In September 2016, the VRT-EBU LiveIP studio environment was packed up from its usual home at VRT in Brussels (Belgium), where it had being used throughout the summer for live TV production, and trans…

IP is making its way into studios and facilities. It’s no longer a case of whether to move to IP, it’s when to move to IP. While the general case for moving to IP (best summarized by being able to…

On 21-22 June 2016, Nevion was one of a number of companies participating in the EBU Network Technology Seminar (NTS), in Geneva (Switzerland). This is yearly event is a technology update for public …

This week, the Video Service Forum (VSF) held one of its three annual meetings in the French town of Rennes. This is the first time ever that the VSF has convened outside of North America, and presuma…

The broadcast industry is understandably focusing on the infrastructure of the future, and without doubt this will be based on IP. But does that mean that baseband technology is dead? Far from it. Bro…

For years, Serial Digital Interface (SDI) has been the common standard for transporting uncompressed video within facilities, and allowed broadcasters to connect equipment together safe in the knowled…

On March 1st 2016, the LiveIP project reached a major milestone, by webcasting a live debate from the VRT’s premises in Brussels (Belgium) which was produced entirely using IP technology. This hour-…

When the LiveIP Project broadcast the first remote production last month, it was a landmark moment in the IP evolution. The live production of a musical concert in the Belgian capital city Brussels, u…

It may be the broadcast industry’s $64 thousand dollar question, however predicting when the sector will be fully entrenched in using IP for live production may be easier than we think. According to…

As the broadcast industry converges with IT, it’s not only broadcasters who are changing. Broadcast manufacturers, service providers and even telcos are adapting to the shifting market. After 20 yea…

Twenty years ago, in 1996, The Spice Girls sang their way to their first number one, Independence Day and The English Patient were box office hits, and world chess champion Garry Kasparov was beaten b…