# Broadcast technology, explained by the engineers who build it.

Evergreen reference guides on media transport, processing and remote production — the protocols and pipelines behind live broadcast.

## Latest Guides

### New in the library

**Encoder latency and jitter: where it comes from and how to measure it**  
Vendor datasheets quote encoder latency as a single number. Live production is broken by the distribution behind that number. A contribution encoder averaging 40 ms but…

### Fundamentals

**Codec migration and comparison for live contribution and production workflows**  
Migrating between video codecs in live contribution and production environments is one of the most consequential infrastructure decisions a broadcaster or media operator can…

**SRT Packet Loss in Live Video Contribution**  
Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) is a UDP-based transport protocol designed to mitigate packet loss during live video contribution over unmanaged and variable networks. It…

**Broadcast Contribution and Distribution for Cloud-Native and Virtualized Playout**  
Cloud-based playout and virtualization in broadcast refers to running playout, switching, processing, and ancillary media functions—encoders, transcoders, graphics engines, multiplexers, loggers, and monitors—as virtualized…

**Broadcast Network Modernization for IP- and Cloud-Based Live Production**  
Broadcast network modernization is the technical and operational transition from legacy baseband and satellite-centric architectures—built around SDI routing and DVB-S/S2 distribution—to IP- and cloud-native…

**IP Video Infrastructure for Live Production and Contribution**  
IP video infrastructure encompasses the network, protocol, timing, and media-processing components that transport, switch, process, and manage broadcast-grade audio and video as IP packets…

**Hybrid Media Workflows for Live Production and Contribution**  
Hybrid media workflows are production and playout chains that deliberately span multiple processing domains — on-premise baseband (SDI), on-premise IP (SMPTE ST 2110), private…

## Customer Stories

**Cingularity DP World Tour**  
Cingularity became the first to deploy the compact Appear X5 internationally — delivering broadcast-grade, low-latency HEVC contribution from DP World Tour golf venues back…

**Chilevisión**  
A hybrid ground-to-cloud contribution chain that transformed a live HD World Cup feed into a premium 4K UHD channel for audiences across Chile.

**FOX Sports**  
FOX Sports unified REMI, Jewel Events and 104 summer soccer matches on one Appear foundation — X20 and X5 systems that flex from compact…

**NBC Sports**  
Video compression, satellite modulation and transport-stream aggregation — routing fibre and satellite feeds from the Winter Games.

**World Archery**  
World Archery brought live production in-house with Appear's X Platform and SRT — regaining full control of its content, lifting quality and achieving an…

**Roberts Communications Network**  
Roberts Communications Network retired an unsupported AVC system for Appear's X Platform — backhauling 100+ racetracks and remote sites to its Las Vegas NOC…