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 ...

Several times over the years at Streaming Media I’ve been given free rein to indulge myself writing about my favorite of all topics in the streaming space: IP multicast. IP multicast offers ...

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, ...

Multicast is a special type of network traffic where packets are delivered to a group of destinations as a single transmission. Used for advanced network services such as multimedia distribution, ...

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 ...

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BT Group is working with content delivery network (CDN) firm Broadpeak to launch a service for live video streaming that they say will be critical to coping with growing network demand and ...

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 ...