LPTV and translator worries
The FCC’s main requirement is that translators must not interfere with primary facilities...
Virtual monitor display systems
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With its ability to be reconfigured at a button press, the virtual monitor wall is flexible when compared with a CRT monitor stack...
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...
Gamma correction
In this month's Transition to Digital, Michael Robin discusses the nonlinear relationship between a pixel's value and its displayed intensity on a color TV monitor ...
RFS brings DTV to LA viewers
Mount Wilson is Los Angeles’ premier site for local broadcasters seeking to DTV to their existing analog services. Designed by Radio Frequency Systems and overseen by broadcast consultant, S. Merrill Weiss, it incorporates a dual, broadband panel antenna/combiner system...
Maintaining an IOT cooling system
Keeping your IOT’s cooling systems functioning properly is a vital task. Here’s how to do it...
Meeting SHVA measurement requirements
According to SHVA and SHVIA, a viewer who chooses to use satellite service for signals other than the local stations has the option of requesting that the satellite service provider offer the main network signals via satellite if local reception is not available. The only problem is, often times local stations do not cooperate...
SHVIA amendments may erode station viewership
According to NAB, a new digital white area provision proposed to be added to the reauthorization of the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act (SHVIA) could cost broadcasters 35 percent of their viewers. This view was advanced at a recent satellite conference in Washington....
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...
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...
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...
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...
The art and science of multi-channel playout
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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....
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....
Video servers
In some segments, the widespread usage of servers has displaced older technology virtually completely....
MGE's UPS protects KTVT against dead air
KTVT in Fort Worth, Texas installs a 800KVA EPS 6000 Series UPS from MGE to prevent bad weather from interfering in their broadcasts. The unit provides backup power for the entire analog and digital plant as well as the blowers for the HVAC system....
Colorimetry standards
Color perception is associated with a specific set of 6 million to 7 million cells, called cones, situated in the eye retina. Studies indicate that there are specialized types of cones responding to red, green or blue stimuli....
Remote control monitoring
Due to security concerns, no station to date has implemented wireless control....
WXYZ-TV automates with Crispin
In the last two years, one challenge has touched virtually every department at WXYZ-TV: automation....
Centralcasting solutions
An automation system that removes as much human intervention as possible is key....
The cost of HD
Find out the past, present and future cost and performance of HD equipment....
