media

Why An Agile Media Production Workflow is Critical When Broadcasting Moves from the Studio to Remote

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In this blog series for broadcasting engineers, top technology challenges, transformation and the value of the ecosystem are explored. We also examine the requirements needed for an agile media production workflow.

February 4, 2020

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Broadcast Engineering Hot Topics: IP, Interoperability and the Value of Integration

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The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) develops standards, practices and engineering guidelines to advance the introduction of technology innovation in the media and entertainment industry. Cisco actively contributes to the association with IT and IP based workflows expertise.

September 9, 2019

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Accelerate Ideas to Audience

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The IBC conference is here again, and it’s a good time to examine the changes in the media industry. Although nothing drastic has changed, there is just more--much more of the changes that started a few years ago.

September 11, 2018

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Cisco, Intel and Microsoft Accelerate the Transition from SDI to IP with an Open Source Toolkit for Media Software Vendo …

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Cisco, Microsoft and Intel are making the vMI/DPDK/PCI-passthrough package available for appliances, application and virtualized deployments.

Vertical Consolidation: Several New Distribution ‘Tails’

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#IBC2018 The Cisco SP Video Software & Solution team is prepping eighteen demos across five domains. These demo slots will fill-up fast! Ask your Cisco rep or any listed author to book your meeting. 

NAB 2018: here’s what you saw with the Cisco team

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Sleep deprived?  If you are one of 200 or so people on my flight back to NYC from Vegas, you sure as heck are!  With another successful NAB in the...

September 16, 2017

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IBC 2017: Cloudian, Cisco, and Important Trends in Media Storage

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Cisco has expanded our partnership with the fabulous folks at Cloudian, who are building ways for content providers to use S3 for private cloud access.

Re-building the House of Mouse on Cloud and IP: Lessons from Disney’s Majority Acquisition of BAMTech

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The world of media is changing. More content needs to be created. Fast. In ever greater resolutions. The traditional network and infrastructure is not able to support these new requirements. It just can’t scale or move rapidly enough, while costs and complexity are too high.

As Broadcast Focuses on IP, Video Quality Moves Front and Center

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The shift from “traditional” broadcast to IP video is on, and was more real than ever at NAB this year. Key takeaways from the Cisco booth and show floor.