Teradek Encoding Used to Provide Live Coveage of 2018 New Year’s Eve Times Square Events
By Jim Bask
For the third year in a row the official live stream was produced by New York-based production company Live X, using three wireless camera transmitters from Teradek that roamed the square to capture the festivities as they happened.

The video ecosystem is evolving, and the hot topic right now is the shift from AVC to HEVC. H.265 / High Efficiency Video Compression (HEVC) is the newest video compression standard that technology has been gradually shifting towards, and while the standard isn’t exactly new by any means (it was first ratified in 2013), the past year has seen a more impactful shift towards HEVC-compatible playback and wider market adoption.