Russell Trafford-Jones, Author at The Broadcast Knowledge

Webinar: How Live Streaming is Introducing New Opportunities for Broadcasters

Posted on 22nd March 2018 by Russell Trafford-Jones

Date: 28th March, 2018

Live internet streaming brings new use cases and business models that are not possible with traditional broadcast TV services due to their geographic coverage restriction. With rapid changes in the types of online video content viewers are consuming, it’s likely there will be a higher percentage of live video data over the next 2 years.

This webinar will discuss these new use case opportunities and their potential for generating significant revenue:

The largest sports events broadcasting including Soccer World Cup and Olympics, are live streamed to audiences who don’t have access to the broadcast, or who prefer to watch on their mobile device. Key to delivering a great experience is reducing the typical 40 second latency of the live stream compared to the broadcast. Learn how to reduce latency to just a few seconds, and even to less than 1 second.
Online gambling is drawing large numbers of players today. Learn about new technologies that deliver an improved user experience for players by providing interactivity for betting. Speeding game play by lowering the online video stream latency provides players with the best experience, and drives increased revenue for casinos and video delivery.
Live auctions, and many types of games are now possible online that leverage the interactive capabilities and low latency of the newest live streaming technologies.
Language-based programming is becoming very important. We see many services available for German or French, etc. language programs to reach Ex-Patriot audiences living outside their country. Delivering language programming anywhere in the world is not possible with traditional TV broadcasters. Using the internet to deliver the video means there are no geographic boundaries. This use case is growing rapidly, and is expected to become a major market opportunity.

Speakers:

Charlie Kraus

Senior Product Marketing Manager
Limelight Networks

Thibaud Regeard du Cormier

Solutions Enigneer
Limelight Networks

James McKeown

Content Director
NewBay

Jeff Heynen

Consulting Director
SNL Kagan

Webinar: An Introduction to AV1, The Next-Gen Royalty-Free Codec From the Alliance for Open Media

Posted on 21st March 2018 by Russell Trafford-Jones

Webinar: Thu, Mar 22, 2018 14:00 GMT and 18:00 GMT

Now that AV1 has entered its final stage of development and is getting close to finalising its features, it’s a good time to take a closer look at what’s in store for the future of video streaming.

Join Bitmovin and Mozilla – the two companies behind the world’s first AV1 playback with HTML5 – as we discover the cool new video tools in this royalty-free video codec from the Alliance for Open Media!

This webinar will cover:
+ A bit about the history that led to AV1 and the current state of the codec
+ Discover the cool new tools in AV1 brings and compare performance relative to other codecs
+ Review what’s already possible and what to expect next

Speakers:

Martin Smole
Engineering Director, Encoding
Bitmovin

Nathan Egge
Senior Research Engineer
Mozilla

Kieran Farr
VP Marketing Bitmovin

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Webinar: How High-Speed File Transfer Impacts your Enterprise Data Architecture

Posted on 20th March 2018 by Russell Trafford-Jones

Webinar: 21st March 2018, 8am PT, 15:00 GMT
How should you leverage your current network and storage design to take advantage of Aspera’s transformative data movement capabilities? What additional benefits could be realized by tuning / tweaking / adjusting your data architecture?

In this webinar, Bill Jones, Advanced Technical Support Engineer at IBM Aspera, will discuss design considerations and the impact of high-speed file transfer on network and storage architecture.

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Webinar: Prepare for IP

Posted on 19th March 2018 by Russell Trafford-Jones

March 21st 2018 – 08:00 GMT & 16:00 GMT
The first in Axon’s new Broadcast 101 Series – “Prepare for IP: Why is the move to IP logical but at the same time so tough?”

Broadcasters are increasingly considering IP as the next step in their workflows and operations, attracted by the potential of greater agility, flexibility and efficiency. As an industry, we have finally built a consensus on a common IP standard and are forging ahead with the SMPTE ST 2110 suite of standards. However, there are more challenges to conquer when moving to an IP broadcast infrastructure.

Axon, working closely with early adopters of IP production workflows, has experienced first-hand the many challenges of making the transition from SDI and are keen to share the lessons they have learnt. In their new Broadcast IP 101 series, using real-world examples, the Axon team will provide advice and resources to help you prepare your move to and navigate an IP environment.

Axon’s CEO, Jan Eveleens, hosts this live webinar on Wednesday 21 March at 09.00 CET and 05.00 CET to discuss “Why is the move to IP is logical but at the same time so tough?” he will explore the fundamental drivers behind the transition from coaxial/SDI technology to IP and the tough changes it brings to almost all fundamentals of broadcasting infrastructures.

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