Digital Video Applications for Broadcast, Cable, Content Distribution, Education and Related Markets

The term "Local Origination" in the video domain basically refers to the process of conceiving, creating, promoting, programming and transmitting content by a "local" or "satellite" broadcast station or cable system. The term "local origination", and the prevalence of the practice, are more recent than one might think. We have traditionally had what might be called "centralized origination" - a process characterized by the creation or compilation of programming or content in a centralized location (such as a broadcast station group or cable MSO) and distributed to the local broadcast station or cable headend, to be in turn, re-broadcast to the appropriate local coverage area.

What are the benefits to the user of CAP? What can CAP do that EAS cannot? What does CAP implementation mean to EAS Participants? What advantages will they have over the present system?

Here's Lesson 2 on How to Survive the NAB Show. Some might say that the next topic is the most important.  Okay, if you don't gamble, at least you've thought about it when you knew that you're going to Vegas.

The NAB Show kicks off in about a month, which means some newbies and oldies are starting to panic. It can be overwhelming trying to figure out how to get the most out of the show for sure, but luckily, we’ve created this two part handy survival guide.

Should You Select a Board Level or System Level Solution?

Hello again everyone, let’s pick up from where we left off at the end of Part 1 of this blog post on selecting the ideal video decoder for your content distribution system. I was listing seven of the most critical considerations in the selection of a video decoder system to perform the all-important decoding and output functions of the video distribution workflow. How well these functions are done, will greatly influence how competitive and effective the content distribution service is seen as being, and directly impact the video quality.

When designing or expanding a system for content distribution, there are many factors to consider in selecting the all-important video decoding and output portion of the overall system.

This blog post provides some additional understanding of Simulcasting, an increasingly important feature in the world of video decoding. In this series of blog posts, my colleagues and I will take some of the features mentioned in the recently published "Ultimate Guide to Video Decoders", and discuss them in further detail.

Quality Control Applications for MPEG Decoders

Hello everyone. On the heels of my last two blog posts, someone came up with the correlation between four processes in the value chain of the creation and manipulation of video content, all of which, when done well, ultimately enable high value content to be maximally distributed and viewed. Ultimately entertainment, news, education and enterprise content (most enterprise content, in any event) is created to be distributed and viewed as widely as possible. And these four processes are the most foundational processes that help get the content from the imagination of the producer and cameraman, to the final consumer of the content.