GlobalM and Matrox® Video announced today that BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the BBC, worked with GlobalM’s cloud-based SRT distribution platform to stream Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. Using the GlobalM SRT distribution network, BBC Studios delivered live feeds to its international rights holders, providing global BBC audiences access to 12 hours of…
When we where asked to facilitate the AV facilities for the festivities for the sponsors and team members of the Tour winners of 2022 we stepped up to the challenge and felt proud to have been asked! We even made a short video-clip about this. If you like us to help with your production please…
Building coms between a studio and your outside production location might become more of a difficulty now analog and ISDN lines are being phased-out. IP is more and more becoming the standard. There, where before you could simply ask for an analog or ISDN based landline for venues, this is getting more and more difficult…
“SRT provides solution to Broadcast Glow” In these difficult times we see events become inventive in trying to stay in the picture and to keep providing the public with Events. This goes also for the Dutch organization GLOW in Eindhoven the Netherlands. Its a festival of Light. Artists from all over the world brighten…
The KB series of product from HaiVision are really powerfull and easy to use Video Encoders (from SDI) and transcoders when fed IP multicast or other types of streams like SRT. there are several types of KB devices. in this artical we use the KB mini as an example. The KB mini is the small…
To some, the emergence of SMPTE 2110 is indicating the end of the “Wild West” of broadcast contribution over IP, and the beginning of clear standards for broadcasters and vendors. But what is SMPTE 2110? And why is distributed production important? In this post, we’re going to give a high-level explanation of SMPTE 2110, and…
In this blog I would like to take some time to explain in simple words what SRT is and what it can be used for. Last IBC we have seen the little signs every where stating that the product in that booths is support SRT but what is SRT what does it do and how…
The C-Band Challenge With the imminent rollout of 5G, satellite services for broadcasters are under threat. The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently voted to transition a large portion of C-band for flexible use by December 2025. On February 28, the agency’s five commissioners voted three to two in favor of auctioning 280 MHz within…
Het afgelopen weekend ( 21 tot 25 Maart 2020) was in Brabant en Limburg het Carnaval los gebarsten. Het Carnaval is voor vele een feest om naar uit te kijken en om vol in op te gaan. Voor vele lokale omroepen dan ook het moment om te laten zien wat er zoal in de steden…
I am often asked to elaborate on the benefits of ARQ versus FEC, for streaming live video over the internet, as ARQ provides a basis for the “Reliable” in SRT (Secure Reliable Transport). If you are interested in learning more, please read on. As broadcasters move to take advantage of ubiquitous and low-cost high bandwidth…