This episode of the IBC Podcast, brought to you by Dalet, features a conversation with Barrett Comiskey, who is the founder and CEO of Migo, a disruptive digital distribution service for emerging economies.

Barrett discusses how his company is providing affordable access to premium video content in Indonesia for download over local WiFi hotspots for offline viewing on mobiles and tablets. The company has ambitious plans to expand across Asia, including most immediately in Indonesia and the Philippines.

And we hear from Patricio Cummins, General Manager of Dalet Asia Pacific, who gives us more detail about how exactly Flex helps both Migo and other content providers manage data.

On Episode 15 of the IBC Podcast, Steve Reynolds, President of Imagine Communications, speaks about where the broadcast industry is headed in 2022 and beyond.

Reynolds discusses how the challenges of the past two years led to a rapid acceleration of direct-to-consumer (DTC) and free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) services and have driven demand for video distributed by the cloud.

Is Reynolds sounding the death knell for linear TV? Tune in to find out and get his perspective on:

• How remote production shifted from conference PowerPoint to mainstream
• Predicted linear vs. digital TV ad spend over the next decade
• The steps broadcasters must take to maintain margins in an increasingly fragmented TV landscape
• How there’s a lot more to cloud playout than “playout” ― and why it matters

This episode is supported by Imagine Communications and presented by IBC365 editor George Bevir.

Links:
Cloud Playout
The Future of Broadcast Advertising: A Conversation on Convergence
IP Infrastructure

Episode 14 of the IBC Podcast, supported by Imagine Communications, features a conversation between Malcolm Cowan, Head of Engineering and Technology, Broadcast and Media Services at NEP UK and John Mailhot, CTO, Networking & Infrastructure for Imagine Communications on UHD and HDR production.

NEP has been using Imagine Communications’ SNP pure-IP media processing platform to support its UHD and HDR productions.

Together, Cowan and Mailhot speak about the unique challenges of introducing HDR (high dynamic range) and UHD (ultra-high definition) into productions which are delivered to a mix of SDR (standard dynamic range) and HDR distribution channels.

During their conversation they discuss:

• Industry adoption of HDR
• How NEP works with Imagine Communications
• The impact of HDR on outside broadcast companies and the content they supply to broadcasters
• How HDR is changing the landscape of sporting events
• Whether different LUTS (look-up tables) work better for different content

Links:

Imagine Communications

Imagine Communications’ Selenio Network Processor (SNP)

NEP Group