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  • A group of people standing on an outcropping of rock while the sun has recently gone down behind them.
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    In the Face of COVID-19, the Media Industry is Showing Support, Camaraderie, and Perseverance

    There are many opportunities to see how individuals and organizations are leveraging their global reach and their increasing connectivity with customers and industry comrades to alleviate the stresses of COVID-19.
    Read In the Face of COVID-19, the Media Industry is Showing Support, Camaraderie, and Perseverance
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    Is 8K More Supply or Demand?

    8K has a lot to offer, and 2020 will likely add uses to the conversation. As it stands, 8K’s efficacy is heavily intertwined with the nature of individual projects and the requirements of the deliverables in question, and understanding the key strengths and current limitations of the format will be essential to its efficient and cost-effective implementation.
    Read Is 8K More Supply or Demand?
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    Where Do Production Security and Production Efficiency Meet?

    Signiant partnered with Broadcast Beat to discuss the balancing act between production security and efficiency during The Battle Between Efficiency and Security, a roundtable webinar on production security and the challenges for content creators.
    Read Where Do Production Security and Production Efficiency Meet?
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    The Esports Phenomenon is Bringing New Challenges and Opportunities in Media Tech

    Esports, as it stands, is experiencing immense growth, and a heretofore undreamt-of level of legitimacy, and with that comes a trove of needs and opportunities that media technology businesses should be paying extremely close attention to.
    Read The Esports Phenomenon is Bringing New Challenges and Opportunities in Media Tech
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    The Game is Changing in Live Production

    Live production is one of the best examples of how dynamic M&E can be. Live events are unpredictable and fluid, and with that thrill come unique challenges.
    Read The Game is Changing in Live Production
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    Why Many Studios and Broadcasters are Banning FTP From Their Supply Chain

    For decades, FTP (File Transfer Protocol) has been used in the Media & Entertainment (M&E) industry to move files between servers and for distributing them around the world. And for just as long, cybersecurity experts have been warning of its potential threat to network security, intellectual property and privacy. Nevertheless, FTP has persisted.
    Read Why Many Studios and Broadcasters are Banning FTP From Their Supply Chain
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    Signiant’s Unique Acceleration Technology

    Learn why it’s necessary even with high-bandwidth connections, how it’s difference from open-source UDP, how it improves cloud transfers, and about Signiant’s new intelligent transport mechanism.
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    Network Optimization for B2B Streaming Using Signiant

    Historically, Signiant has been used to move files, but now this same technology is available for streaming. Some organizations need to move both files and streams as part of their workflows and Signiant can do both.
    Read Network Optimization for B2B Streaming Using Signiant
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    Collaborating With Remote Teams and Talent Around the World

    Standard web collaboration tools lack the foundational technology necessary for most post-production work. Learn the fundamental requirements necessary for collaborating with remote teams and talent around the world.
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    Best Practices in DevOps

    DevOps brings together the two crucial elements of software engineering, development and operations. The DevOps methodology combines the entire software development, deployment and monitoring lifecycle and ensures 24/7 availability for customers.
    Read Best Practices in DevOps
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    Beyond the Live Game: File-Based Content is Increasingly Central to Covering Major Sports Events

    This production model rests on the ability to transfer huge amounts of data, whether large files or many small clips, in a fast, secure and reliable manner.
    Read Beyond the Live Game: File-Based Content is Increasingly Central to Covering Major Sports Events
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    The Unique Benefits of Cloud-Native SaaS for Media Companies

    Media technology must deal with highly variable demand for time-sensitive work that involves geographically distributed locations, while operating on extremely large professional media files. These inflexible and harsh demands make the agility and cost effectiveness of cloud-native SaaS particularly relevant.
    Read The Unique Benefits of Cloud-Native SaaS for Media Companies