Brad Gilmer

Regardless of the portion of the band in which Wi-Fi operates, sharing with Bluetooth is inevitable. Perhaps these two technologies are not competing

Nothing will get a piece of equipment expelled from the post environment like unstable software. A mismatch between the job you need to do and the equipment

The implementation of fiber optics is a dark art. At least, that’s the way it seemed a few years ago.

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

This month, we take a closer look at SONET and some of the telephone-industry nomenclature behind the technology.

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

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.

Building a network for broadcast involves some special considerations. This article spells them out for you.

An overview of networking fundamentals for people who are looking to increase their knowledge of computer basics.

As a post-production facility grows, the network that serves it must undergo radical changes to keep up.

Most post-production facilities have been moving pictures over networks for years. Why did post get an early start?

SANs had a troubled start, largely because they were based upon technology and standards that needed some wrinkles ironed out. If the SAN is grown in

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

Over the last three years, network speeds have increased by a factor of ten, with another tenfold increase in 18 months or so. There has been a definite

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

When discussing IT networks for broadcast and post production, there are two main issues to consider.

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