May 1, 2009

Features

Video encoding technology

May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By John Watkinson

Advances in compression codecs enable a multiplatform broadcast workflow...

Surround audio production metering

May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Thomas Holm Hansen

Accurate surround-sound metering if critical to delivering high-quality audio tracks....

Beyond the Headlines

Vast distribution

May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Brian Stevenson

Use simultaneous multiformat encoding to efficiently repurpose content...

Diversity rules proposed

May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Harry C. Martin

Nondiscrimination provisions could be applied to all media advertising....

Mobile TV

May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Thien Tran

First introduced to allow spectrally efficient digital broadcast networks, single-frequency networks (SFNs) are now proving essential in the move toward...

AVC/H.264 encoding

May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Pierre Larbier

Operators can realize 50 percent efficiency gains over MPEG-2....

Digital Handbook

Video interfaces

May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Aldo Cugnini

Learn how to maximize interoperability and minimize errors...

Video over IP

May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Brad Gilmer

New standards allow broadcasters to use video over IP for video transport....

Making mics last

May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Steve Savanyu

Microphones are an investment. With a little care, that investment can pay off for many years....

Systems Integration

Out with the old

May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Susan Anderson

What can you do with your analog debris?...

Securing broadcast networks

May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Jeff Prince

Concentric-ring network design protects LAN content...

New Products & Reviews

Bycast StorageGRID 8

May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Annette Saliken and David Slik

The solution provides long-term storage and preservation of digital assets....

Winsted’s ergonomic workstations

May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Randy Smith

Ergonomic workstations help KENW-TV in Portales, NM, transition to digital....

Video servers

May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By John Luff

IT has changed the functionality of modern broadcast video servers....

New Products

May 1, 2009 12:00 PM

The latest products to hit the marketplace....

DAVID Systems’ Video File Transfer system

May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Ingo Hahn

The German public broadcaster group ARD bases file transfers on MXF standards....

New Products, including Tetra Vio, WASP3D 2009, RFX-GL series, and more

May 1, 2009 12:00 PM

A look at the latest products to hit the marketplace...

Departments

Beware of the trolls

May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Brad Dick, Editorial Director

Editorial director Brad Dick discusses the cloudy issue of DTV technology rights ownership....

A test pattern for DTV

May 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Anthony R. Gargano

Sarnoff’s new test pattern is a DTV Swiss Army knife....

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