The Future Of The OB Truck

The Future Of The OB Truck Are OB trucks too expensive to survive in a world that is moving toward digital news delivery and mobile, small-screen news consumption? As Broadcasters shift to 4K UHD live broadcasting and adopt IP for experimenting with more immersive consumer-facing formats, does this pronounce the death of the OB trucks? […]

Africa And Content Consumption: Rise Of The Mobile Continent

Africa And Content Consumption: Rise Of The Mobile Continent Africa’s mobile phone adoption over the last 15 years have been impressive. With around 67 percent, or 1.13 billion population of Africa using mobile phones, it is often referred to as ‘The Mobile Continent’. According to Informa , the continent has become the second most connected […]

Audiovisual Digitization In The Age Of Broadcasting

Audiovisual Digitization In The Age Of Broadcasting Digitization in the age of broadcasting Broadcasting is indeed proliferating with its multiple screen adaptation, home videos, streaming, OTT and instant content generation. Yet are the broadcasters preserving and monetizing the extensive and instant content warehouse? “Any physical artifact is just that, a physical artifact,” says Mike Mashon, Library of […]

Busting Digitization Myths

Busting Digitization Myths Some African countries might have to skip the June deadline for Digital transition. The process has been engulfed by massive debates around availability of digital infrastructure, controls in set-top boxes, accessibility to digital technology, subsidizing set-top boxes, and so on. Is Digital TV the indispensable next step? Are the Digital Dividends really […]