolution has been even...
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Snapchat – here today, gone tomorrow?
Dan Whitehead, head of drama and digital, K7 Media, identifies "the real battleground" in social media and video
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Targeted ads monetisation will drive mobile TV and video future
Traditional TV commercials target massive segments of the audiences. However, OTT TV format, unlike its predecessors, includes redistribution of the video content by request...
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Exploring the future of live audio production: Part I
With exciting developments surrounding immersive and personalised audio, and the continuing implementation of remote production techniques, 2017 is shaping up to be a hugely...
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Catching up with captions
By Matt Simpson, head of product management, access services, Ericsson Broadcast and Media Services
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Reflecting on 30 years of innovation
One of the best ways to predict what will happen in the future, especially the near-term future, is to look back. Not back a...
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Goodbye NRCS… Hello Unified News Operations!
Kevin Savina, director of product strategy, Dalet Digital Media Systems, describes a new approach to newsgathering
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The evolution of kids’ content
As parenting skills go, occasionally plonking my daughter in front of an iPad in return for a brief bit of time to think might...
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Retail unlocks the key to Amazon’s play for TV
Company 'building template' for future pay-TV services
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The generation game
TVBEurope speaks to four industry experts to examine the latest thinking on MAM
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The heart of the workflow
Most broadcasters and media businesses are now on their second or third generation asset management system. What was once an enforced necessity – a...
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The aerial view
Nils Granholm, drone expert at Adorama Drone Experience discusses the current state of the unmanned flying machines
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Entering the brave new world of IP
When it comes to change, broadcasting is no different from any other enterprise involving technology. Several years ago, the qualifying term ‘IP-based’ was associated
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Lawo on leveraging the potential of immersive audio
Although 5.1 sound was actually used (albeit in a very minimal way) in film as far back as the 1970s, it was only in...
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Does the screen matter for live sports?
Sports rights are now a target of social media players just as much as extending the reach of sports properties onto OTT platforms is...
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Broadcast and telecoms: two worlds collide
Duncan McKean, head of broadcast and media tchnology at CCgroup assesses how the broadcast and telecoms industries are coming together and competing
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A war on two fronts?
As major pay-TV players scramble to win back audiences falling victim to the OTT revolution, are social media sites taking advantage of the siege...
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Making the most of OTT
Fierce competition for exclusive live sports rights means the challenge for media companies has never been clearer, writes Stan Dimitrov, product marketing manager, OTT