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Why bother with PTP and SMPTE ST 2059?
PTP / ST 2059

Why bother with PTP and SMPTE ST 2059?

packetbroadcastby packetbroadcastAugust 22, 2020September 6, 20201

Since the beginning of TV synchronising all the elements has been critical. It all started with having to synchronise the beam in the video cameras …

What is the VSF (Video Services Forum)?
Technology

What is the VSF (Video Services Forum)?

packetbroadcastby packetbroadcastAugust 17, 2020August 17, 2020

The Video Services Forum was founded in 1998 to provide forums to identify issues related to video networking technology and foster resolution of issues common …

What is SSAI (Server-Side Ad Insertion)
Technology

What is SSAI (Server-Side Ad Insertion)

packetbroadcastby packetbroadcastAugust 17, 2020August 17, 20201

Ads are critical to many streaming services as without the revenue they bring the service would not be commercially viable. No-one’s under the illusion that …

What is SRT?
RIST, SRT and more.

What is SRT?

packetbroadcastby packetbroadcastAugust 13, 2020August 13, 20203

Secure, Reliable Transport, known simply as SRT, is a protocol that allows unreliable networks like the internet to be used for reliable, encrypted, live video …

RIST, SRT, QUIC – All on the run from micromanagement
Protocols / Streaming

RIST, SRT, QUIC – All on the run from micromanagement

packetbroadcastby packetbroadcastJuly 29, 2020August 13, 20203

There’s an emerging pattern in the broadcast industry and beyond; when we want the best out of a network, we don’t turn to TCP. Imagine …

SMPTE ST 2022-7: When good things hide behind bad names.
SMPTE 2022 / Uncompressed

SMPTE ST 2022-7: When good things hide behind bad names.

packetbroadcastby packetbroadcastJuly 26, 2020July 26, 20204

It’s really useful, widely applicable and almost essential for broadcast workflows…yet it lurks anonymously inside a set of almost unrelated standards. If I told you …

RIST – Reliable Internet Streaming Transport. Sounds good! Tell me more…
RIST, SRT and more. / Streaming

RIST – Reliable Internet Streaming Transport. Sounds good! Tell me more…

packetbroadcastby packetbroadcastJuly 17, 2020July 17, 20206

RIST overcomes the propensity of the internet to lose packets. It makes possible very-high-bandwidth, low-latency contribution over the internet into a studio or directly into the cloud as part of a streaming workflow. Here we delve deeper and find some talks which explain more.

Why is Low-Latency Streaming Hard?
Streaming

Why is Low-Latency Streaming Hard?

packetbroadcastby packetbroadcastJuly 11, 2020July 11, 2020

The streaming industry is on an ever-evolving quest to reduce latency to bring it in line with, or to beat linear broadcast. When streaming started, …

5G – Beyond the Hype
Technology

5G – Beyond the Hype

packetbroadcastby packetbroadcastJuly 10, 2020July 10, 2020

Who’s fed up with the 5G sensationalism and clichés? You only have to dig a little below the headlines to start understanding what 5G really is and actually delivers. In fact, that’s exactly what we’ll do right now:

VVC – MPEG’s new codec
Codecs

VVC – MPEG’s new codec

packetbroadcastby packetbroadcastJuly 9, 2020July 11, 2020

VVC is here to replace HEVC. Named Versatile Video Codec it does more than ‘just’ a 50% bitrate improvement over H.265. This article looks at the details.

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