Multicast switching isn’t the flashiest subject to talk about in a world rippling with high-speed technology developments, but it’s an important one that AV professionals would be remiss to overlook ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. With most pay-TV operators now delivering some over-the-top (OTT) content via the Internet, or ...

When integrating video systems, it’s important to keep in mind that customers’ IT directors may not have video specific knowledge. Knowing the difference between multicast and unicast is one ...

With video conferencing becoming extremely popular in wired and wireless network, efficient utilization of the network bandwidth is important to achieve Quality of Service (QOS). Internet Protocol (IP ...

Simon Orme, BT Wholesale’s general manager of content services, explores the ‘Channel-in-a-Box’ and ‘Channel-in-a-Cloud’ concepts and their role in satisfying TV stations, content providers, ...

BT Group has announced a new technology, designed to be a more reliable, quality-focused and sustainable way of delivering live content over the internet. Multicast-Assisted Unicast Delivery (MAUD) ...

Video files can be large and bandwidth-intensive. As a result, the growing need to stream both live and on demand video over corporate networks can—and often does—have a negative impact on network ...

BRISTOL, U.K.—While media and tech firms have made notable progress in recent years in reducing the energy consumption of the video industry and its impact on the climate, a new study from Rethink ...

IP Multicast is a bandwidth-efficient method for broadcasting data, in particular streaming audio and video, across a network. In this primer we’ll discuss how IP Multicasts works, its pros and cons, ...