Wes Simpson

In spite of the obvious appeal of IP networks for many video transport applications, some broadcasters are not completely comfortable with the technology.

What's needed is another way to construct a stream that can better withstand data losses and still produce a video output that is acceptable to viewers.

Having the support of the dominant online video providers is obviously a big plus for market penetration, but Flash has a number of technical benefits as well.

With the present terminology, it's hard to tell. So, maybe what's needed is a new way of classifying the types of video delivery than can be done over an IP network.

In many broadcast television applications today, forward error correction allows recovery from errors that occur during transmission.

As previously covered in this column, IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) is an essential part of a modern all-IP media production system.