Broadcasters compete ferociously to meet insatiable consumer demand for ever-higher quality imaging over innovative delivery platforms.
- Media is expected in multiple formats and delivered to multiple viewing platforms with no errors or failures.
- The broadcaster is expected to deliver top-quality images regardless of geographical, climatic or technical challenges.
In the commercial arena of mainstream media, “dead-air”, broken links or other errors cost big money and are to be avoided at all cost. Designers and manufactures of broadcast equipment and associated systems rigorously strive for total reliability.
At first glance it may appear that technology and processes honed by the broadcast industry may have limited relevance to the Security and Defence domain.
Closer examination suggests, however, that both sectors share a number of common requirements, core technologies and processes.
Furthermore, the proliferation social media in the orchestration of recent major political and public order events has required governments, police forces and other agencies to harness relevant counter technologies and processes in response.
Written by defence advisor, Major-General David Shouesmith (retd.) this compelling White Paper explores Broadcast Technology vs Security and Defence. The two industries share more than you may think…