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April 2012

When Manhattan Center’s TV1 television studio was in need of revamping, the studio was gutted to the walls and floors for a new, modern design.

Also in this issue, Broadcast Engineering provides additional coverage of NAB2012, as well as looks at the trial of Mobile EAS, 5.1 bass management and the captioning mandate.

Features

Apr. 1, 2012

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2012 NAB CONTINUING COVERAGE

CONTROL SOFTWARE Evertz MAGNUM VUE Part of Evertz Live Production control system; new features include integrated tally, advanced event scripting, timer...More
Apr. 1, 2012

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The trial of Mobile EAS

It's a quiet day in Seattle, when, without warning, an earthquake somewhere in the Pacific Ocean generates a tsunami aimed squarely at the city's downtown....More
Apr. 1, 2012

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The benefits of FPGAs

We are on the cusp of the next exciting age of video compression as High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) is expected to be standardized in early 2013....More
Apr. 1, 2012

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NEWS: A media revolution

When Walter Cronkite broadcasted back in the 1960s, it was said that the whole world was watching. He was the most trusted man in America, and audiences...More
Apr. 1, 2012

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BRIDGING NETWORKS - PART 2

Following last month's exploration into bridging solutions between satellite DTH and terrestrial DVB-T2, this second piece of our two-part article provides...More

Beyond the Headlines

Apr. 1, 2012

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Compression for digital cinema cameras, part 1

From the introduction of the DV format, most camcorders have used DVC, MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 (H.264/AVC) compression. These codecs can be placed into one of...More
Apr. 1, 2012

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Incentive auction OK'd

Congress has passed the long-awaited spectrum auction legislation, and the President has signed it into law. Television broadcasters got most, but not...More
Apr. 1, 2012

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Land of opportunity

In today's broadcast industry, media workflows and the business models that accompany them are rapidly changing. On the revenue side, it is clear that...More
Apr. 1, 2012

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Confidence monitors

Analog television signals represented video and audio as a continuous range of values that assumed an infinite number of states. Minor imperfections in...More

Digital Handbook

Apr. 1, 2012

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Elements of DRM

Digital rights management (DRM) has come to mean the combination of content protection (by means of encryption) with entitlement rules (conditional access,...More
Apr. 1, 2012

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Monitoring IP networks

IP networks have become a mission-critical part of just about every broadcaster's facility. Broadcasters need to monitor these networks with the same...More
Apr. 1, 2012

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5.1 bass management

Mixing 5.1 Surround Sound. Sure, it's a sexy term that invokes sonic visions of spaceship flyovers, car chases or front-row concert seats at Madison Square...More
Apr. 1, 2012

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Content identification

The media industry is undergoing a profound and dramatic transformation. In the recent past, a consumer primarily accessed premium content through one...More

System Integration

Apr. 1, 2012

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Closed captioning

Data insertion and extraction and closed captioning in particular represent a significant component of broadcasting....More
Apr. 1, 2012

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Manhattan Center rises to the occasion

Manhattan Center, centrally located at 34th Street and 8th Avenue, is home to the world-famous Hammerstein and Grand Ballrooms, as well as two television...More

New Products & Reviews

Apr. 1, 2012

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Interplay MAM 4

Content creators and media enterprises of every size face diverse challenges in optimizing their businesses to face today's market demands and tomorrow's...More
Apr. 1, 2012

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opticamSWITCH

An investment in expensive HD and 3D equipment can be optimized with a well-conceived, flexible system architecture, paired with a fiber-optic camera...More
Apr. 1, 2012

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Nevion's VideoIPath

Increasingly, infrastructures designed for SD cannot meet requirements of HD/3G broadcasting. At the same time, however, SD to HD/3G migration presents...More
Apr. 1, 2012

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SAN storage

Virtualization of data storage has changed the way editors and technical engineers access shared data. The method of spanning multiple physical components...More
Apr. 1, 2012

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Qualis Audio's Sentinel

With the CALM Act, U.S. broadcasters now must monitor and log the loudness of commercials, both in absolute terms and relative to the program. While managing...More
Apr. 1, 2012

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Multiviewer displays

The time is approaching when all displays will process images, with many displaying more than one input at a time. In fact, like it or not, essentially...More

Departments

Apr. 1, 2012

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Blaming towers is for the birds

I was jogging late one evening in a large park near my home. The nature trails are normally tranquil and solitary. This time, however, I found myself...More
Apr. 1, 2012

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Manufacturers serve a craft industry

It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that all products are either software running on commodity platforms or hardware made in China. In recent...More
Apr. 1, 2012

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Back to the desert

Incredible! Another year is quickly slipping by. We're already a few weeks removed from yet another annual sojourn to the southern California desert....More

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