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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...
News
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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
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Three steps to curbing video piracy
The digital revolution that has and continues to flourish globally has led to a rise in consumer expectations. Access to their favourite movies, TV...
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Explaining the value in dynamic ad insertion
Dynamic ad insertion has transformed the way broadcasters monetise OTT content, especially where live simulcast is concerned. Paul Davies, manager of communications
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DTG remains at the Summit
Had Alice Cooper sat through the DTG Summit on ‘re-engineering for tomorrow’s TV consumer’, he would surely have spotted the potential for re-versioning his...
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Transforming video delivery
In the early days of digital television some 20 years ago, the only way to encode and multiplex it involved dedicated hardware because standard...
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The future of sport
This is the summer of sport. It has kicked, smashed and sprinted past the competition in the ratings. The ritual of gathering around a...
Features
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The challenges of subtitling cricket
The performance of live subtitling is physical, a vocal exercise like public speaking or singing. If you possess the required aptitudes - essentially, you...
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Maximising the ROI from media technology investment
For many next generation projects, the most challenging issue by far is establishing the total return on investment (ROI), and agreeing how to monitor...
Business
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Video killed the radio star, will Netflix kill the broadcaster?
Rumour has it the BBC is in early-stage talks with rivals, including ITV, about launching a Netflix-style subscription streaming service. The move comes at...
Videos
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Will the IoT change how we watch TV?
There has been much discussion of late about the imminent arrival of a new class of internet citizen - the Things. The Internet of...
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Bringing down the paywall
UKTV’s move of Home to Freeview recognises the growth opportunities of free-to-air (FTA). Arqiva’s Mike Finchen, director of digital terrestrial television, considers the
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OTT video services: Four questions to consider
With a third of UK broadband households now subscribing to at least one internet-delivered TV service, streaming services are growing steadily. The rise of...
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TV 2030: What’s the long-term future of television?
Fifteen years ago, changes in TV were largely driven by broadcasters. They told people what they wanted, and they wanted it. Today consumers are...
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Content discovery: The importance of going global
Just how important is ’being global’? Of course, generating scale economies and gathering international insights is important, but in media, does having a global...
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Surrounded by sports
It’s been documented in books, TV shows, and Hollywood movies, and it is a prominent aspect of cultures past and present. Our abundant enthusiasm...
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Providers get personal with dynamic ad insertion
With most broadcasters now offering ever more advanced live streaming services, it is clear that such platforms are here to stay. For many, the...
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Content storage and delivery: Solving infrastructure issues
Unlike standard enterprises, whether you are providing hybrid storage solutions or distributing applications, videos, or images, or creating a networked DVR infrastructure to