Michael Grotticelli

Michael Grotticelli currently serves as Online Editor for Broadcast Engineering magazine and is a frequent contributor to the U.S. print version as well. He also currently serves as Editor and Publisher of VideoJournalistToday.com, a website for aspiring journalists and production professionals. As an experienced editor covering the television broadcast and professional video production industry, he has spent the last 23 years in various editorial capacities with a wide variety of industry publications.

Articles by Michael Grotticelli

DirecTV considers RF antennas to challenge broadcast retrans fees

No date was given when an integrated set-top box with antenna would be available.

Samsung develops adaptive array transceiver for 5G cellular communications

Samsung’s new technology will allow users to transmit huge data files, including high-quality digital movies, without limitation.

Embracing Internet program delivery, Gray stations deploy Syncbak

In the coming weeks, all Gray stations will stream on Syncbak.

ABC launches live IP streaming service 1

To keep its costs low, ABC is using cloud technology to deliver the live streams to viewers.

All sides weigh in at Senate Video Competition hearing

What's clear is that the state of video competition is thriving on all fronts.

Preston Padden offers FCC some concerns regarding spectrum auction

Padden stressed that the FCC should be encouraging stations to surrender their channels and channel share, not erecting barriers to this potentially attractive mechanism for participation.

Government releases 'best practices' toolkit for broadband adoption

According to NTIA research, almost one-third of Americans do not have broadband at home.

Hybrid satellite-bonded cellular solution gives KKTV edge in historic Waldo fire in Colorado

The station transmitted its coverage to viewers from hills and canyons around Colorado Springs, where typically it's difficult to get a signal out.

Live (and on-demand) IP streaming made easy with thePlatform

With mpx, media companies can manage live events in real-time, from a single Web console.

Broadcasters, wireless carriers warn FCC about large guard bands 1

The duplex gap in a Frequency Division Duplex band plan acts as a guard band between the transmit and receive channels.

New York's World Trade Center has new spire, but no broadcasters on top

There is interest in moving to 1WTC once current leases with Empire State and 4 Times Square — some set to expire in 2015 — run out.

Nexstar to unveil two regional broadcast operations centers 1

It’s a cost-saving and efficiency move that can bring many benefits, to both the production staff (increased productivity) and viewers (better programming across multiple platforms).

NAB asks FCC to lift freeze on full-power, Class A TV modification applications

The NAB said the freeze may have helped precipitate the demise of Dielectric, the U.S. broadcast industry’s largest supplier of transmission antennas and related equipment.