In an announcement culminating 18 months of negotiations, the cable industry this week agreed to carry public broadcasters' digital multicast signals in addition to their primary HD signal. The ...

Multicasting allows networked devices to send data to a group of machines without having to make multiple copies of that data. This allows for efficient communication between large numbers of devices, ...

So, regardless of which devices are in your smart home, and whether they're inherently smart or controlled by smart plugs and other gadgets, they all need reliable communication protocols to work.

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A one-to-many transmission of data over an IP network. It is used for myriad purposes including updating routers, announcing and discovering services and streaming media. IP multicast saves network ...

In this article I explain how the Linux kernel manages multicast traffic and how it is possible to interact with it by simply patching some kernel code. Although this is a rather specific topic, it ...

As viewers watch more streaming video content and cancel their cable/satellite subscriptions, broadcast stations have been doubling down on free ad supported over-the-air (OTA) television, a business ...

Looking forward to a time when television is routinely delivered in Ultra-High Definition (UHD) or better, BBC R&D is investigating the distribution challenges this implies. The increasing scarcity of ...