Broadcast

It is written into UK legislation that the UK’s public service broadcasters (BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5) must be ”free at the point of access”. Currently broadcasters are paying to distribute their content both online and via traditional methods. But with costs rising and fewer people using the Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) service, … Continued

Broadcast and content management systems have always been about making businesses more effective; validating data and processes, establishing clear workflows, promoting decision making based on accurate, relevant information and interfacing with third party and legacy systems to help facilitate this. As the shift from traditional broadcasting methods towards more advanced, technology-driven approaches and cloud-based solutions … Continued

Content owners and broadcasters have long seen, and successfully used, social media as a place to promote TV shows and engage potential viewers. However, they are now partnering with social media platforms in more innovative ways to both attract new viewers and generate revenue. It’s widely recognised that social media platforms can be a perfect … Continued

MSA Focus continues to cement its position at the heart of global sports broadcasting, as ForeTV Pulse is selected by Optus, Australia’s second largest telecommunications company, to underpin channel management services for its Optus Sports offering. Optus were looking to take more control over the provision of their primary sports channel, Optus Sports 1, and … Continued

“Broadcast management” is a term often used but not always fully understood. Its broad nature can often lead to confusion and time wasted in discovery of what is actually required as a solution. Add to this the disrupted nature of the content delivery market place, with many players not coming from a traditional broadcast TV … Continued

A television channel used to be a fairly simple affair: A presentation director, supported by a team of operators and runners, kept a stack of VTRs (Video Tape Recorders) fed. In turn the operator would cue and take a programme part, then some commercials, maybe a trailer or two, then another programme part. There might … Continued

During the spring of 2017 MSA Focus embarked on a highly successful Asian Roadshow, which saw representatives from MSA Focus tour the Asia-Pacific region providing a series of introductory demonstrations of their next generation broadcast management solution: ForeTV Pulse. As reported at the time, ForeTV Pulse was very well received and a number of more … Continued

£8.3 billion. That’s how much Sky and BT, two giants of the domestic broadcast world, paid to the Premier League for television rights for the next three years. On the face of it, this appears to be an extortionate figure but the opportunity to grab exclusive, territorial access to those rights is just too great … Continued