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The world of broadcasting is fast-evolving. See what you have to expect in the upcoming decade, according to the PwC’s annual “Global Entertainment & Media Outlook” report: IP WORKFLOWS WILL BE THE ONLY WORKFLOW Many broadcasters have already made the switch to an IP-based workflow, but we are likely to see a complete retirement of SDI in…
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With each day, we are inching closer to a media landscape that would have been totally unrecognizable to us ten years ago. The rise of the internet has put traditional newspapers and magazines in decline for several years, and now other forms of traditional media are following suit: in 2017, 50% of adults aged 22…
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The introduction of direct-to-home satellite transmission revolutionised the broadcast industry by opening up the airwaves to far more channels than were ever able to co-exist in the days of terrestrial analogue delivery. In the USA this process stemmed from cable television operators who were already using satellites to send content to remote headends. Early direct-to-home…
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The world of electronics and telecommunications is neatly summarised by a single phrase: ‘Change is the only constant’. This is pretty common currency today but the guy I first heard it from, at an NAB Convention some decades back, either chose or forgot to acknowledge his source. It is much older than our beloved industry…
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2015 has proved a landmark year for PlayBox Technology with more than 16,000 playout and branding channels round the world now powered by our range of products. We now have an over 30 per cent share of the total worldwide playout channel market and a far higher proportion of the channel-in-a-box sector.   Development of…
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Why is it so hard to come up with a universally accepted definition of CiaB? As one of the originators of the “TV Channel in a Box” term, or in the USA, “MCR in a Box” or “Master Control in a Box”, I can say the term was meant to convey that a single PC…
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Whether located in a city centre, in a suburb or out in the countryside, these all have one thing in common: space is at a premium from the moment a racks room has been built. TV-Bay readers will know more than most people why this is. The broadcast  industry is in a state of continuous…
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Years ago the idea of channel-in-a-box was considered a somewhat oddball way to establish a small cheap playout system. That was in 2000 and PlayBox Technology was just starting out. Twelve years on and with 11,000 TV and branding channels now powered by PlayBox Technology, almost everything has changed, except the continuing drive to cut…
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Branding exists whether we like it or not. Good branding leaves an impression and creates a bias in a person’s mind that allows broadcasters to actively manage that impression rather than leave the person to come to their own conclusions. Good branding also actively shapes people’s minds regardless of the number of viewers and allows…
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The technology of television has always been evolving fast and effecting some areas more than others. Changes in playout have been huge and the ‘Channel in a Box’ marketing tag is designed to draw attention to new approaches available for tapeless playout. The fact that much of the functionality required to present a TV channel…
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