High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection
High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection is a form of digital copy protection to prevent copying of digital audio and video content as it travels across connections. Its main application…
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House ID
An identifier known to a facility such as a broadcaster, post house, or studio that uniquely identifies media within the facility's ecosystem but is not typically useful with…
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HTTP Live Streaming is an Apple standard for ABR media streaming using fMP4 or MPEG-TS containers and H.264 or H.265 video codecs.
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URL redirection, also known as URL forwarding, is a technique to give more than one URL address to a resource. HTTP has a special kind of response, called…
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Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
Read articleHypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application protocol used for exchanging information over the Internet.
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ICY is an HTTP-based protocol and header (used by internet radio servers like Icecast and SHOUTcast) embedded within the audio stream. The ICY protocol allows audio players to…
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ID3 is a metadata format that can be used to carry additional information in CMAF and transport streams.
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Internet Engineering Task Force
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Issuer Identification Number – The digits with a payment card number that identify the bank that issued the card.
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Retrieval of content into the distribution chain from a content source.
Read articleInsertion Order
An Insertion Order (IO) is an agreement between the publisher and advertiser to run an ad campaign. It is the final step of a direct sold/bought advertising deal…
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A catch-all term for adding a viewer engagement piece to television. This can include both interactive content and advertising, and can be delivered in a variety of ways,…
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Interactive Video Service is a managed live streaming service from Amazon Web Services, built on the same tech that powers Twitch.
Read articleInternational Standard Audiovisual Number
An International Standard Audiovisual Number (ISAN) is a unique ISO identifier for audiovisual works and versions. It is managed by the ISAN International Agency (ISAN-IA), a not-for-profit Swiss…
Read articleInternet Group Management Protocol
Internet Group Management Protocol allows receivers to indicate their interest to join (or leave) an IPv4 multicast traffic distribution group. IGMP is typically used for IPTV live broadcast…
Read articleInternet Protocol Television (IPTV)
Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) is TV delivered over Internet Protocol (IP) rather than using QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) over a wire or OTA (Over The Air).
Read articleInternet Speech Audio Codec
iSAC is a wideband speech codec, developed by Global IP Solutions (GIPS) (later acquired by Google) and is suitable for VoIP applications and streaming audio.
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