5G will have a major impact in immediate applications in new television production gear and in more futuristic demos and discussions of 5G broadcasting that could transform the media and entertainment landscape over the next five to 10 years, according to the NAB Show Daily. Attendees can see a number of advances from vendors such as Comrex, LiveU, Dejero, Haivision, TVU Networks, Broadpeak and other companies that stream and deliver video over 5G for production and distribution. The NAB Show 2023 continues through today in Las Vegas.
“Per our annual Broadcast Transformation Report, 5G is being cited by broadcasters as the technology that will have the biggest impact on the broadcasting industry in the next three years,” said Mark Horchler, marketing director of products and solutions at Haivision.
Further down the road, many companies believe that developments in 5G and the new NextGen TV broadcasting transmission standard will create lucrative partnerships between mobile carriers and broadcasters and producers, reports the NAB Show Daily. “If we can fully utilize the combination of 5G and ATSC 3.0, we can create something very powerful for a new generation of consumers that might combine data, video, AR [augmented reality], live and on-demand video to create new business and new forms of entertainment,” explained TVU Networks CEO Paul Shen.
Many of the immediate applications for 5G in production and broadcasting can be seen in the new cameras and production technologies on display. “The faster speeds and low latency offered by 5G networks help enable real-time connections for remote production, making creators even more mobile when producing content from not only anywhere in the world, but also from more devices,” said Dave Hoffman, business development manager, Americas, Blackmagic Design.
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