Industry Direction
Where broadcast and media technology is heading — IP, cloud, streaming infrastructure, and the economic and regulatory forces reshaping live production.
Industry Direction · Innovation in Practice · Career & Leadership
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Three Kinds of Judgment in the Control Room
Governance was never a single dial. In a control room it’s a signal path: a rule that doesn’t ask permission, an alarm that says…
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The Cap Comes for the Control Room
College sports just got a salary cap. Everyone is arguing about what it does to athletes and athletic directors. I want to talk about…
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The Upfront Is Dying, and Your Portfolio Plan Is Next
The broadcast upfront locked a year of ad inventory against a forecast that hadn’t happened yet — and streaming killed it. Annual portfolio planning…
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What the Demo Doesn’t Show You
The cloud production demo always works. But the demo is climate-controlled — and live is not. The right questions start where the demo ends.
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Is It a Real IP Facility? Wrong Question.
An engineer told me his overhauled plant “isn’t a real IP facility.” He was measuring it against a purity that doesn’t exist — and…
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Live is the Moat
Twelve years ago I asked how critical LIVE is to your content. The last twelve years didn’t just prove the point — they raised…
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UX: Not Just Pretty Pixels – Driving Real Business Outcomes
User experience isn’t just about visually appealing interfaces — it’s about understanding users deeply enough to design products that are effective, efficient, and genuinely…
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We’re On-The-Air… We don’t have time to worry about your gear!
Live production doesn’t pause for a vendor’s excuses. A look at why reliability, not features or price, is what actually earns trust when the…
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How critical is LIVE to your content
A 2014 look at why live content was already pulling ahead — World Cup streaming numbers, personalized replays, and user-generated content — the argument…
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Fan Experience starts like this at Barclays Center
A quick look at what shapes the modern in-venue fan experience at Barclays Center.
