At this year’s NAB Show in Las Vegas, the IABM BaM Award for “Best Project, collaboration, event or other innovation” was presented to an ambitious project led by broadcaster The BBC and Scottish software-defined radio company Neutral Wireless. The project deployed the “world’s largest pop-up multi-cell private 5G network” outside Buckingham Palace and along The Mall to Admiralty Arch to support international live media contributions during the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla.
Edgio – Driving media experimentation with flexible streaming technology
The media and entertainment landscape is changing rapidly, driven by increased fragmentation and growing competition. On top of constant pressure to report positive revenue growth with limited staffing and resources amid macro-economic challenges, streaming services need to be more flexible than ever to drive business success. Today, experimenting with multiple cost points, service tiers, and viewing models like SVOD, AVOD, and FAST is paramount to attracting and growing the widest audience possible.
Josh Arensberg elected new Chair of the IABM Members’ Board
Josh Arensberg was elected Chair of the IABM Members’ Board in July this year. We asked him to share his vision for where he sees IABM – and our industry – heading.
Norsk – Build vs. buy: the best of both worlds
Build vs. buy might not be the oldest dilemma in the streaming technology book, but it’s close. And when it comes to complex live streaming, the horns of that dilemma are particularly pointed.
The streaming technology market is typified by off-the-shelf, line-of-business applications that do a few things very well, but are extremely difficult or impossible to extend if they don’t do exactly what you want. That lack of customization can be a dealbreaker.
On the other hand, for a broadcaster (or large enterprise, or betting company, or …) to build its own streaming platform from scratch requires a daunting investment of time and resources—resources that would be much better spent on their core business proposition.
So let’s dig a little deeper into both buying and building, as well as look at a middle path that offers media companies the best of both worlds.
And now for something completely different – Spicy Mango
You don’t need to be Nostradamus to work out that linear TV will one day go the way of Monty Python’s parrot: it will cease to be. The timing, however, is less predictable. Because unlike Python’s Norwegian Blue, scheduled TV continues to provide meaningful company in our living rooms. It will inevitably fall from its perch, but with a sizeable audience still feeding it, there’s plenty of life in the old thing yet. As legacy media inches towards a digital-only world, the prolonged squawk of scheduled TV is a major complication. Companies need to deliver for today while planning for a different tomorrow.
Evergent: Partnering with Content Providers to Expand Streaming Boundaries
The most successful content providers build their systems based on foundational partnerships out of view of the end user, yet deeply considerate of their patterns and preferences. For such partnerships themselves to be successful requires the right interlocking mesh of forward-thinking requirements, adaptable tools capable of receiving and applying the requests and experienced teams driving the vision to fruition.
Hammerspace: BaM Shortlist – Manage
Hammerspace is a software-defined data solution providing unified file access and automated data orchestration spanning otherwise incompatible storage silos from any vendor, across one or multiple locations, clouds, and cloud regions.
Removing barriers to creativity at A+E Networks UK
Faced with ageing infrastructure that was impacting the creative team’s ability to deliver, A+E UK turned to Blue Lucy to provide a solution that put production needs first.
Supplier Panel at CABSAT 22
Supplier panel made up of IABM Members Red Bee Media, Skyline and Techex.
Together in electric streams: Why creative collaboration is the key to OTT growth
As streaming platforms establish themselves as consumers’ preferred route for video content, more and more media organisations are going OTT. CTOs are discovering that success hinges on multi- vendor collaboration across the delivery chain.
