I couldn’t help but think of an experience I had at Television Broadcast magazine in the mid-1980s while writing today’s feature article on the preparations local stations are making to cover the total solar eclipse Aug. 21. At the time, I worked for Ron Merrill, an owner of TVB publisher Globecom Publishing and editorial director […]
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Share This NAB Repack Video
Here are two ideas for TV and radio broadcasters about the repack of TV spectrum. (Radio broadcasters will feel the sting of the repack, too.) First, send a link to this NAB-produced YouTube video on the repack to every member of the House of Representative and the Senate. (Here’s a link to the Congress.gov website to find […]
ATSC Knocks It Out Of The Park With 3.0 Video
If you are in the engineering department or in a technology leadership role, such as a CTO or VP of technology, at a station group, the ideas discussed in a new ATSC 3.0 may be old hat to you. But if you are one of the aforementioned people who works with station or group management, news management […]
Hitachi-Comark Releases ATSC 3.0 White Paper, Video
Hitachi-Comark has released a new white paper exploring the details involved with a future transition to ATSC 3.0. The white paper offers insight on: DTV power amplifier “de-rating” with ATSC 3.0 RF plant considerations Single Frequency Networks The company also has posted a video of a presentation from Dennis Wallace, managing partner at Washington-based engineering […]
MediaSilo Serves Up Tasty Recipe For Watermarking
Combine one part hefty cloud computing resource, one part human nature and a dash of proprietary software coding and what do you get? A clever new way to watermark digital content, such as review copies of movies for film critics and dailies for remote production teammates — in other words, video for a select group, not […]
ASPEN Community Enters 2016 With Over 30 Members
More than 30 major broadcasters, media companies and equipment vendors have joined the ASPEN Community, and over 20 installations around the world have been based on the framework for IP-based media facilities, Evertz said this week. ASPEN (Adaptive Sample Picture Encapsulation) is an open format that enables independent video, audio, and metadata flows for IP-based […]
Four ATSC 3.0 Subsystem Standards Advance; More Right Around The Corner
Momentum continues to grow in development of a suite of standards that ultimately will make possible a next-generation, IP-based television transmission system. Four additional subsystem standards, which will be part of the overall ATSC 3.0 standard, have been elevated to candidate standard status by a vote of the Advanced Television Systems Committee Technology Group 3, TG3, […]
Stampede-Vidyo Offer ‘Drone Video Conferencing’
https://youtu.be/RHr1hMjBljU A lot of news releases pop up in my in-box every day. Some I use, some I discard, and some I pass along. But I am really not sure what to do with this one. On one hand, it seems like it could be of interest to broadcasters who have drones on their minds. […]
3Play Media Publishes Closed Captioning Resources
A new bundle of information from 3Play Media tackles the issues raised by FCC’s mandate for closed captioning online video. The information, available as a free download, covers: FCC updates for closed captioning of online video; Closed captioning best practices, standards, and legal requirements; CVAA online video captioning requirements and deadlines; How the ADA impacts online video accessibility; and ROI […]
Backcountry Video Proves More Accessible Than Fairyland Basin
Before Labor Day, as I was headed out for my backpacking vacation with five other friends in Yellowstone National Park, I wrote about the trip and our destination: Fairyland Basin, a remote area of the park so named because the surrounding environs seem like they should be the natural habitat of fairies and elves. I […]