All articles by George Jarrett – Page 4
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Daily NewsSMPTE revisions sharpen the values of IMF
Looking to trigger a wider adoption of the Interoperable Master Format (IMF), SMPTE has boosted its ST 2067 standard with a set of key changes that came out of IMF plug-fest and user inputs.
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Daily NewsThe DPP offers real-time views from a crisis
The DPP has released initial findings from a research project that tracks media people’s experiences of a working through the coronavirus pandemic.
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Daily NewsThe DTG looks towards the integration of broadcast and IP
The UK is one of the world’s most dynamic and technologically advanced TV landscapes, according to a forthcoming report from the Digital TV Group (DTG).
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Daily NewsSMPTE aims to resolve missing media capabilities of IP
Without SMPTE ST 2110 and AMWA NMOS the anticipated progress of the plug and play IP (PnP) era would have stalled in ugly fashion.
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Industry TrendsJT-NM takes testing program virtual
Front-line vendors were due to conclude the third JT-NM Tested Program in Houston in March, but Covid-19 transformed the conversation on the project, writes George Jarrett.
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Daily NewsVOD chaos nudges DPP towards new technical efforts
The DPP used a wide range of input from industry for its new document ‘Supplying the VOD Revolution’, with the findings painting a chaotic picture.
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Daily NewsLeaseweb distro deal for Eurovision Flow expands EBU algorithm options
When the EBU’s dynamic switching CDN toolbox Eurovision Flow first appeared as a pilot at IBC 2017, it was likened to both Google Maps and Trivago for its functional simplicity.
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Daily NewsThe DPP reports on the business-critical aspects of change
Essential reading during (and influenced by) the Covid-19 pandemic might be the DPP’s Next Gen Supply Chain report.
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Daily NewsDVB-I carries broadcasters to a new world beyond transponders
DVB-I, the exciting development that shifted the DVB Project’s culture away from being strictly broadcast first, has been pushed towards multiple deployments by a new open source reference client for Android and Hbb.TV.
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Daily NewsIABM: making the best of an external shock
The IABM’s Business Intelligence Unit has published a timely and detailed report covering the various impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the media entertainment industry.
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Daily NewsCovid-19 tests resolve of JT-NM
One of the multiple media events lost to Covid-19 was the Joint Task Force on Networked Media (JT-NM) group’s five-day face-to-face in Houston, where vendor participants were due to complete the third IP-focussed Tested event.
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Daily NewsSMPTE steps up with virtual learning
SMPTE president Patrick Griffis has given the society’s 7,000 members an “easier and less expensive” means for keeping in touch with key technologies and new skills opportunities during the Covid-19 crisis.
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Industry TrendsSustainability: The difference between red meat and the media
George Jarrett reports from a Media & Entertainment Services Alliance keynote that warns of a new e-waste
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Industry TrendsMESA’s head in the cloud
At a recent MESA (Media & Entertainment Services Alliance) content workflow management forum, presentations on cloud transformation and cloud-based workflows worked well in explaining the issues and advantages. George Jarrett reports.
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Industry TrendsBSC Expo under the lens
BSC Expo 2020 puts you at the sharp end of everything vital for the production of movies. Premier digital cameras, big lenses, and LED were among the hot topic at the London event. George Jarrett reports.
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Executive InterviewsThe DTG helps with UK Cyber Security legislation
DTG CEO Richard Lindsay-Davies talks cyber security, the move to IP and personalisation.
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Industry Trends5G Today: Bavaria’s broadcast trials
5G offers great potential for media distribution of media content, with millions of smartphones and tablets as potential TV receivers for live and catch up services. That’s the view of the 5G Today group, which is conducting broadcast trials in Bavaria.
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Industry TrendsGetting the industry to address the EBU Pyramid
Subjecting 32 vendors to 8,000 individual Tests: George Jarrett talks to the EBU and BBC R&D about the JT-NM Tested Program that lit up IBC with green and red.
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Industry TrendsMESA tackles OTT sport opportunities
MESA’s post IBC2019 review looked at multi-territory OTT sports platforms. George Jarrett reports.
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NewsDPP: Globalising media at an industrial scale
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) had a three-pronged strategy for IBC fronted by IMF implementation.
