KVM is no longer just one part of media production but is becoming ever more integrated into production systems and workflows. While they are oftentimes taken for granted, the best systems are the ones you never notice, continuously and silently working in the background, delivering reliable, efficient and fast access to control and distribution.

In our latest ebook, TV Tech talks to the experts and users about how KVM systems are becoming the remote workflow tools of today’s advanced media productions.

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ATSC 3.0 (aka NextGen TV) is the future of broadcasting not only in the U.S. but increasingly worldwide. The past 12 months have seen a whirlwind of activity surrounding the advanced standard, with new developments in BPS, datacasting and emergency alerting.

With the adoption of the standard by Brazil, one of the world’s largest TV markets, ATSC 3.0 is poised for a banner 2025.

Our latest guide to NextGen TV provides the background you need to navigate the evolution of the transition from 1.0 to 3.0.

The guide is available here.

Ahead of ISE Show next month, TVBEurope has joined forces with our sister titles Installation and TV Tech to release a special ebook looking at AV and broadcast convergence, highlighting key products and convergence events at the show.

ISE 2025: Technology Convergence is now free to access ahead of ISE 2025, and is jam-packed with features, interviews and product news.

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Remote production has helped improve media companies’ bottom line ever since it went from being a “want to have” before 2020 to a “need to have” in this post-pandemic world. By now, many of us have become more aware of the advantages of producing live events remotely but they bear repeating: cost savings, flexibility and scalability, access to a wider pool of talent and improved collaboration that leads to more seamless productions that can, in turn lead to increased viewership.

In our latest Guide to Remote Production, we offer insight and case studies that will help you better understand the trends and management techniques that are making remote media production a reality for more broadcasters than ever before.

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In our latest Guide to NextGen TV, TV Tech takes a look at the progress made in deploying the advanced broadcast standard as well as the potential market for datacasting via ATSC 3.0.

Since broadcasters moved to the cloud and IP, intercoms have followed suit, and with these transitions, communications technology has become more reliable, flexible and user friendly. Advances in wireless technologies from Wi-Fi to 5G have helped improve coverage range, bringing wireless comms capabilities into areas where they were previously unavailable. Digital technology has also brought enhanced security and audio quality as well a large increase in channel capacity.

Communication is critical when it comes to live production and reliability tops the list of requirements. Getting your message from here to there in the shortest amount of time with clarity and security are vital and in our latest Guide to Intercoms, we look at how vendors are continuously coming up with more innovative ways to accomplish this.

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KVM technology offers media production professionals a versatile and efficient way to manage and control multiple computers or devices, enhancing productivity, collaboration, and resource utilization. Consolidating multiple computers or devices using a single set of peripherals (keyboard, video monitor, and mouse) provides for more efficient workflows, allowing users to switch between devices seamlessly, streamlining the workflow and reducing the need for multiple sets of peripherals.

With 4K becoming ever more present in media production, being able to share resources among multiple computers also allows media professionals to use KVM switches to optimize production by switching to more powerful computers for resource-intensive tasks.

Click here to download TV Tech's free 2023 Guide to KVM Switches, where we take a look at how KVM technology is helping broadcasters and AV professionals get the most out of their media production systems.

The cloud has revolutionized the way media is created, managed, and distributed. Leveraging cloud technology enables broadcasters to scale infrastructure dynamically, reducing operational costs and improving efficiency. 

With cloud-based storage and collaboration tools, broadcasters can securely store vast amounts of media assets and enable real-time collaboration among geographically dispersed teams. 

Cloud-based playout solutions enhance flexibility and enable seamless content delivery across multiple platforms. Overall, the cloud empowers broadcasters with agility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness, driving innovation and ensuring their ability to meet the evolving demands of modern audiences.

In our latest guide, TV Tech takes a look at how the cloud is impacting media production and how it can help you improve workflows enhance your bottom line.

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Future has released the Best of Show Awards Guide for the 2023 NAB Show. This guide takes you on a tour of new products introduced for TV, film, video, streaming, radio, audio and pro AV professionals. The Best of Show Awards are for products introduced at the 2023 NAB Show in April. 

This digital guide features all the nominees and winners and offers an excellent sample of new technology on the market today.

Seven Future publications participated in the awards program: TV Tech, TVBEurope, Broadcasting+Cable, Next TV, Radio World, Sound & Video Contractor and Mix.

In our latest Guide to NextGen TV, TV Tech provides a progress report on ATSC 3.0, including the latest news from the recent NAB Show, what's going on elsewhere in the world with the advanced standard and new consumer products.

