Brad Gilmer

Users who are building large-scale facilities are now spending more on software integration than they are on hardware. As the chairman of a SMPTE committee

If you are going to exchange video and audio using computers, you have two choices. The first is streaming; the second is file transfer. Broadcasters

A file format is a wrapper into which a system places video, audio and metadata. Stream transfers (using PAL, NTSC, SDI or even SDTI) will co-exist with

Last year I discussed some of the issues surrounding bandwidth management inside television facilities. This month we will look at the issue of bandwidth

Storage area networks (SANs) allow multiple processors to share a pool of common storage. It is a powerful solution for sharing content across a homogeneous

Quick, answer this question: After your signal leaves the antenna, what device receives it at the other end? If you answered "a television," you are both

Bandwidth management is a rela-tively new topic for many of us. Routing a VTR to a monitor does not involve a calculation to determine if the router has

Learn to locate “invisible” servers, and how to setup firewalls for specialized applications in this tutorial on troubleshooting networks for broadcast operations.

It goes without saying that allowing everyone physical access to on-air or technical core areas is a physical threat

Find out how workstation users with different operating systems can share files on a common server.

Find out how SAN works and whether it is best for you.

The term VLAN stands for virtual local area network. To understand VLANs, let's start with a network design that does not employ VLANs. Figure 1 shows

Remote monitoring and control of broadcast facilities is nothing new. Does anyone remember transmitter remote control systems based on telephone stepper

When a new project comes up, it is very tempting to dig into the drawer to see if you have the hardware you need

MXF, when combined with Descriptive Metadata Scheme 1 (DMS-1) is a powerful enabling technology

Asynchronous-transfer mode (ATM) is the workhorse of modern telecommunications. Disocver how this workhorse evolved and how it performs the considerable feat of carrying digital broadcast signals.

Understand these five issues related to moving video over packetized networks

New standards allow broadcasters to use video over IP for video transport.

When it comes to protecting data, broadcasters have it rough. Not only do they face all of the normal IT issues with protecting important desktop business

Understanding how IP addresses are assigned can help maintain critical broadcast networks

Broadcasters are becoming more dependent on their IT-based infrastructures every day. It is increasingly important to have a solid network to support

Five years ago, file-based content delivery was making inroads with broadcasters, but it was still a somewhat unusual way to deliver video. Now, file-based

Broadcasters are finding themselves in an ever-changing environment. Being able to meet the challenges these changes present is key to remaining relevant