Once upon a time, layer-2 unicast performance tests would have produced by far the most important results, but that’s changed. Measuring unicast throughput on all ports, once considered the acid test ...

Last time we started a discussion on next steps for IBOC, and focused on multicasting as a potential killer app for HD Radio broadcasters on the FM band. This time we’ll consider the receiver ...

Rohde & Schwarz has announced two 5G Broadcast-enabled transmitters – the R&S Tx9 & Tx9evo transmitter series. In addition, for existing Rohde & Schwarz transmitter users, the migration to 5G ...

In an announcement culminating 18 months of negotiations, the cable industry this week agreed to carry public broadcasters' digital multicast signals in addition to their primary HD signal. The ...

New dynamic network infrastructures built on IP multicast will allow network “service velocity” to dramatically increase. Service velocity is the time between when the need for a service is recognized ...

Multicast, a technique commonly used in networking systems, allows a given processing unit to send a single data stream to multiple destinations at the same time efficiently. Typically, the switch ...

NEW YORK FM radio broadcasters contacted by Radio World believe their programming strategies for companion independent HD2 and HD3 formats and platforms will prove successful and, eventually, ...

Live sports streaming offers offers unparalleled potential for interactivity and personalization, but for peak events like Netflix’s Tyson-Paul fight (or just outside the sports world, this year’s ...

APTS president John Lawson (right) and NCTA president Robert Sachs (center) look on as FCC commissioner Jonathan Adelstein congratulates the associations for forging a cable-public TV multicast deal. ...

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