December 1, 2011
Features
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THE BATTLE for spectrumDec 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY MARK A. AITKEN The battle for television broadcast spectrum continues to rage much like a wildfire out of control, being fanned by the hot winds of the CTIA and a parched... |
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Taming the 2.4GHz bandDec 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY LARRY ESTRIN In recent years, there has been an explosion in license-free devices using the Wi-Fi 2.4GHz spectrum. These devices have been billed as resulting in a... |
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Intelligent optical networksDec 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY FADY MASOUD Broadcasters, as well as film and television producers, face the common challenge of efficiently transporting high-bandwidth video content over existing... |
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Mobile video encodingDec 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY DEREK BELL As TV service providers try to keep up with the surge of mobile video consumption and more connected TVs and tablets coming to market, the need for cost-effective... |
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Video storage developmentsDec 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY DAVID AUSTERBERRY The media and entertainment sector is facing a big challenge. The very storage media that have been relied on for decades are reaching end of life film... |
Beyond the Headlines
Dual-polarization weather radar
Dec 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON
In the decades since World War II radar operators in search of enemy aircraft inadvertently discovered precipitation returns on their scopes, weather...
Station files may move
Dec 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY HARRY C. MARTIN
Under a proposal released in October, the FCC plans to host on its website all television station public files. The proposed plan Licensees would have...
Multiplatform delivery
Dec 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY STEVE PLUNKETT
One of the most significant trends in the evolving television experience is multiplatform delivery the distribution of live and on-demand content to connected...
Making light work
Dec 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY SCOTT NARDELLI
The telecommunications industry has used fiber-optic technology since the 1970s to revolutionize data transfer and help usher in the digital information...
Digital Handbook
Facility A/V timing
Dec 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY ALDO CUGNINI
Although content distributors have recently gotten the message on audio operations in the form of federally mandated requirements on commercial and program...
JPEG 2000
Dec 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY BRAD GILMER
JPEG 2000 has caught the attention of the professional media world for good reason. First, it closely matches some workflows, where the production process...
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4K2KDec 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY STEVE MULLEN If you are in London during the 2012 Olympics without a ticket, there is an alternate way for you to be present at certain events. The BBC plans to broadcast... |
Systems Integration
Real loudness control
Dec 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY RANDY CONROD AND STEPHANE GAUTHIER
Loudness, if you will, increasingly has been making noise in the broadcast industry. Standards organizations have been working long and hard to publish...
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WOWT: The foundation for the Gray ModelDec 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY JIM OCON, VIC RICHARDS AND MIKE FASS The transition to a digital and HD workflow represents a cultural shift for the broadcaster. That shift can take many forms, from basic playout automation... |
New Products & Reviews
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ACL mixes concert sound with AvidDec 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY MEL LAMBERT For more than 30 years, Austin City Limits () has brought a wide cross-section of live-music concerts to public-television audiences, in addition to CD... |
TC Electronic's loudness radar meter
Dec 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY THOMAS LUND
The most fundamental audio issue of all control of loudness makes millions of people adjust their volume controls over and over on a daily basis. The...
Digital Rapids' Transcode Manager 2.0
Dec 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY MIKE NANN
The rapid growth of multiscreen distribution opportunities and increasing volume of content to be processed are putting more operational pressures on...
SRS Labs' Circle Surround
Dec 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY ALAN KRAEMER
When we think of surround sound today, we think of 5.1 digital transmission, with the most popular transmission codecs being supplied by either Dolby...
Satellite services and systems, part 1
Dec 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY JOHN LUFF
Satellites first were used in television for short-duration transatlantic interconnection. Short could mean a few minutes, but at the time it was a technological...
Thomson Broadcast's Futhura Plus
Dec 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY JEROME DAVID
Over the last decade, the desire to contain capital expenditure has driven decision-making on network investments, and this has led to the deployment...
NEW PRODUCTS & REVIEWS
Dec 1, 2011 12:00 PM
MatroxMojito Card supports the new version of Avid Media Composer; provides broadcast-quality I/O and lets users deliver H.264 files for the Web, mobile...
NEW PRODUCTS & REVIEWS
Dec 1, 2011 12:00 PM
MatroxMojito Card supports the new version of Avid Media Composer; provides broadcast-quality I/O and lets users deliver H.264 files for the Web, mobile...
Departments
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Ignore the obviousDec 1, 2011 12:00 PM, Brad Dick EDITORIAL DIRECTOR The report's executive summary begins, Every day, more and more Americans begin using Smartphones, tablets and wireless modems to access new mobile applications... |
What is a broadcaster?
Dec 1, 2011 12:00 PM, DAVID AUSTERBERRY, EDITOR
That used to be an easy question to answer. It was a company that purchased and commissioned programs, made programs and ran a newsroom. The company carried...
Time to pause
Dec 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY ANTHONY R. GARGANO
In May of this year, I joined about 30,000 others from around the world to converge in, of all places, Dayton, OH. Why would so many people from all around...
