July 1, 2010
Editorial
A bad use for good sound
Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM, DAVID AUSTERBERRY, EDITOR
Fresh from the BroadcastAsia show in Singapore, I noticed while I was there that the conventioneers gravitated toward the local bars alongside the riverfront...
Google TV
Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM, Brad Dick EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
I've previously been of the opinion that TV viewers would never settle for watching TV programming on computers because it required a lean-forward experience....
EOM
Improving workflow
Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM, BY ANTHONY R. GARGANO
The supply chain of content from its initial acquisition to final delivery to the viewer has been revolutionized as a function of the digital era in which...
FCC Update
Must carry survives
Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM, BY HARRY C. MARTIN
The Supreme Court has decided not to hear an appeal filed by Cablevision relative to last year's decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second...
Transition to Digital
Broadcast monitors
Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM, BY ALDO CUGNINI
Video monitoring technology continues to evolve at an amazing pace. Just consider the variety of new broadcast and production monitors that were announced...
Computers & Networks
Firewalls and VPNs
Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM, BY BRAD GILMER
Last month we looked at the important role a security policy can play in professional video networks. This month's column will examine two technologies...
Production Clips
Bag of tricks
Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM, BY KEVIN JOHNSON
The job of acquiring beautiful moving images often requires more than just a camera, and television photographers are a resourceful bunch. To solve a...
Technology in Transition
TV synchronization
Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM, BY JOHN LUFF
In 1939, when General Sarnoff broadcast the first live television show at the World's Fair in New York, synchronization was critical to the ability to...
Articles
Radiall BNC connectors
Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM, BY CHARLES POPULAIRE, MANSOUR MBAYE AND FABIEN BOURGEAS
With the introduction of HD video signals operating at data rates up to 1.485Gb/s for 1080i and 2.97Gb/s for 1080p, a new generation of BNC connectors...
Breaking the mold
Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM, BY DON ASH
Centralcasting is a product of our time. It fulfills the need to supply many channels and the technology to deliver them nationwide and much further afield....
FEEDBACK
Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM
The FCC's spectrum plan report and auction Here are a few responses to the recent flurry of activity regarding the FCC's spectrum plan, a proposed spectrum...
File-based workflow
Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM, BY JOHN LUFF
In this second installment on aspects of file-based workflow, the topic turns to the human factors affecting implementation and how to implement software...
Video format conversion
Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM, BY DAVID AUSTERBERRY
An essential part of a file-based workflow is the need to convert media files from one format to another. For real-time video, there may need to be a...
Time and technology wait for no one
Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM, BY MOSES ZELNIKER
Looking into a crystal ball, we see the fuzz and fluctuations of the future as we imagine it. Aldous Huxley created Brave New World via technology and...
Router control systems
Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM, BY SCOTT BOSEN
Nearly all modern TV facilities are built around a central routing switcher, and in recent years, these routers have been growing in size. Where just...
CTV at the WINTER OLYMPICS
Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM, BY MICHAEL GROTTICELLI
To call the technical feat that CTV accomplished in covering, mostly live, this year's Winter Games impressive is an understatement. In building a 3700sq-m...
Golf Channel shoots high (def) for newly upgraded facility
Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM, BY MICHAEL GROTTICELLI
The live coverage of golf tournaments has always been distinguished by the numerous camera angles used and the pristine quality of the televised signal....
NEW PRODUCTS
Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM
OmniBusiTX Automation and playout platform includes more than 130 new features, such as advanced aspect ratio control with AFD insertion, BXF schedule...
Automation trends: Key developments for today and tomorrow
Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM, BY PHIL WILTON
Though file-based transmission playout has been fundamental to the majority of broadcast platforms for years now, content aggregators that run such platforms...
3-D channel branding
Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM, BY MICHEL PROULX
The emergence of stereoscopic 3-D TV as a practical option for broadcasters has opened up a whole new set of issues in relation to best practices for...
Automating newsroom workflow
Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM, BY SCOTT MATICS
New technology, added delivery channels and the increasingly unpredictable viewing habits of consumers are forcing today's news staffs to make significant...
Key to success
Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM, BY TODD A. BOETTCHER
As broadcast engineers, we often sense that our training and our engineering skills and abilities do not receive the respect we would hope for not that...
Tufin network security
Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM, BY SHAUL EFRAIM
Providing network security for today's organizations has become an overwhelmingly complex operation involving numerous components often distributed across...
NEW PRODUCTS
Jul 1, 2010 12:00 PM
OmniBusiTX Automation and playout platform includes more than 130 new features, such as advanced aspect ratio control with AFD insertion, BXF schedule...
