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.

Posts by Michael Grotticelli

Grass Valley Wants Live Production Professionals To Think (And Work) Differently

Graham Sharp, chief marketing officer at Grass Valley, said he remembers the days in the early 1990’s when video editing went nonlinear and virtually....More

Fasten your seat belts folks; it looks to be a rough ride.

The survey did find that broadcasters are beginning to hire more staff, which the IABM attributes to “tackling skill shortages.”....More

Smulyan Got Radio In Consumers’ Hands, Now What About DTV?

In early 2012, the MCV issued a press release stating that the move “allows Dyle to take the first step in realizing the broadcaster vision of live,....More

Tim’s back at Grass Valley

Thorsteinson is known for his (at times) brutal honesty and his skillful ability to look at a manufacturing operation and focus in on its sales and....More

Avoiding the Digital Cliff is Harder

In the days of analog TV, reception was accomplished in varying degrees, depending upon where you lived. Now, it's all or nothing....More

MSG’s 121212 “broadcast” asleep at the switch

The problem with the live 121212 broadcast was that the technology to protect against unwanted profanity is there, you just have to use it correctly....More
in BE@CCW Dec. 6, 2012

Artel expands DigiLink platform in the same space

The goal with this platform is to provide a cost-effective and unique solution for contribution-quality video transport....More

Put a Bexel under your tree

There's a complete list to help you find the perfect gift for the engineer who has everything....More
in BE@CCW Nov. 15, 2012

2012 CCW: Live HD production over IP close to reality

Sony's NXL-IP55 converts live HD-SDI baseband signals coming directly from a HD-SDI camera....More
in BE@CCW Nov. 13, 2012

CCW offers interactive disscussions

This year the CCW 2012 Show is offering a number of sponsored forums, which gives manufacturers and customers a better venue to address specific....More