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October 2011

Avoid a compression headache. Learn how AVCHD differs from H.264/AVC.

Also in this issue, Broadcast Engineering looks at building an efficient workflow, protecting valuable media assets, equipping sports arenas for HD production and building a BXF-enable facility.

Features

  • Oct. 1, 2011
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    Understanding AVCHD

    When DVCAM, DVCPRO and DVCPRO50 were introduced, manufacturers positioned these proprietary formats as compared to the DV format. After working with all...More
  • Oct. 1, 2011
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    Broadcast Engineering

    Production workflows

    It is the accepted norm for many large broadcasters to base their entire production workflows around a large centralized work hub, and it is often hard...More
  • Oct. 1, 2011
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    Losing VTRs

    One small revolution in studio production has been the replacement of videotape with the video server. The first generation of video servers supported...More

Beyond the Headlines

  • Oct. 1, 2011
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    Audio-visual archives

    The demise of videotape presents a challenge for broadcasters. It is no longer possible to send program videotape to the archive a climate controlled...More
  • Oct. 1, 2011
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    TV-51 under attack

    On Aug. 22, the FCC imposed an immediate freeze on applications for new stations and improvements in existing stations on Channel 51, currently the uppermost...More
  • Oct. 1, 2011
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    Prompters

    When equipping a studio, the prompting equipment can sometimes be seen as an accessory to be added on after the infrastructure is in place. But there...More
  • Oct. 1, 2011
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    DVB-T2 finds worldwide success

    When the DVB forum published the second generation of its digital terrestrial TV standard, DVB-T2, in 2008, it did not anticipate the tremendous success...More

Digital Handbook

  • Oct. 1, 2011
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    Interactive services

    The killer app of computer interactivity, when considering popularity, is probably the Web browser. But interactivity requires more than just a browser;...More
  • Oct. 1, 2011
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    Networked media

    It will not be long before there is a complete disconnect between where professional media is stored and where it is being used. This is a profound shift,...More
  • Oct. 1, 2011
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    In-stadium entertainment

    The market for a wide variety of live sports production technology continues to grow significantly, but we're not talking about mobile trucks. As new...More

System Integration

  • Oct. 1, 2011
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    BXF explained

    For years, broadcast automation systems and business systems needed manual access and conversion interface applications to convert metadata to/from their...More

New Products & Reviews

  • Oct. 1, 2011
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    Openet SDM

    Crafting successful business models for TV Everywhere (TVE) requires a true operational shift away from traditionally siloed information into true data...More
  • Oct. 1, 2011
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    Content exchanges

    The global economic crisis has had some interesting effects on the media business, one of which is the continuing decentralization of many production...More
  • Oct. 1, 2011
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    T-VIPS' IP transport

    As a PBS member station and the single largest producer of PBS television including Antiques Roadshow, and Masterpiece Theatre and Web content, WGBH in...More
  • Oct. 1, 2011
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    Broadcast Engineering

    Plura monitors

    Testing and monitoring multiple video standards is an hourly occurrence on any of my television production projects. This is true for both the load-in...More
  • Oct. 1, 2011
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    Video processing

    As in many areas of technology, we are entering a time of particularly strong change in how video is processed. It is transparent that analog processing...More

Departments

  • Oct. 1, 2011
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    Do we need the cloud?

    If I rated technical topics by the number of press releases received, cloud storage would be number one. Not a day goes by when I don't receive at least...More
  • Oct. 1, 2011
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    Looking forward from IBC

    Another IBC, and the usual question: What was the buzz? As attendees read the runes, there are conflicting messages. The news media predicts the second...More
  • Oct. 1, 2011
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    Broadcast Engineering

    Are you fighting the spectrum grab?

    Is the broadcast community asleep at the switch? It certainly appears so. H-e-l-l-o-o?! Are you awake out there? Microsoft, Google, the Consumer Electronics...More
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