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Hybrid Broadcast Demands Stronger Partnerships

Hybrid broadcast now spans IP, hardware, software, and cloud — which is why partnerships, not single vendors, decide what works. Key takeaways What customers…

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TV Globo affiliate NSC TV selects Appear to power satellite-to-IP migration in Brazil

Matt Williams-NealeBlog

Dynamic Media Facility (DMF) Explained: Myths vs Reality

Andy Rayner
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Where does a media trust boundary belong?

What changed when media moved to IP? An SDI or ASI handoff was a coaxial cable carrying one signal in one direction. Nothing else…

Ivan GeraghtyBlog

Removing SRT’s barriers to broadcast scale

Key takeaways SRT already works; the real question now is whether it can scale to hundreds of services, UHD contribution, and mission-critical workflows without…

Jonathan WhiteBlog

IBC 2026 in review: what we launched, what we saw, and the case for hybrid

Key takeaways IBC2026’s “hardware or software” debate is the wrong framing — Appear brought a full cycle of launches across X, VX, Hub, and…

Oliver AbadeerBlog

Field Notes: Testing the Appear X5 Over Bonded 5G and Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) Satellite

Key takeaways Two field proof-of-concept sessions tested the Appear X5 and X20 over bonded 5G and LEO satellite, including adverse weather. Six simultaneous low-latency…

Ivan GeraghtyBlog

REMI Production vs Outside Broadcast: Why Hybrid Wins

Key takeaways The choice isn’t REMI versus outside broadcast — it’s an operating model that places people, processing, and risk where each production needs…

Oliver AbadeerNews

Appear X5 to enable flyaway contribution for DP World Tour golf events

Compact, power-efficient X Platform performance brings broadcast-grade reliability and ultra-low latency to space-constrained remote production (REMI) workflows Oslo, Norway — 8 September 2026 —…

Matt Williams-Neale
contribution

17.11.2022

Sports Broadcasting – Where it’s been, where it is and where it’s going

For sports broadcasters OTT has historically been bypassed in favour of...

JT-NM picture blog post

10.11.2022

Standards-Based IP Production Platform

Appear earns SMPTE ST 2110 and AMWA NMOS JT-NM badges for its X Platform...

contribution

30.09.2022

Appear’s X Platform was tested by Globo in Rock in Rio 2022

Appear’s X Platform was tested to offer part of the festival’s...

OTT

29.09.2022

Complete OTT Delivery Ecosystem

Why consumers are favoring OTT content over traditional linear services, and...

08.09.2022

Breaking Latency Barriers in Streaming

Innovative approaches used to drive latency over OTT down to levels on par with...

Upgrade XC Platform

01.09.2022

Appear launches powerful new upgrade to its best-selling XC Platform

The new upgrade brings additional capacity to the best-in-class unit, better...

Remote production; flexible contribution over IP

04.08.2022

Flexible IP Contribution for Modern Broadcasting

A mini-guide to the key considerations organisations should take into account...

Innovation in JPEG XS

28.07.2022

Paving the way for innovation and differentiation in JPEG XS

Compression is an essential enabler for video delivery over real-world networks...

01.06.2022

Consumer experience takes centre stage as sports broadcasters’ investment budgets bounce back from pandemic lull

The new research, in partnership with IABM, found that while the number of...