RF systems
Winner: KVIE by Thales KVIE's chief goal was to install a digital system in its existing building, using equipment that could help the station move to...
Station AUTOMATION
Winner: KTVK by Sundance Digital Belo media company embarked on a plan to centralize the master control operations of its four Arizona stations and their...
Taking Seven into the future
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Up and running in all markets, Seven is currently doing about 12,000 switches a day out of Melbourne...
NYI News goes tapeless with Panasonic's P2 recording system
While NY1’s transition to P2 continues, it has been impressed with the newfound speed and efficiencies of the format...
Building IT systems: PART 2IT network equipment
Determining what IT network equipment may be best suited and available to improve the workflow at your facility can be difficult...
Digital video noise
Michael Robin continues with Part II of his series on noise. This month he looks at digital noise, sources and remedies...
Network NEWSROOM TECHNOLOGY
Winner: Sahara TV by Leitch Sahara TV wanted to improve its competitiveness of its Hindi entertainment channel, located near New Delhi. The plan entailed...
Pro-Bel's Morpheus Velocity at Turner
The network’s live events group chose Pro-Bel’s Morpheus Velocity to meet the technical challenges presented by live events...
Granada Bristol selects Studio Network Solutions
The facility uses creative applications such as Apple's Final Cut Pro, Discreet's combustion and Adobe's After Effects to create its programs...
Networking tutorial, part 1
Brad Gilmer offers a detailed description of how Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) coordinates the assignment of IP addresses on a network, allowing computers to obtain both fixed and dynamic IP addresses automatically...
Building IT systems
If you can build a broadcast facility, you can build an IT system to work with it...
Will 2005 be the year of HDTV worldwide?
The number of countries outlining plans for HDTV services is growing...
HBO serves up secure, tapeless playout
When the network chose the technology that serves as the heart of the network’s playout systems, it selected established players in both the broadcast and computer industries...
Playout automation
What is different about automation today is that the amount of information that must be presented to an operator is nothing less than staggering...
FOX News updates NY facility
FOX News in New York City recently renovated a street-level studio in order to make more room for their broadcast operations center...
Network cabling and infrastructure
Need Ethernet cables? Make sure you buy the right kind. Need to wire them yourself? Here’s how...
Network technologies: The future of routing?
Networks are being used for the distribution of video, and there are technologies that can allow us to provide an equivalent solution to the crosspoint router for video with a network...
SPECIAL REPORT: The MXF advantage
Find out how a software development kit can help vendors and users better understand and implement MXF code....
Data-backup technology and techniques
Here’s a look at the technology and techniques you can use to back up your facility’s precious data....
Digital video basics
The author explains how digital signals can be manipulated in endless ways. Using mathematical descriptions, readers gain an understanding of the processing that takes place in the digital realm for standard functions such as gain, EQ, color processing and delay....
Centralcasting solutions
The term strikes fear in many labor pools, yet the fact remains efficiency is key in business equipment decisions. John Luff discusses how centralized playout and distribution can not only reduce labor costs, but also improve on-air images. ...
MPEG encoding systems
There are plenty of misconceptions about compressed video. If you look back in the recent history of our industry much misinformation exists. Twenty years...
NBA goes HD
In today's crowded field of sports broadcasting, it's not easy to stand out. But, with a series of significant carriage deals on direct-broadcast satellite...
Genset maintenance
Preventive maintenance for generator set (genset) systems is an integral part of station operation. Engineers should do basic checks to ensure proper...
PSIP by the numbers
By now, most broadcasters are probably aware of the Program and System Information Protocol, better known as PSIP. And some may be implementing it in...
