Flay joins Broadcast Networks
Jon Flay will lead off-site projects and handle the day-to-day affairs at the company’s UK office....
Autoscript appoints new distributor in Italy
Trans Audio Video will now serve the Italian market with Autoscript’s full portfolio of newsroom and prompting systems....
Writers vote to end strike
Union members must still decide whether to ratify the contract in coming days....
Markey offers up net neutrality legislation
The bill would require the government “to safeguard the open marketplace of ideas on the Internet.”...
Martin seeks help for low-power television stations
The chairman has asked full-power broadcasters to voluntarily partner with low-power stations to carry some of those signals on their excess digital capacity....
New legislation would allow Mexican border stations to continue analog broadcasts after DTV deadline
The DTV Border Fix Act will allow local residents to get local emergency alerts, news and weather from U.S stations....
Democrat leaders want DTV task force
The members of Congress cited a GAO study that found the DTV transition education effort lacks coordination....
Congressional leaders want to allow consumers to reapply for DTV converter box coupons
The new request would enable households to reapply for converter box coupons, which expire in 90 days, if they miss the expiration date....
House Committee grills FCC chairman on DTV reception; MSTV responds
Martin told the committee that viewers in the analog coverage areas today would receive the same signals in digital....
Bitcentral hires Dresti
Mauro Dresti, Bitcentral’s new VP of product management, is responsible for managing the Précis and Oasis digital broadcast newsroom solutions....
Fox Channels Italy tackles perceived loudness issue with DK-Technologies meter
DK-Technologies’ new MSD100C Loudness meter has been installed at Fox Channels Italy’s studios in Rome. ...
Euphonix promotes Franklin to VP of sales for North America
Most recently, Franklin served as the VP of broadcast and eastern U.S. regional sales....
Charles Osgood to receive NAB Distinguished Service Award
The anchor of “CBS News Sunday Morning” will receive the award during NAB2008’s All Industry Opening Keynote....
Six Flags president, CEO Shapiro to offer insight during NAB2008
Mark Shapiro will present a keynote during this year’s NAB convention about Six Flags’ launch of an interactive media solution....
NAB2008 to offer thorough DTV transition program
From the remaining DTV transition challenges facing station engineers and managers to the new opportunities unfolding in the mobile TV arena, NAB2008 will offer a complete program lineup. ...
