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Zero Density Europe to Launch in June

Zero  Density, established in 2014 as an international technology company to develop creative products for the industries such as broadcasting, augmented reality, live events, cinema and e-sports, is shaping the future of media. Offering the next level of virtual production with real time visual effects Zero Density provides Unreal Engine native platform, “Reality”. It is also the most photorealistic real-time 3D Virtual Studio and Augmented Reality platform in the industry.   Attracting the attention of the leader companies in global broadcasting and film industry at a short notice, industry-leader Zero Density’s focus is on the new strategies for reaching to Hollywood film industry, in addition to broadcasting and takes solid steps to fulfill this goal with its global coverage area that extends from Canada to China, Australia to the USA, France to UAE, Belgium to Russia and beyond.  In 2018 Zero Density has restructured its organization with a focus on America...

figures of PayTV in Turkey, 2017 Q4

According to the data in the  report  of the Supreme Council of ICT, the market share of payTV is just 31%.  There are about 6,1M subscribers to payTV services in Turkey, where total number of households is assumed to be 20M. When we look at the distribution of technology; the payTV market is dominated by satellite, number of subscribers of CableTV is constant, IPTV is increasing but not as fast as expected. The OTT numbers are not available. I guess OTT is the main reason of slow progress in IPTV. 

What will 5G bring to broadcasting?

To be honest, I do not know the answer of the question: What will 5G bring to broadcasting? But, with the help of some documents, I will try to comment on this. It would be great if you also can share your opinions. "Broadcast", "unicast" and "multicast" are different ways of connection. Visualization is always better way of explaining: As you can see in the figure above, Unicast is point to single   point connection; Broadcast is point to all connection; Multicast is point to many points connection.  In broadcast connections, quality does not depend on the number of receiving units. So for serving same data to crowded receipents some kind of broadcast network should be used.  Mobile networks were providing unicast connections, i.e. from the base station to the receiver. Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service ( MBMS ) is a broadcast/multicast service in mobile networks, which is available since 2009 . But it has not been common...

Figures of PayTV in Turkey, June 2016

According to the data in the report of the Supreme Council of ICT, the market share of payTV is just 30%.  There are about 6M subscribers to payTV services in Turkey, where total number of households is assumed to be 20M. FTA: Free to Air / Ücret ödemeden izlenilen televizyon PayTV subscribers are mainly taking service via satellite, 69%. Cable has a static number of subscribers, which is around 1,2M which makes 20% of payTV and IPTV has more to do, with just 11% of market share. PayTV operators should concentrate on increasing the market itself, before their share in the market. But as nearly all TV channels are FTA in Turkey, it is not a simple task.

TVU NETWORKS TO EXHIBIT LATEST IP VIDEO SOLUTIONS AT 2016 TAB CONVENTION

The company will show its cloud-based TVU Command Center and TVU Alert for broadcast workflows MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA  – July 13, 2016 – TVU Networks, the global technology leader in  live IP video  solutions, will again attend and showcase its popular video-over-IP technology at next month’s Texas Association of Broadcasters (TAB) 63 rd Annual Convention & Trade Show in Booth 41. Taking place August 10-11 at the Renaissance Austin Hotel, TAB is the largest state broadcast association convention in the nation.

PlayBox Technology EU (PBT EU) unleashes the EXEcutor™ product line at IBC 2016 - Stand 5.A02

Leading manufacturer and global systems integration specialist, PlayBox Technology EU (PBT EU) makes an IBC2016 debut unleashing its extremely powerful EXEcutor™ line of innovative broadcast servers at stand 5. A02. Designed with broadcasters, production and post-production facilities in mind, the EXEcutor™ Broadcast Server range was manufactured and rigorously tested by PBT EU to meet industry exacting standards.

2wcom Expands MM01 Functionality with New Features

Flensburg, GERMANY — 11 July, 2016 2wcom announced today that its MM01 compact multi-role solution for audio over IP contribution and distribution now supports EBU Tech 3326, Ravenna, Livewire and AES-67 AoIP standards. Designed for versatility, the MM01 is suitable for studio-to-transmitter link applications, studio-to-studio transmissions, as well as broadcast and post production purposes. It is compatible with Session Description Protocol (SDP), Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Session Announcement Protocol (SAP), Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) and Precision Time Protocol (PTPv2).