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IBC 2017: A Media Blueprint for the Intersection of Sports and the Transition to IP
Written by Joey Bischof, Sales Lead – Sports Broadcaster & Leagues Sports: Few (if any!) other categories of live entertainment garner as much “return on emotion,” to borrow a clever phrase coined by my colleagues over at EVS. And they’re right. Consider this: Sports is the least time-shif…
IBC 2017: Cloudian, Cisco, and Important Trends in Media Storage
It’s been a few months since we’ve reported in on the storage trends we’re seeing in the media and entertainment segment. Last time was at the 2017 NAB Show, in April, when object-based storage was the big thing (still is.) Why, because more and more content providers want a way to store video in th…
Re-building the House of Mouse on Cloud and IP: Lessons from Disney’s Majority Acquisition of BAMTech
This is an exciting time to be in Media. You don’t always hear vendors cheering consolidation. Often because 1+1 = 1 less customer. But not in this case: our strategic customer Disney is purchasing a majority (75%) stake in our strategic customer BAMTech, gaining control of the direct-to-consumer OT…
Champions keep playing until they get it right – Security & Content Protection
Written by Rishika Korada Can you trust a Hacker during a ransomware attack? That was the question posed to me at SVG 11th Annual Forum held in NYC on the 27th of July. I was invited to join the Security and Content Protection panel along with some of the best security experts in the industry – Guy…
The Technicolor Experience Center: This Is Where Shift Happens
Today is a very good day: A day that proves without question that shift happens. That creativity is alive and thriving. What goes on? Today is the grand unveiling of the Technicolor Experience Center, a milestone moment for seeing around corners, and I get to be here. Called “TEC” for short, the Te…
Cisco@NAB: On the Beauty of Object-Based Storage for Media
Maybe this has happened to you, in a large or small scale: You captured some cool A/V from an event. (Small scale, maybe it’s your niece’s high school graduation; large scale, maybe it’s a segment for a movie.) It’s time now to edit it. You have lots of ideas, and editing tools. You’ve been burned b…
Cisco @ IBC 2016: Your Love Keeps Lifting Me
Picture yourself as the guy at the big trade show who works for a well-known technology company, yet is representing (for them) a relatively new line of video technologies. He’s there amongst 54,999 others, who work for or with storied and legendary broadcast video giants: Grass Valley, a Belden Bra…
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