June 1, 2011
Features
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NAB REPLAYJun 22, 2011 5:53 PM Here is a roundup of some of the new products that were on demonstration at NAB.... |
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Choosing the right batteryJun 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY JOE MURTHA Not so long ago, choosing a battery for your camera was a fairly simple process involving a few offerings from a small number of manufacturers. Today,... |
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Video transportJun 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY JANNE T. MORSTØL All broadcasters and network operators need the flawless delivery of high-quality content to TVs and other video devices. More and more operators are... |
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Cloud computing for broadcastersJun 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY GREG LENNON Though implementation of cloud-based services may be relatively new to the broadcast industry, the history behind cloud computing stretches back decades.... |
Beyond the Headlines
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MultiviewersJun 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY KEVIN JACKSON It's hard to think of a broadcast technology that has changed more in the last decade than multi-image display systems. Even several years ago, the most... |
Broadcast tower rules
Jun 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY HARRY C. MARTIN
The FCC is proposing new processing rules and interim procedures designed to give the public an opportunity to comment on proposed ASR-dependent towers...
Content management
Jun 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY TONY TAYLOR
Content management means different things to different people. But while many would say that it is largely about locating content it is all about the...
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Design for OB trucksJun 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY UWE RITTER AND SVEN LOEFFLER Driven originally by the rapid migration to HD, the outside broadcast (OB) truck business has been buoyant over recent years. While stereoscopic 3-D is... |
Threats vs. opportunities
Jun 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY ANTHONY R. GARGANO
The history of entertainment media is rife with portents of gloom upon the advent of the next newest entertainment delivery technology. Sixty years ago,...
Digital Handbook
Media wrappers
Jun 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY ALDO CUGNINI
Broadcasting today relies on the ingest, storage and playout of content involving many different tape- and file-based media. With the migration toward...
Metadata
Jun 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY BRAD GILMER
By now, most engineers have heard that metadata refers to data about data. As facilities move from tape to files, and from tight integration to service...
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Audio in postJun 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY GARY ESKOW Audio post has gone through some significant changes over the years. Once upon a time, the technologies used to create video and audio were separate and... |
System Integration
LTFS and LTO-5
Jun 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY HOWARD TWINE
LTO-5 is the fifth generation of LTO tape, a tape format developed over the last decade by the LTO Program, a consortium of manufacturers consisting of...
New Products & Reviews
NAB 2011 SPECIAL REPORT
Jun 1, 2011 12:00 PM
REFERENCE RECORDER 360 Systems MAXX-2020HD Reference recorder provides lossless recording and playback of many HD video formats, including paired channels...
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Snell's CentraJun 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY KIRSTY ALDRIDGE Significant economic pressures to reduce costs and to do more with less have pushed broadcasters to establish centralized multichannel facilities with... |
KVM technology
Jun 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY ANNETTE HAEBEL
Now that entire workflows within the broadcast industry are becoming file-based, broadcasting is turning into a profession of data management. Existing...
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Monitoring video in new waysJun 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY JOHN LUFF In the grand scheme of technology, how we monitor television in professional facilities seems like a rather trivial, obvious matter, but it's actually... |
Departments
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Frequencies for saleJun 1, 2011 12:00 PM, Brad Dick EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Just over a year ago, the FCC released its long-awaited National Broadband Plan (NBP). For broadcasters, the plan means losing 120MHz, or 20 channels,... |
CRTs, LCDs and OLED
Jun 1, 2011 12:00 PM, DAVID AUSTERBERRY, EDITOR
It doesn't seem that long ago I was writing about the end of the CRT and all the shortcomings of the LCD display for grade one monitoring. I used to work...
