Encoding an OTT (over-the-top) ladder can be a demanding job. To satisfy the needs of viewers on a variety of screen sizes and resolutions, like 4K TVs and smartphones, you will inevitably end up with an encoding ladder that has many rungs. For every rung, or every step on the ladder, typical encoding scenarios will require an encoding instance.
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VILLAGE island has an exciting new addition to the flagship VICO converter series: the
JPEG-XS enabled
VICO-4L-XS. This new converter allows 4K XS encoding/decoding at various compression rates (from 8:1 to 60:1), enabling a 12G-SDI 4K conversion to IP, and streaming in compliance to the
SMPTE ST-2110 standards.
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We are joined by Michelle Munson, CEO and Co Founder at Eluvio to discuss EluvioLive, a 4K streaming and ticketing platform for artists and publishers direct to fans, based in blockchain.
We hear how the platform is built on the Eluvio Content Fabric and what this means along with how 4k streaming is handled with low latency.
Michelle talks us through some of the big names that have worked with Eluvio including an upcoming event with the Black Eyed Peas.
We also discuss “Remonetize Endlessly” and how EluvioLive helps to seamlessly repurpose and redistribute content along with an overview of NFTs and how they are becoming more common place in the media industry.
Finally, Michelle talks us through future plans for Eluvio and the platform.
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IABM Media Tech Trends reports annually track the adoption of specific emerging technologies within the broadcast and media sector. The purpose of these reports is to enable member companies to better understand the drivers of emerging technologies’ adoption within customer organizations. This should provide member companies more tools to better address the challenges lying ahead, from new product development to marketing strategy. These reports contain a discussion on the state of adoption of the emerging technology in broadcast and media as well as an analysis of significant customer deployments.
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That's... a lot of processing power for a small on-camera monitor/recorder. We dive into the announcement of the Ninja V+ and Ninja Stream - the latest tools from Atomos that promise to deliver 8K ProRes Raw 30p and 4K ProRes Raw 120p over HDMI.
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The popularity of OTT broadcasting is really helping to drive the growth of immersive content, and this presents both opportunities and challenges for the broadcast audio world. Mixing in immersive allows the audio engineer to create a sense of envelopment and realism like never before, but as channel count and mix complexity increases, the importance of neutral, uncoloured studio monitoring with precise imaging becomes even more important.
At Genelec we’ve long been involved with designing monitoring systems that are scalable from stereo to surround to immersive, so here we’ll examine some of the principles of immersive audio, and some of the considerations that audio professionals need to be aware of.
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Research reveals that there were around 2.4 billion Internet users in 2014. By June 2019, that number doubled to 4.4 billion. That’s an 83% increase in the Internet user base in a span of just five years.
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YouTube recently announced support for HDR content. The Cobalt 9992-ENC is capable of transmitting live HDR content to YouTube, both in HD and 4K resolutions. While HDR is available for both H.264 (AVC) and H.265 (HEVC), YouTube elected to support it only for HEVC.
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This session will discuss a new, novel use of blockchain technology for streaming and servicing film and TV catalogs direct from their source assets for sales, licensing, and ticketed direct exhibition. It will discuss recent case studies used to stream private global exhibitions of films such as "Bill & Ted Face the Music" and "Wolf of Snow Hollow" in 4K/HD to browser, smartTV and mobile platforms with individualized secure watermarking, DRM and secure individual tickets, direct from source asset with no intermediaries. This is made possible by blockchain ledger technology, rights within the media via smart contracts, and just-in-time streaming of media and metadata from the film asset library. Each ticket provides a secure identity that can enable live fan engagement.
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France Télévisions once again chooses the French Open to test the innovations of the television of the future. During this fall edition, France Televisions, in partnership with the French Tennis Federation, shares its vision of tomorrow's uses materialized by spectacular and unprecedented experiments around "Augmented Tennis" within the RGLAB on the site of the international tournament from September 27 to October 11, 2020.
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