Sports TV is going through a profound evolution that is shaping the future of all media and its influence is growing exponentially every year. Whether it’s broadcast or streamed, live sports is the last bastion of “appointment TV” and the competition for sports rights has never been more fierce. 

In our latest ebook, TV Tech examines the current state of the business and technology behind sports TV and how broadcasters are adapting to new technologies to bring the excitement of the game to screens of all sizes.

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The products and services that go into the process of media production have rapidly evolved over the past decade. As remote and virtual production have evolved—fueled by advances in AI/ML and the cloud—so have the demands from customers for quicker turnaround and more efficient workflows. 

 Vendors have responded with an array of new tools to enable faster and more agile processing, deeper analytics and more capabilities that take advantage of more powerful chips and wider bandwidth. 

 Spring is probably the busiest time of the year with the April NAB Show—this year, celebrating its centennial. It can be hard to keep up with the avalanche of new product and service introductions so TV Tech has gathered a sampling of the latest products launched over the past 12 months. We hope you find our spring product preview informative and thorough and continue to refer to it throughout 2023!

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Archiving is one of those processes that you don't think about often enough but it should be top of mind. Along with being monetized and preserved in the highest quality format, archived content can also help broadcasters add context to current events and perspective about our cultural heritage. 

In this month’s Guide to Archiving, we take a look at not only why archiving is so important, we also examine how advances in cloud and storage technologies are allowing us to increase reliability and accessibility to preserve and maintain our legacy content.

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The transition to audio over IP over the past decade has revolutionized the broadcast industry, bringing added flexibility and improving quality and options for the viewer. That progress, however, has not come without its concerns as media companies try to keep up with consumers who are viewing content on myriad devices.

In our latest free TV Tech Guide to Audio, we hope to lessen that anxiety by taking a look at how audio professionals are tapping into that flexibility that AoIP brings to our industry and the approaches taken to maximize the consumer audio experience. 

The evolution of virtualized playout has significantly progressed since the first “channel in a box” systems started hitting the market more than 15 years ago. Today, virtualized playout is becoming more commonplace as media enterprises adapt to the challenges and demands of the streaming era. 

As broadcasters move to a more software-defined production environment, TV Tech takes a look at how virtualized playout and cloud advances have helped broadcasters more efficiently produce and distribute content and thrive in an increasingly competitive media landscape. 

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Perhaps more than any other transition since the move to digital, the cloud has had the biggest impact on television production. Today, our industry is moving beyond the basic capabilities of using cloud for storage and processing to customizing its use based on user requirements. 

Throughout our new “Guide to Cloud Solutions,” we examine the latest developments in adopting cloud for media production and how the industry is developing best practices to enhance security and cost efficiencies. 

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Live televised sports has never been more popular worldwide. In the U.S., the most watched programs monitored by Neilsen are consistently dominated by the NFL, with the Super Bowl traditionally drawing the most viewers of any program annually.

Broadcasters have known this for years and their streaming competitors have also woken up to this fact. Amazon Prime is now broadcasting exclusive NFL games on Thursday nights and recently Apple TV and NBCU’s Peacock signed multi-year deals to stream live MLB games. On first glance, these streamers obviously follow what works, techniques that broadcasters have had decades to perfect, in bringing live sports to viewers’ living rooms.  

However, expect to see new innovations from streamers that play to their strengths, including enhanced interactivity and data mining that will satisfy the most ardent sports fans. Broadcasters as well are also experimenting with advanced technologies as well, including new camera angles, real-time graphics and remote production.

In this month’s ebook, we examine how media companies are deploying the latest tech advances to transform the way viewers follow their favorite teams.

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It's spring and time for new gear!

TV Tech has gathered many of the newest product offerings announced since the beginning of the year—everything from the newest cameras and support gear to new audio processors, graphics and KVM and software-based services that operate in the cloud—in fact that category seems to be the fastest growing sector in our industry.

The majority of the products and services in these pages reflect many of the changes that have overtaken our industry in response to the pandemic of the past several years, i.e., the move to remote production. We are now seeing many of the developments that have radically altered the production landscape over the past two years and media tech companies will continue to develop new products and services that reflect these changes. 

We hope you find our spring product directory informative and thorough and continue to refer to it throughout 2022!

Access the directory here. 

