Many people are familiar with audio and video codecs, but who knows how many other technologies are required to enable audio or video streaming? One such technology, largely unknown but nonetheless indispensable, is the Common Media Application Format (CMAF), developed by the leading standardization organization in the media world: MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group). MPEG was honored with the Technology & Engineering Emmy® Award for the CMAF standardization in early December and...
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On September 8th and 9th 2014, the Miracle Theatre presented an exceptional version of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Exceptional not only because the original script was “respectfully shaken and stirred”, but also because the cast members were split between two remote venues in Falmouth, Cornwall: namely Discovery Quay’s Maritime Museum and the nearby Doghouse. Audiences at both sites, as well as those watching via Internet at home, were witnesses to a show which is believed to be the...
