Within two years, the same number of revenue channels running on-prem will run on the cloud.
Change is nothing new to master control and playout workflow. Driven by advances in technology and the quest for ever-greater efficiency, how linear television channels are scheduled, content played out, and quality ensured has steadily transformed from the days of heavy iron, robotic video cart machines, and rather closed automation software to off-the-shelf computers, channel-in-abox, video servers, and more open software standards aimed at tighter integration with aligned workflows.