The Time is Now
For years, many media companies and public service broadcasters have been skeptical about the cloud. Certain unknowns have held them back from embarking on the cloud journey... Until now. 2023 was very different.
The Ultimate Optimization: When 2+2=5 (or even more!)
To truly optimize your media supply chain, you need to consider not just what to migrate to the cloud, but how to get the most out of the new infrastructure you’re using. In this blog, we look at how "the platform approach" helps you make the most of scalable cloud-enabled applications with minimal friction.
Putting Your Archive in Motion
Every media organization maintains an immense content archive, typically stored across multiple on-premises storage systems. Content that in many cases has been collected over decades, some of it in hard-to-retrieve formats, or worse, in systems that are no longer serviceable…
Making a Positive Impact to the Bottom Line
How do you measure a media company’s responsiveness? Specific metrics are difficult to pin down. But having the capacity to flex and scale makes all the difference in being able to say yes to business opportunity, and it’s vital in an environment where nothing is predictable. Here we consider “resources per output asset per time” as the metric for responsiveness.
Increase Your Supply Chain Capacity by Working Smarter, Not Harder
No matter how much you automate your media factory, there will always be reasons for manual touchpoints in a media supply chain. Here we take a closer look at common — often essential — use cases in which manual involvement can be expedited through AI analysis and time-based metadata.
The Media Infrastructure is the Means
The single most important question for any media operations leader in a viral-driven, real-time market is this: Can you respond? Interestingly, the answer depends on your infrastructure, and possibly your mindset around it.
Wow! What a Show!
Reflections on NAB 2023
NAB is back! Well, almost. While still smaller than in pre-pandemic days, the 2023 NAB Show was a welcome return to (almost) normal. With over 65,000 attendees, the exhibition brought many of us back together again, a significant increase from…
2022 By the Numbers
What do SDVI's 2022 numbers tell us about M&E supply chains? Organizations continue to move to the cloud to increase business agility, leading users to take advantage of the Rally platform's flexibility and intelligent optimization.
Automating the Media Factory of the Future
How do you optimize a supply chain that requires sophisticated specialized media processing? The answer lies in automation and intelligent orchestration that allows formerly manual repetitive tasks can be automated, accelerated, and scaled to meet any level of demand.
The Value of Resiliency
If you’re unable to get content from point A to point B quickly, you may not be able to deliver on a deal. What does it take to make your media supply chain resilient? How can you ensure that it is reliable, available, and scalable?