Russell Trafford-Jones, Author at The Broadcast Knowledge

Webinar: See it Differently: IBC2019 Preview

Posted on 3rd September 2019 by Russell Trafford-Jones

IBC is a culmination of the conference plus the exhibition. While the curation and themes of the conference are evident, the exhibition floor is the result of market forces which are harder to predict.

This panel brings together innovative exhibitors and experienced industry experts to explore what’s new this year, and find out which cutting-edge trends there will be to seek out, including:
• Controlling and monitoring more efficient, automated media supply chains.
• Mapping the rise of cloud and software-defined hyperconverged infrastructure.
• Delivering compelling user experiences for staff and consumers alike.
• Emerging business and technology models for broadcast and digital media.

The editor of the IBC Daily, George Bevir, brings in the people you need to help you navigate the exhibition, conference including IBC hacks: essential tips and tricks for getting the most out of IBC, the RAI and your time in Amsterdam.

Speakers

	George Bevir Editor, IBC365 & IBC Daily
	Mathieu Yerle Director of Sales & Product Strategy, Connect
	Ruben Spruijt Senior Technologist, Nutanix Xi Frame
	Mary Ann Halford Senior Independent Consultant
	Ciaran Doran EVP International Sales & Marketing, Pixel Power

Video: Microservices & Media: Are we there yet?

Posted on 2nd September 2019 by Russell Trafford-Jones

Microservices split large applications into many small, simple, autonomous sections. This can be a boon, but this simplicity hides complexity. Chris Lennon looks at both sides to find the true value in microservices.

By splitting up a program/service into many small blocks, each of those blocks become simpler so testing each block becomes simpler. Updating one block hardly affects the system as a whole leading to quicker and more agile development and deployment. In fact, using microservices has many success stories attributed to it. Less vocal are those who have failures or increased operational problems due to their use.

Like any technology, there are ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ times and places to deploy it. Chris, from MediAnswers, explains where he sees the break-even line between non-deploying and deploying microservices and explains his reasons which include hidden comlexity, your teams’ ability to deal with these many services and covers some of the fallacies at play which tend to act against you.

A group has started up within SMPTE who want to reduce the friction in implementing microservices which include general interoperability and also interoperability across OSes. This should reduce the work needed to get microservices from different vendors working together as one.

Chris explains the work to date and the plans for the future for this working group.

Watch now!
Speakers

Chris Lennon
President & CEO,
MediAnswers

Webinar: How 5G Will Change Broadcast

Posted on 30th August 2019 by Russell Trafford-Jones

5G is in key focus as we approach IBC and few are more invested in it than BT/EE in the UK. TVB Europe gives the platform to Matt Stagg from BT to explain what 5G means to them.

Date: 5th September, 15:00 BST
This webinar has been rescheduled from August.

Topics will include:

– How can 5G be used for remote production?
– What does network slicing mean for production process?
– What impact will 5G have on traditional pay-TV? Will it help operators find a bigger audience as they fight against the streaming services?
– Will 5G see consumers become more interested in virtual reality?
– Could 5G see the death of broadband?
– How far away is 6G?

Register now!

Speaker

Matt Stagg
Director of Mobile Strategy,
BT Sport

Webinar: Automated media workflows in the cloud

Posted on 29th August 2019 by Russell Trafford-Jones

Date: September 3rd 2019 Time: 15:30 BST, 10am EDT

Across the media and entertainment industry, more organisations are moving to modern, cloud-based applications to meet growing demands for scale and flexibility.

As a complement to the scale and efficiency of high-volume cloud-based IT operations, process automation can greatly streamline media workflows.

In this webinar, James Wilson from IBM Aspera on Cloud shows its impact on routine processes whilst BASE Media Cloud joins to describe purpose-built cloud workflows for digital media companies, including automated quality control and content distribution.

Register now!

Speakers