More information emerged today on an over-the-air test being conducted by broadcasters of ATSC 3.0 audio watermarking technology as first reported by TVNewsCheck on Feb. 9 (3.0 Watermark Test Is Foundation For Future). The Pearl TV business alliance of eight major broadcast groups; Fox; NBC’s WVIT Hartford, Conn.; Univision; and Verance are working together on a […]
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There’s No Place For Fear In A Voluntary Auction
A disturbing notion surfaced at the 2015 ATSC Television Conference last week in Washington, D.C. It went something like this: Broadcasters better hope for and work towards the success of the FCC spectrum auction, otherwise the government may come back again with another auction and simply take the spectrum it wants. Erik Moreno from Fox […]
Fox Lab Uses Video Clarity Monitoring to Improve Internet Delivery
Video Clarity, a California-based maker of audio and video quality-assessment and analysis systems, says Fox Networks has installed its RTM 3G real-time audio and video monitoring system in the Network Engineering and Operations Lab in Los Angeles. The lab uses the RTM system to test processing equipment and sample network paths for quality of adaptive […]
Fox to Use ChyronHego’s Player Tracking and Telestration Tools at the Super Bowl
Fox Sports will use ChyronHego’s Tracab Player Tracking System and Paint Sports Telestrator to incorporate real-time player tracking and gameplay analysis data into its live coverage of the Super Bowl on Sunday. First introduced in the 2013 NFL season, the Tracab tracking technology will be used in conjunction with Sportvision’s tagging software during the Super […]
Broadcast Networks Buy Into ‘Remind Me to Watch’
While watching the Detroit Tigers take on the Boston Red Sox in the ALCS this week on Fox, there were plenty of promos for a new sci-fi drama called Almost Human. I remember thinking to myself that the show looked interesting, but if you asked me today when it would premiere and what nights it’s […]
Aereo Subpoena Of Syncbak, CBS Docs Dismissed
Controversial streaming company Aereo suffered its first loss in court today. A federal judge in Iowa Tuesday dismissed a subpoena by Aereo for documents and testimony about CBS’s minority investment in Syncbak, in addition to how Syncbak’s technology works and any documents that might mention Aereo. “The Court concludes that information relating to CBS’ investment […]
Fox TV Network Putting Master Control In The Cloud
The Fox TV Network is skipping channel-in-a-box solutions altogether and moving their master control into the cloud. The network is partnering with Snell on the project that will deploy in 2014, says Robert Rowe, Snell managing director of live TV. Once it goes live, Fox’s master control will be virtual and completely scalable, allowing operators […]