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...
The accidental system administrator
It is interesting how one becomes a system administrator. In my case, it sort of snuck up on me. A new piece of equipment arrived, and it required a user...
New Studio Technology-Network
Winner: Fox Newsby The Systems Group Fox News brought in The Systems Group to implement a 21st century operations suite as part of a turnkey production...
New Studio Technology-Station
Winner: Georgia Public Broadcastingby Silicon Graphics Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) needed to transition their infrastructure to an open digital...
Station Automation
Winner: WTTW-TVby Sundance Digital WTTW-TV's analog master control and associated tape room facility from the 1960s had undergone several rebuilds in...
Audio
Winner: Cumulus Mediaby Wheatstone With five stations broadcasting from two different facilities within the city limits of Nashville, TN, it was time...
New closed captioning requirements for 2004
The commission is reminding video programming distributors that the closed captioning benchmarks for new English and Spanish non-exempt video programming...
Multichannel bitcasting
In February, this column examined a hot new topic in the broadcast industry: digital workflow. That column touched upon the history behind the development...
Newsroom Technology-Station
Winner: Sdwestrundfunk (SWR)by Silicon Graphics As one of the first German public broadcasting stations, SWR serves more than 14 million viewers from...
Revisiting Nyquist
The 20th century brought with it the need for the transport of pictures and sound. A large number of engineers and scientists working for Bell Telephone...
RF/Cable/Satellite
Winner: WGBH-TVby Microwave Radio Communications WGBH-TV maintains a full-duplex 7Ghz inter-city microwave link between WGBH in Boston and its sister...
VPNs for broadcasters
Extranets are networks built to link facilities over large distances. For years, broadcasters have moved content between facilities, frequently through...
Inside mediahouse
For millions of people around the globe, television is the only arena in which they can see their favorite athletes and events. TWI is the television...
Inside mediahouse
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This article will take a look at some of the digital technology advances that have either improved existing news gathering systems or opened up the possibility of using completely new techniques....
SPECIAL REPORT: High definition
With competition heating up, stations are going digital in a big way. After years of complacency marked by stations begrudgingly installing digital transmitters...
Archive systems
I remember well the archive system in the first television station I worked at. The news department stored reels of film in metal cans on metal shelves,...
Archive systems
I remember well the archive system in the first television station I worked in (WEWS, Cleveland). The news department stored reels of film in metal cans...
Network Automation
Winner: PBS Ingest Suiteby Omneon and CEI Focused on establishing discrepancy-free program feeds, PBS teamed with systems integrator CEI to develop a...
CNBC's new network broadcast operations
Building a new facility from the ground up provided the network with a unique opportunity to rethink traditional operations models and incorporate future-proof technology....
TVLD uses ARRI's Studio Cool
A lighting company puts a new compact fluorescent fixture through its paces....
New York Network's broadcast center
A new broadcast center gives New York Network a clear upgrade path to HD....
The art and science of multi-channel playout
While many server designs can support the playout of multiple channels, several considerations for long-term practicality and quality of service should be examined for any facility or facility upgrade....
Component video basics
Learn how savings in bandwidth can be obtained by using color-difference signals....
SPECIAL REPORT: Troubleshooting digital video signals
Engineers need to change some of their familiar practices to cope with digital signals....
