Located in New York, WMHT operates three TV stations, plus two radio stations and a radio reading service for the visually impaired and print disabled.
To meet the challenges of the new digital age, the station purchased a 42,000sq ft office building and added 10,500sq ft of studio space for its new production and broadcast center.
The facility hired systems integrator Communications Engineering (CEI) to provide a turnkey design and integration solution. A major requirement was to move the station's production and on-air operations 22mi with no disruptions.
CEI engineers coordinated every aspect of the buildout and transition, including new satellite downlink antennas, tower construction for television and radio STLs, a multichannel master control room, two television studios, a production control room, a 5.1 audio control room, three nonlinear edit systems with shared storage, an FM on-air studio, an FM production studio, audio editing, three audio live and record control rooms, tape and DVD duplication systems, and media-capable conference rooms.
A primary goal for all new systems was efficient operations with digital file-based content flow.
This eBook provides both new and veteran shooters an in-depth understanding of the technology that lies between the camera lens and the recording medium and how to maximize a camera's performance.
File-based technologies have replaced video tape methods for a majority of production and broadcast operations. The worlds of AV and IT are coalescing to create new methods and workflows for media
Video compression, editing and displays is an in-depth tutorial on MPEG compression technology, editing MPEG content and evaluating color video monitors written by long-time video expert, trainer and writer Steve Mullen, Ph. D.
2012 will be the year of mobile DTV. That’s the view of Erik Moreno, who along with Salil Dalvi, senior VP for Mobile Platform Development at NBC Universal, is co-general manager of the Mobile Content Venture.
Hear snippets of podcast interviews done throughout 2011 with Pat McDonough of The Nielsen Company, Glen Friedman of Ideas & Solutions!, Danny Wilson of Pixelmetrix and Greg Herman of Watch TV. Pictured is Danny Wilson, Pixelmetrix.