Monitoring the Current OTT/Broadcast Paradigm The fun of clichés, millennials and consumption habits… Blog by Bridge Technologies If there’s one thing the internet is good for, it’s allowing people to make sweeping generalisations about the way things are. And were. People tend to get very tribal on the internet. ‘Them millennials…’ you see…
Thought Leadership: Bridge Technologies on Simplicity and Complexity in Sport Broadcast article published by SVGEurope The world of sport embodies a beautiful contrast between ideas of simplicity and complexity. The graceful arch of the body as a foot makes contact with the ball, the smooth lines and clean movement of the back and arms…
Bridge shows power of IP-based media monitoring system By Ian McMurray15 May 2020 Article published by the IBCDaily Working with technology collaborator Appear TV, Bridge Technologies has demonstrated what it says is the value and robustness of its Integrated Services Monitoring (ISM) approach. Frostad: “Individual, disparate solutions become a less and less tenable approach” It does…
Bridge Technologies Partner with Appear TV to Provide Advanced IP-based Production and Distribution End-to-end delivery and monitoring of uncompressed to compressed content delivery Press Release OSLO, Norway — 14 May 2020 — On the back of their recent announcement of the new Integrated Services Monitoring (ISM) model, Bridge Technologies has demonstrated the value…
Remote Production: Less is More Blog It seems a long time ago that, if you wanted to talk to someone, you had to be face to face with them. It was also a long time ago that, if you wanted to watch a show, you had to be in the theatre where it was…
Technology Blog VSAT: a growing opportunity Whenever we talk about satellites in the context of our industry, we’re mostly talking about DTH – widescale distribution to homes. In Germany, for example, satellite DTH is the primary method by which households receive HD programming, accounting for over 13 million customers. Similarly, it’s the most…
2020: Looking Back to Look Forward Blog The last time we had a year like 2020 was 1919 (and, before that, 1818, 1717, 1616…). 1919 was a significant year because Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands gave women the right to vote. American-born Nancy Astor became the first woman elected to the British House of Commons. And:…
2020: The year of the Tokyo Olympics – and 8K? Blog_Bridge Technologies There’s nothing quite like a major sporting event to get broadcasters excited – and sporting events don’t get any bigger than the Olympics. Over 3.6 billion of us watched the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro – and similar viewing figures are expected…
2019 Year in Review: intelligence at the edge An industry in transition Article published in SatNews Every year, the broadcast industry descends en masse on the RAI Convention Centre in Amsterdam. Once again, IBC provided invaluable insight into what’s going on – and where we’re going. One of the great things about…
Media streaming: it’s an OTTortunity Blog If you’re old enough to remember dial-up access to the Internet, you’ll recall that even downloading a simple image could seem to take forever. It seems remarkable, then, that the first live sports event to be streamed was back in those 56K days, when ESPN SportsZone streamed a live…