May 1, 2007
Features
Selecting THE RIGHT LENSES for mobile video units
May 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY DAVE WADDELL
One of the most critical factors affecting the production of live sports or entertainment shows is the broadcast lens. The image quality, durability,...
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Forget compressionMay 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY MAHMUD NOORMOHAMED While sports broadcasting is driving the HD trend in television broadcast technology, it is also highlighting underlying problems with the mass market... |
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TRANSITIONING FACILITIES IN THE DTV AGEMay 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY JOHN LUFF As we approach the end of analog broadcasting, a scant 22 months away, it is useful to look at what it takes to build a workflow and facility that seamlessly... |
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Iditarod race pushes P2 technology to the limitMay 1, 2007 12:00 AM, BY MICHAEL GROTTICELLI When the Iditarod committee agreed to use Panasonic’s P2 DVCPRO gear, Heister was charged with hiring the crews and making it work. ... |
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IPTV ADVERTISING: a gold mine for telcos?May 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY ROB VAN DEN DAM New technology is disrupting traditional advertising. In its place new forms of advertising are evolving. Advertising spending in emerging online channels... |
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The evolution of digital storageFeb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY BERNIE WALSH The broadcast industry is reaching a milestone in the evolution of digital technology. ... |
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Sound handlingMay 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY SPENCER RODD The increasing affordability of LCD and plasma panels is encouraging television viewers throughout the world to replace CRT-based receivers with larger... |
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Broadcast Asia 2007May 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY DAVID AUSTERBERRY BroadcastAsia will return to the Singapore Expo from 19-22 June to showcase the latest digital technology, professional equipment and services. Themed... |
special report
MPEG monitoring
May 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY JON HAMMARSTROM
The secret of maintaining reliable, high-quality services over the different digital television transmission systems is to focus on those critical factors...
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Flywheel technologyMay 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY GARY RACKOW Continuous power is vital to the broadcast industry. People rely on television and radio in emergency situations, and being off the air as the result... |
BEYOND THE HEADLINES
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Unconditional access
May 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY CRAIG BIRKMAIER
The control of intellectual property lies at the heart of the shift from an industrial-based to an information-based global society. Right now, a handful...
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Accessible TVMay 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY PETER BLATCHFORD Closed-caption subtitling and audio description are two increasingly popular service additions to modern TV channel output. Providing access for people... |
technology in action
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Effective DAM systemMay 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY DAVID AUSTERBERRY The adoption of digital asset management (DAM) by broadcasters has had a long gestation period, with many potential users failing to see a sound case... |
fcc update
Spectrum friction
May 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY HARRY C. MARTIN
Wireless use of vacant TV white space is on the horizon. The principal remaining issues include whether portable devices will be authorized in white space...
DIGITAL HANDBOOK
transition to digital
STB rules
May 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY ALDO CUGNINI
As is widely known by now, the federal government has released details of the congressionally mandated coupon program for subsidizing digital-to-analog...
production clips
Moving graphics to HD
May 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY JIM MARTINOLICH
Full SD/HD capability is now the norm rather than the exception when looking for a production system. The watershed has been reached as the industry rapidly...
computers & networks
Video storage
May 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY BRAD GILMER
Broadcasters spend a lot of time researching storage these days and with good reason. The conversion to digital and the ever-increasing number of computer...
SYSTEM INTEFRATION
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Public Television's TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
May 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY TOM HACKETT
In early 2005, WOSU-TV, the Columbus, OH-based PBS member station, came up with an ambitious plan to enhance its broadcast and production capabilities...
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VGTRK Sound Recording StudiosMay 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY DIRK NOY In June 2003 the Walters-Storyk Design Group (WSDG), an international architectural firm specializing in broadcast and recording facilities, was commissioned... |
transmission & distribution
Digital splicing
May 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY PETER CHAVE
In any difficult transition, the elements that contribute revenue generally top the list of priorities. This is true for TV advertising as it moves along...
NEW PRODUCTS & REVIEWS
applied technology
Scopus' DPI system
May 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY MICHAEL ACER
Local ad insertion has long been a method used by television networks and service providers to supplement revenues. It allows them to combine national...
field reports
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FOR-A's HVS-500HSMay 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY DANNY POPKIN While the luckiest rugby football fans were at the stadium cheering on their country to win the 6 Nations rugby match, the next luckiest were viewing... |
Gepco cables
May 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY RICK CHURCH
Michigan State University recently set out to upgrade a portion of Spartan Stadium, home of the school's football team, to better serve the fans and university...
Tapeless action
May 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY MICHAEL GROTTICELLI
ESPN's positive experience producing its 11th annual Winter X Games from Aspen, CO, in SD, was more than capturing the spectacle of athletic prowess in...
KTUU links to HD
May 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY STEVEN RYCHETNIK
Broadcast engineers in Alaska essentially do the same things as their southern engineering cousins. Working in the land of the midnight sun, however,...
technology in transaction
The tipping point
May 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY JOHN LUFF
This year, TV recording technology may finally reach its tipping point. Ever since the first computer-based video servers were introduced at NAB in 1994,...
new products
NEW PRODUCTS
May 1, 2007 12:00 PM
SPS200SoundField Compact, lightweight A-Format mic for stereo and 5.1 surround recording; offers software plug-in A-Format to B-Format conversion and...
NEW PRODUCTS
May 1, 2007 12:00 PM
DecimatorSED Systems One-half size PCI card uses digital technology and Fast Fourier Transformations to make quick, accurate measurements; accepts all...
DEPARTMENTS
editorial
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Marketing technologyMay 1, 2007 12:00 PM, DAVID AUSTERBERRY, EDITOR NAB is over for another year, and it was a very buoyant show. The new layout certainly helped to avoid overcrowding in the South Halls, as folks were... |
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Choking off innovationMay 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Brad Dick EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Net neutrality. You've heard the term, but what exactly does it mean to broadcasters? The debate is focused on whether laws and regulation should dictate... |
feedback
FEEDBACK
May 1, 2007 12:00 PM
Clarifying Kell factor John Luff: In the December 2006 issue of Broadcast Engineering, you respond to a letter that raises a question about the relation...
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More ground to cover
May 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY ANTHONY R. GARGANO
Another NAB convention is once again Las Vegas history. If you did not have a chance to attend and envelop yourself in the latest in industry technology...
