October 2011

Features

Understanding AVCHD

Oct 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY STEVE MULLEN

When DVCAM, DVCPRO and DVCPRO50 were introduced, manufacturers positioned these proprietary formats as compared to the DV format. After working with all...

Production workflows

Oct 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY RICHARD SATCHELL

It is the accepted norm for many large broadcasters to base their entire production workflows around a large centralized work hub, and it is often hard...

Losing VTRs

Oct 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY DAVID AUSTERBERRY

One small revolution in studio production has been the replacement of videotape with the video server. The first generation of video servers supported...

Beyond the Headlines

Audio-visual archives

Oct 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY DAVID AUSTERBERRY

The demise of videotape presents a challenge for broadcasters. It is no longer possible to send program videotape to the archive a climate controlled...

TV-51 under attack

Oct 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY HARRY MARTIN

On Aug. 22, the FCC imposed an immediate freeze on applications for new stations and improvements in existing stations on Channel 51, currently the uppermost...

Prompters

Oct 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY BRIAN LARTER

When equipping a studio, the prompting equipment can sometimes be seen as an accessory to be added on after the infrastructure is in place. But there...

DVB-T2 finds worldwide success

Oct 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY GERARD FARIA

When the DVB forum published the second generation of its digital terrestrial TV standard, DVB-T2, in 2008, it did not anticipate the tremendous success...

Digital Handbook

Interactive services

Oct 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY ALDO CUGNINI

The killer app of computer interactivity, when considering popularity, is probably the Web browser. But interactivity requires more than just a browser;...

Networked media

Oct 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY BRAD GILMER

It will not be long before there is a complete disconnect between where professional media is stored and where it is being used. This is a profound shift,...

In-stadium entertainment

Oct 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY MICHAEL GROTTICELLI

The market for a wide variety of live sports production technology continues to grow significantly, but we're not talking about mobile trucks. As new...

Systems Integration

BXF explained

Oct 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY SID GUEL

For years, broadcast automation systems and business systems needed manual access and conversion interface applications to convert metadata to/from their...

In-game experience

Oct 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY DON ROONEY

For nearly a century, MacArthur Court served as home to the Oregon Ducks. A school legacy, The Pit or Mac Court was voted best gym in America in 2001...

New Products & Reviews

Openet SDM

Oct 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY MICHAEL MANZO

Crafting successful business models for TV Everywhere (TVE) requires a true operational shift away from traditionally siloed information into true data...

Content exchanges

Oct 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY RICK CLARKSON

The global economic crisis has had some interesting effects on the media business, one of which is the continuing decentralization of many production...

T-VIPS' IP transport

Oct 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY MICHAEL FOTI

As a PBS member station and the single largest producer of PBS television including Antiques Roadshow, and Masterpiece Theatre and Web content, WGBH in...

Plura monitors

Oct 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY NIC DUGGER

Testing and monitoring multiple video standards is an hourly occurrence on any of my television production projects. This is true for both the load-in...

Video processing

Oct 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY JOHN LUFF

As in many areas of technology, we are entering a time of particularly strong change in how video is processed. It is transparent that analog processing...

NEW PRODUCTS & REVIEWS

Oct 1, 2011 12:00 PM

HarmonicElectra 9000 Multicodec, multiformat video encoder for broadcast, satellite, telco and cable operators; simultaneously supports broadcast, mobile...

Departments

Do we need the cloud?

Oct 1, 2011 12:00 PM, Brad Dick EDITORIAL DIRECTOR

If I rated technical topics by the number of press releases received, cloud storage would be number one. Not a day goes by when I don't receive at least...

Looking forward from IBC

Oct 1, 2011 12:00 PM, DAVID AUSTERBERRY, EDITOR

Another IBC, and the usual question: What was the buzz? As attendees read the runes, there are conflicting messages. The news media predicts the second...

Are you fighting the spectrum grab?

Oct 1, 2011 12:00 PM, BY ANTHONY R. GARGANO

Is the broadcast community asleep at the switch? It certainly appears so. H-e-l-l-o-o?! Are you awake out there? Microsoft, Google, the Consumer Electronics...

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