Video: The Quest for Low-Latency Live Video

Posted on by Russell Trafford-Jones


A great discussion from Streaming Media East discussing the battle to achieve Low-Latency Live Video by speakers from BAMTECH, Limelight and Red5Pro.In this session, learn about the pros and cons of various technologies on both the contribution and delivery side of lowlatency streaming, including small chunk size HLS/DASH, WebRTC, WebSockets, QUIC, SRT, and CMAF:

  • What does ‘Low Latency’ mean? Realtime? Are Cable & TV low-latency?
  • How do you synchronise OTT with Data and TV
  • Where is latency introduced? Which buffers have the biggest impact?
  • How can you fight rebuffing and which metric is the most useful?
  • Pros and Cons of WebRTC
  • How to stream 4K/VR?
  • Plus Q&A

Speakers
Jason Hofmann, VP of Architecture, Limelight Networks
Bill Zurat, VP, Core Media, BAMTECH Media
Chris Allen, CEO and Co-founder, Red5Pro and Red5

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Webinar: How FOX Sports Revolutionised Sports Content Delivery at the World Cup with IBM Aspera & Telestream

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Date: Tuesday 7th August 2018.
In this webinar, learn how FOX Sports teams up with IBM Aspera and Telestream to make remote live sports production of all edited content possible. In order to deliver 320 hours of original content and 1,100 hours of captured video from over 6,000 miles away, FOX Sports is using IBM Aspera FASPStream technology, integrated into Telestream’s Lightspeed Live and Vantage products.

Join the webinar to hear how this solution enhances tournament coverage while avoiding reliance on expensive, dedicated fiber or satellite connections.

Presenters:
Mike Flathers, Chief Technology Officer, IBM Aspera
Ken Haren, Marketing Director, Telestream

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Webinar: Linear Channel 101 for Digital First media companies

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In this on-demand Webinar, co-founder Baskar Subramanian and Mark Stephens help us understand why Digital First media companies should launch linear channels, and how cloud playout can help. Find out:

  • Changing content consumption preferences & linear OTT market growth
  • Various paths to capture linear broadcast audience – vMVPDS, Ad-supported linear OTT, D2C streaming, among others
  • How cloud can help create a sustainable distribution and revenue model
  • Key technological considerations when delivering to vMVPD platforms
  • Case-study examples of digital-first companies who have successfully launched linear channels

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Video: SMPTE ST 2110 Perfecting the Picture and Sorting the Sound

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Andy Rayner from Nevion takes us through the principles for creating complete SMPTE ST 2110 systems based on Nevion’s real-world deployments.

With the basics for SMPTE ST 2110 in place, developments and deployments are focusing on achieving the ‘whole solution’. An all-IP environment offers immense flexibility which is yet to be fully realized but is coming to fruition as vendors mature their capabilities. As well as basic architectures, some of the areas explored including optimising buffering, audio manipulation, conversion between ST 2110 and SMPTE ST 2022 & going on/off campus in IP.

Looking at Audio, Scaling of media flows and the key question of orchestration, this is a great real-world look at ST 2110.

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