Author: csandy

Blackmagic Design to Introduce New Routers?
April 3, 2023Posted by csandy

Video routers have been a shining star in the revenue bottom lines of manufacturers. Ross Video, with their excellent Ultrix line of routers, has seen revenue for that product rival that of their switching consoles. Undoubtedly, competition from Grass Valley, Sony, ForA, NewTek, Roland, Blackmagic Design and a host of other hardware and software based…

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AVIXA CANCELS INFOCOMM SHOW IN LAS VEGAS
March 30, 2020Posted by csandy

Following on the decision to cancel next month’s NAB Show, Avixa has decided to cancel Infocomm this year. We are truly experiencing a dramatic shift in our industry as a result of the novel COVID-19 virus. We haven’t been immune to the economic crisis that has resulted from this public health disaster. Live events are…

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Zixi teams up with Livestream and Telestream
April 25, 2019Posted by csandy

Zixi LLC, the leaders in delivering high quality live HD over the internet and Livestream LLC, the leader in live video, have partnered on several key elements of the Livestream solution. Using the Zixi platform and technology, Livestream dramatically streamlines and simplifies the first mile ingest from the live event venue into the destination’s CDN….

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When inaccurate terms create production problems – the fiction of “mini BNC”
March 10, 2019Posted by csandy

There’s an industry trend of referring to miniaturized BNC connectors for video as “Mini BNC”. While there is an actual connector on the market called Mini BNC, most often manufacturers and sales people are actually referring to something else. On closer inspection, the connector turns out to be DIN 1.0/2.3 or HDBNC. Now why is…

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Interesting Developments Surrounding ISE and Digital AV
February 5, 2019Posted by csandy

Alternatives to the uncompressed SMPTE 2110 IP-based video standard are taking a prominent foothold in the industry.  The SMPTE 2110 standard, which requires at minimum at 10Gbps network also comes with the requisite cost of procuring, building, and maintaining a “10G” network.  Industry participants who don’t require the uncompressed signal 2110 offers, yet still need…

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