Miss Universe Organization captures winners’ travels with JVC ProHD camcorders
The organization’s online interactive productions team has used the JVC GY-HM100U ProHD handheld camcorders over the past three years to document appearances of winners around the globe....
Growth continues but slows as challenges emerge for satellite communications sector, says new Euroconsult report
Global demand for capacity usage slowed for the second year in a row, growing at a rate of only 4.5 percent in 2010....
TV viewing can shorten lives
Adults who watch six hours a day may be cutting almost five years off their lives....
FCC committee considers SMPTE closed-captioning standard for online video mandate
The Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act is designed to ensure the accessibility to broadband, wireless, and Internet technologies for people with disabilities....
Local TV newscasts expand as economy improves
Three years after the worst advertising recession in decades, more stations are adding newscasts and, in some cases, employees....
Google Maps now overlay weather information
The new weather layer on Google Maps displays current conditions and temperatures around the world and is designed to make travel planning easier....
East Coast earthquake shows stability of OTA broadcasts
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook people up and down the east coast of the U.S....
New interoperability standard for media services to be announced at IBC
The European Broadcast Union and Advanced Media Workflow Association will unveil the new Framework for Interoperability of Media Services in TV Production at IBC 2011 in Amsterdam next month....
Sustainability focus at IBC
Sustainability and green issues will feature prominently at the upcoming IBC conference....
Not enough on OTT security at IBC
The ability to secure premium content over unmanaged networks to uncontrolled devices could make or break OTT as a paid service, yet this does not seem to feature prominently in the IBC conference programme....
Metadata looms large at IBC
Metadata will figure more prominently than last year at IBC, reflecting its growing importance for search and discovery in a multiscreen world....
IBM Inventor: PC is going the way of the vacuum tube and typewriter
Mark Dean, one of the IBM engineers who designed the first IBM PC, says the venerable device is going away due to market forces....
Studer hosts traveling Broadcast (audio) Academy
The idea is to reach out to the freelance audio community and get them “certified” on the Vista console....
Broadcasters rethink immediate access to TV shows on the Internet
Content providers are trying to maximize profits gained from premium television content....
Nielsen to measure iPad viewing for cable TV
Two undisclosed media companies are working with Nielsen to measure iPad viewership....