Archiving and preserving media is an important responsibility of any media organization, from at home production setups and small post houses to the largest facilities and networks. As the channels for media distribution expand, the value of legacy content also rises as operators seek to provide more content with more context, particularly in the age of “fake media” and in the future—“deep fakes.”

For news stations, in particular, the responsibility of maintaining and preserving legacy content as a civic duty is also commensurate with the monetization of such content when it comes to adding value to  your brand. 

In this month’s Guide to Archiving, we take a look at not only why archiving is so important, we also examine how advances in cloud and storage technologies are allowing us to increase reliability and accessibility to preserve and maintain our legacy content.

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During the past two years, the M&E industry’s transition to the cloud has enabled television to quickly adapt to a scenario that was nearly invisible to viewers. Despite how the shutdown affected live production, most viewers were unaware of the hurdles stations faced in providing continuous news coverage as well as continuing to produce scripted programming. 

The pandemic has demonstrated to us the advantages the cloud and IP bring to increasing the flexibility and reliability of providing linear and on-demand programming anywhere, anytime, on any device. And the advances made over the past two years as vendors have responded to the challenges and changing environment have brought more confidence to enterprises that are seeking to phase out their SDI-based facilities. 

In this month’s ebook, we explore how the concept of virtualized playout has changed over the past two years and take a look at the evolution and future of cloud for TV. The ebook is available here. 

As the world attempts to recover from the pandemic, the media and entertainment industry is also working toward a return to normalcy while observing safety protocols to protect everyone involved. Communicating during any type of production, whether being filmed or live, is essential to a smooth-running operation and intercoms are proving more than ever their importance in keeping production crews connected. 

Along with the expanding use of comms, we’re also seeing how the industry’s transition to IP is impacting the flexibility and expanding feature sets that make the process of staying connected easier to use and more reliable. 

Our latest ebook takes a look at how intercoms are helping broadcasters and video production enterprises return to the studio and film set safely. We also examine how audio over IP is changing the way crews communicate.

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As lighting for professional media production has advanced over the past decade, flexibility in terms of remote control and improved energy efficiency has helped media production companies save money and enhance their look.

In our latest ebook, we examine the latest trends in professional lighting for television, as producers try to improve their capabilities in offering high-res (i.e. 4K) content, safer workspaces and lower costs with more energy-efficient LEDs. 

The guide is available here.

As broadcasters move more toward the cloud and virtualization, demand for KVM switches to operate in that environment will continue to grow. Broadcasters are seeing improved workflows by consolidating and automating systems, and are increasing their use of touchscreens and apps for a new generation of employees who are used to more simplified operations. 

With more 4K content being created and distributed, higher bandwidth demands are also helping spur increased use of more sophisticated and flexible KVM switches across the media and entertainment landscape. The market is growing worldwide, and is estimated to be worth more than $1 billion in a few years. Despite the impact of COVID-19 on manufacturing, the popularity of remote production prompted by the pandemic of the past 18 months will help increase the demand for KVMs.

In our latest guide to KVMs, we look at how these systems are helping a myriad of industries adapt to changing workplaces and workflows.

The guide is available here. 

The ability to control cameras remotely has become increasingly important as enterprises seek to lower costs and manpower and increase the range and flexibility of imaging. Pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras have found homes in many professional settings, from broadcast and houses of worship to sporting arenas, distance learning and surveillance and security. Even radio is now adopting the systems to offer listeners an up close and more personal look for their announcers. 

Over the past year and a half, as the world went into lockdown businesses began to rely more on the compact and ever more flexible PTZ camera system to provide live, real-time video to more customers, students and alike. Our latest guide offers a look at the increased role of PTZs.

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The term “remote production” has taken on new meaning over the past year and a half. What was once considered one element of the live production workflow, became the dominant process as broadcasters and viewers isolated themselves. News shows became Zoom-a-thons, which created a whole new set of issues as reporters, anchors, and media personalities struggled with setting up home studios, backdrops and often undependable broadband connections. 

But as has been often said over the past year, broadcasters have been preparing themselves for this very moment and for the most part, well prepared. And according to a recent survey, the changes imposed by social distancing requirements will stay with us long after the pandemic ends. 

In these pages, we examine the evolution and current state of remote TV production workflows and how its impact on our industry will shape the future of news and entertainment.

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WASHINGTON—TV Tech has released its latest ebook, a special guide to integrated production systems.

With remote production continuing to rise in popularity, the need for simplified, integrated production systems has increased. By employing IP and the cloud, integrated production tools are becoming more flexible and cost effective for things like live event coverage or a newscast.

