HDR, UHD, and the Bandwidth Crunch: Smarter Compression for Live Feeds
SVG TranSPORT 2025
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26m
As live production shifts toward next-gen formats like UHD and HDR, the demand on bandwidth has never been greater. This panel will examine how broadcasters and technology providers tackle the bandwidth crunch with smarter, more efficient compression strategies. Whether in optimizing HEVC and JPEG-XS, leveraging 5G connectivity, or adopting emerging codecs and dynamic-encoding techniques, panelists will share how they balance visual fidelity with network limitations.
Moderator:
Jason Dachman, SVG, Editorial Director, U.S.; SVG TranSPORT Program Director
Panelists:
Ian Kuchta, NBC Sports Group, VP, BOC and Transmission Operations
Amilcar Padilla, Ateme, Head of Solutions Engineering and Partnerships, North America
Daniel Pisarski, LiveU, CTO
Ben Runyan, intoPIX, Director of Business Development, North America
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