The Society of Broadcast Engineers

The Association for Broadcast and Multimedia Technology Professionals

Containerized Software: Why Broadcasters Are Moving to Standardized Software Infrastructure

March 31, 2022

Originally streamed March 31, 2022

Museums are great for housing old-fashioned, purpose-built broadcast equipment, but technology has changed the game and today’s viable broadcasters must leverage every advantage. Computers and virtual machines in server rooms enable both live and automated broadcasting with greater efficiency and reliability than ever before.

Now Software Containers are taking modern business and broadcast infrastructure to the next level. Radio and TV stations are deploying the same technologies as Spotify, Yelp, eBay, Expedia, Groupon, ING, PayPal, Shopify, Uber and thousands of other Fortune 500 companies.

In this SBE webinar you’ll see, hear, and learn what this proven reliable technology is all about and how it’s emerging into broadcast operations now.

About Your Instructor

Kirk A. Harnack, CBRE, CBNE, Senior Systems Consultant, The Telos Alliance

Kirk HarnackKirk Harnack, CBRE, CBNE, brings 40 years of hands-on experience in broadcast engineering and education to his position as senior solutions consultant at the Telos Alliance. His expertise in putting technology to work in broadcast facilities has driven notable expansion in audio over IP, VoIP for broadcast, audio processing and other new technology adoption by content creators.

Kirk maintains an active, hands-on-role in broadcast engineering through his positions as a partner and VP engineering of South Seas Broadcasting, Inc., Delta Radio, LLC, and Kaua’i Broadcast Partners, totaling 14 AM and FM radio stations. He is a broadcast meteorologist (WSMV, Nashville), fixed-wing private pilot, FAA Part 107 SUAS pilot and licensed General Class Amateur Radio operator (KD5FYD). He is a member of the Board of Directors of the SBE and is program chair of SBE Chapter 103 in Nashville.

Kirk founded and hosts the Internet video netcast, This Week in Radio Tech (TWiRT). The one-hour weekly video netcast features regular contributors and guests from the world of radio engineering.

SBE Recertification Credit

The completion of this webinar from Webinars by SBE qualifies for 1 credit, identified under Category I of the Recertification Schedule for SBE Certifications.

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