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Shortage of broadcast engineers?

Phoebe Houssein
At IBC this year MMC Committee members spoke to many exhibitors with the aim of understanding what the next big technology would be. But the biggest concern we encourntered was "where are the next generation of engineers going to come from?" Many companies are already reportdly struggling to recruit employees with the right skills. 


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    There are a number of things happening in the broadcasting, at least in Hong Kong:
    • Traditional TV broadcasting companies are also offering OTT services, so viewers can watch the programme on their smartphones or computers. Viewers can select to watch the programme live or on demand. Some services require subscriptions, some programme are free to view.

    • The number of viewers of broadcasting is decreasing, while the OTT viewers are growing fast.

    • OTT services are beyond the boundary of countries, so for example viewers from other countries can watch the TV programme from Hong Kong via their smartphones or computers.


     

    I see that broadcasting via the air or fiber will never be completely replaced by OTT service, rather the two complement each other. The biggest reason is the transmission bandwidth requirement, as an accumulation of OTT service will be very hungry for bandwidth, and so it is easier for example for broadcasting to provide quality 4K services. 

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    There are a number of things happening in the broadcasting, at least in Hong Kong:
    • Traditional TV broadcasting companies are also offering OTT services, so viewers can watch the programme on their smartphones or computers. Viewers can select to watch the programme live or on demand. Some services require subscriptions, some programme are free to view.

    • The number of viewers of broadcasting is decreasing, while the OTT viewers are growing fast.

    • OTT services are beyond the boundary of countries, so for example viewers from other countries can watch the TV programme from Hong Kong via their smartphones or computers.


     

    I see that broadcasting via the air or fiber will never be completely replaced by OTT service, rather the two complement each other. The biggest reason is the transmission bandwidth requirement, as an accumulation of OTT service will be very hungry for bandwidth, and so it is easier for example for broadcasting to provide quality 4K services. 

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