This new ebook details how these systems are being used in the real world and how new advances in cloud management and services are impacting the future of television production.

To download the ebook, click here. 

WASHINGTON—Future announced the winners of the first-ever Tech Leadership Product Awards in March, and now the 2021 Tech Leadership Product Awards digital program guide is available for more information on participating products.

The program guide highlights not just the winning products, but all nominated products from the 2021 awards, which were officially announced at the Tech Leadership Series.

The Tech Leadership Product Awards honored outstanding product introductions that serve the media and entertainment industry across various categories. The program guide has the company tell you in their own words what makes their product noteworthy.

A logo in the top corner of a page will distinguish which products were award winners.

The 2021 Tech Leadership Product Awards digital program guide is available for download online. 

WASHINGTON—With more than two dozen markets now on the air with ATSC 3.0 and with compatible TV sets now on the market, the promise of NextGen TV is becoming closer to reality. By combining over-the-air broadcasts with IP, broadcasters will now be able to better compete in the highly competitive OTT market but that's just the start.

TV Tech’s latest ebook, “NextGen TV: A Status Report,” takes a look at the recent tech developments regarding the ATSC 3.0 standard and how recent FCC developments could help broadcasters reach more viewers.

“NextGen TV: A Status Report” is now available for free download.

WASHINGTON—A KVM system’s presence in a facility is hardly acknowledged until it stops operating, but it is often the invisible workhorse in a production environment. 

As the industry moves to IP and virtualization, a KVM system’s reliability, latency, security, flexibility, control of digital devices and support of higher video resolutions are at the forefront of development.

In TV Technology’s latest ebook, “Guide to KVM,” we look at how capabilities of KVM technology have expanded and improved over the past several decades as well as how increasing flexibility introduced with IP virtualization coupled with the rigorous demands of remote production have made the technology more vital than ever.

“Guide to KVM” is now available for download online. 

WASHINGTON—Broadcasters have been moving toward IP and the cloud for more than a decade now, but the demands of the current environment where remote production is becoming the norm are accelerating this technology transition.

Intercoms are taking advantage of these advances, moving beyond point-to-point to a common multicast IP workflow.

In this month’s ebook, TV Technology examines where this technology is taking professional communications as well as other factors that are impacting the current remote production landscape.

“Guide to Intercoms” is available online.

WASHINGTON—With current events dramatically changing our way of life and the way we work, it can be argued that with the M&E industry’s focus on moving to IP and the cloud over the past decade, broadcasters have been preparing for this moment. 

Social distancing and other measures taken to reduce the spread of coronavirus have forced broadcasters to not only “shelter in place” but also “broadcast in place” in their homes or other remote locations. Fortunately, for the vast majority of us, the elements of this change were already in place. Working on laptops from the local Starbucks or interviews over Skype, Google or FaceTime were already popular alternatives prior to the outbreak—now they are the norm.

In our latest ebook, we examine the latest trends and best practices in the evolving world of home and remote production workflows.

"Remote Production: The Future of Live TV?" eBook is available online. 

The world of sports TV has always provided a stage for innovation in our industry, prompted by viewer expectations and technology advances. Sports is what drives live TV and while our world is currently on pause during this pandemic, our industry is examining its role in covering the action safely. 

The games will go on and live sports will return. In our new guide to sports production, we look at the emergence of esports during this period as well as the evolution of remote production and how it will impact the business in ways we may not have even envisioned yet. 

Read the full eBook here.

WASHINGTON—Your content is only as valuable as your ability to monetize it. Fortunately for M&E companies, the ability to access, maintain and index legacy content has improved and become more flexible as things move to the cloud and utilize artificial intelligence and machine learning.

As more archives become digitized, the options for storing and accessing content have expanded.

In TV Technology’s latest eBook, “Guide to Archiving,” we take a look at the options available and how advances in AI are enabling M&E companies to monetize their most valuable assets.

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From content creation to distribution and everything in between, content creators of all sizes require media and entertainment workflows that put top notch media in the hands of consumers.

AWS solutions enable customers to build faster, smarter, and more agile workflows across the entire value chain—reducing constraints, increasing efficiency, and creating opportunities to delight viewers and drive new revenue— across all types of media, including audio, video, text, and images.

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• Eliminate traditional capacity and geographic constraints
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• Experience the value of AWS services – you can watch real-world video case studies from companies such as National Geographic, Untold Studios, Mikros Animation, Universal Music Group, and more

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