Guest post by Connected Legends Peter MacAvock and his Belief in Public Service Media Head of Delivery Platforms and Services, EBU Technology & Innovation at the European Broadcast Union, Peter MacAvock kindly shares his journey from his beginnings at University College Dublin to becoming a leading figure in the European broadcast technology world. Peter MacAvock,…
How Frequency Response Affects the “Sound” of Microphones By Frank Beacham, Broadcast Bridge A microphone is a transducer that converts analog sound pressure waves into electrical impulses. We all know, however, that what goes into a microphone is not identical to what comes out. A lot of this can be attributed to frequency response, which…
Guest post: by Connected Legends, Connecting the technology players of the past and the present with tech newcomers. Tech Geek Sean Paul Shanor is a Real Millennial Entrepreneur Sean Paul Shanor: Mining Bitcoin Used to be the rebel thing to do! As well as being a tech geek Sean Paul Shanor is a real millennial…
The Impact Of Artificial Intelligence In The Everyday Lives Of Consumers By Terence Mills Terence Mills, CEO of AI.io and Moonshot, is an AI pioneer and digital technology specialist.Connect with him about AI or mobile on LinkedIn Terence Mills , Forbes Councils Artificial intelligence might conjure images of a robotic Haley Joel Osment in…
Technology and its discontents The role of technology is under attack Today a “techlash” is under way. It comes in many forms, but two stand out. First, a belief that web titans such as Facebook, Amazon and Google have grown too dominant; and, second, a view that AI and algorithms are not transparent or accountable. Both…
The Vimeo survey is based on 3.6 million OTT subscribers spanning 230 countries but is still somewhat US centric as well as being geared towards the kind of relatively niche content hosted by Vimeo.
Nevertheless, the principle insights are common to most OTT markets and service categories, even if to varying degrees. For example, the underlying premise of the survey is that consumers are ditching cable TV en masse. While that may be true in many countries, the extent of the churn is much greater in the US. Research firm eMarketer estimates that by the end of last year some 22.2 million Americans cut the cord on their cable, satellite, or telco TV service. That represents a 33% increase from 16.7 million the previous year, which is higher than almost any other major developed country.
How to assess people in online communications beyond the clothes they wear in their writing You are interviewing candidates for a position. They turn up five minutes late, their hair is dishevelled, shirt stained. Rightly or wrongly, your immediate instinct is that this is not the candidate for you. But through the course of…
IABM: “Significant M&A Activity” Still to Come March 26th 2018 – 03:00 PM By Adrian Pennington, Broadcast Bridge The traditional broadcast equipment industry is in a state of flux, with continual consolidation on the media customer side impacting M&A on the vendor side. The IABM recently reported a slight increase in sales but a worrying…
Techno teachers: Finnish school trials robot educators Students using language trainer robot Ellias during their lesson at the school in Tampere, Finland. — Reuters TAMPERE, Finland: Elias, the new language teacher at a Finnish primary school, has endless patience for repetition, never makes a pupil feel embarrassed for asking a question and can even…
How AI Can Stop Cybercrime Most security breaches are caused by human error. Luckily, there’s an algorithm for that. The past few years have exposed a staggering amount of personal and financial consumer information while damaging the reputations of major brands. The economic losses are significant. The average cost of a corporate breach was…