Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) provided frequency coordination for the multi-city 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer cup in July, the company announced today. Fourteen venues in 13 cities hosted various stages of the tournament. PWS began preparing its frequency coordination efforts about a month before the event via a website. All vendors involved used the site […]
Microphones
Custom Fiber Caddie Links WGBH Studios
WGBH in Boston is using a purpose-built fiber-transporter caddie from Joseph Electronics to deliver TV and radio signals between its new remote studio at the Boston Public Library and its main facility seven miles away, the company announced today. The custom transporter caddie makes it possible for WGBH to broadcast from the new studio by […]
Let The RF War Games Begin
Next up for Louis Libin and the other TV engineers coordinating frequency use at this year’s Democratic and Republican political conventions is a pair of what’s dubbed RF War Games — highly organized, methodical tests designed to track down and correct any source of harmful interference before each event begins. “The RF War Games are […]
KRGV Relies On Letrosonics Wireless Gear For Telethon
KRGV in Weslaco, Texas, deployed Lectrosonics Digital Hybrid Wireless equipment in Studio B for its 39th annual Easter Seals Rio Grande Valley telethon, the company said. The equipment included a Venue receiver, HM UHF plug-on transmitters, LMa belt pack transmitters and M152 lavalier microphones. The ABC affiliate is preparing to install another Venue receiver, paired with LMb belt pack transmitters, in Studio A, where […]
Of ‘Professor Wimpy’ And Blather-Powered Mics
One day in early April 1984, I was sitting at my desk in the International Department of the Yonhap News Agency when a story from one of the agency’s correspondents in the United States crossed my desk. It was a story reporting on a New York Times (I think, it’s been a long time ago) […]
Parting Comments On Wireless Mics
This week’s technology feature article, “The Future of Wireless Mics Is Full Of Static,” like so many others I have written recently, revealed lots of interesting developments that just didn’t fit in the story. So once again, I rely on the Playout blog to cover details that didn’t make it into the story. In no […]
My New Year’s Wishes For The TV Industry
Happy New Year to the television industry! In the spirit of ringing in the New Year, here are my top 10 wishes for the TV industry in 2015: A single flexible, extensible next-gen TV transmission standard. Competition is a wonderful thing, but it’s hard to see how the TV industry avoids a downward spiral fueled […]
The Microphone Favored by Presidents
Whenever you see the President of the United States speak from his podium, the same microphones are in front of him. In fact, it has been that way since Lyndon B. Johnson was in office in the mid 1960s. The favored microphone of every modern president is not expensive — it costs about $100. But […]
Klover MiK Parabolic Microphones Are Not Only for Sports, but News Too
After running a small article recently about a parabolic microphone, I was surprised to get a note from Paul Terpstra of Klover Products in Janesville, Wisconsin about his company’s product. I had no idea there was so much competition in this narrow space. Paul’s product is the Klover MiK, a parabolic mic system that has […]
JonyShot Parabolic Microphone Designed for Highly Directional Audio
Broadcasters doing sports or special events often need to pin point audio—far away from the action. JonyJib, a maker of camera motion control and other gear in Turlock, California, has a solution in its JonyShot Parabolic Microphone. The six pound JonyShot is a handheld or tripod mounted highly directional 24-inch parabolic microphone. It can be […]