Flemish Belgian public broadcaster VRT has carried out the first open-standards all IP-based live broadcast, according to The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS). The broadcast, a performance at the Bozar concert hall in Brussels, Belgium, took place in January of 2016. While this is the second reported live IP-based production, this is the first produced […]

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On Tuesday, June 21st, Karen McCabe, Senior Director of Technology Policy and International Affairs at IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), led a panel with several global leaders on Open Standards and the Internet of Things (IoT) at the International Technology Advisory Committee (ITAC) forum at the 2016 OECD Ministerial on the Digital Economy.  Joining her were: […]

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Alan Woolhouse, Chair of the Weightless SIG Marketing Working Group, recently published a series of articles dedicated to Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN)  technologies and solutions. His final article in the series focuses on the positives, the negatives, and the intricacies of leveraging proprietary technologies vs. open standards in choosing LPWAN technology. The arguments in favor of open […]

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