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October

Replacing the CRT

Oct 5, 2008 8:00 AM

The cathode ray tube has been an integral part of television since the beginning, but soon it will be obsolete. Today’s display monitors come with a wide array of technologies and capabilities. But with these new technologies come new questions: What are the new display technologies and what new standards are there for judging video images? Not too long ago, the only display was the CRT; but with so many display choices now, it’s difficult to know which to choose...

New industry proposal would kill over-the-air television

Oct 27, 2008 2:02 PM

The New America Foundation advocates wireless broadband access...

Credit crunch impacts TV broadcasting

Oct 6, 2008 1:31 PM

The country’s economic woes could affect broadcasters’ operations and jobs...

November

CNN election night 'hologram' breaks newsgathering ground

Nov 7, 2008 11:11 AM

The news network employed an elaborate green-screen set, 35 HD cameras and sophisticated compositing technology to present a ‘hologram’ of a correspondent stationed in Chicago’s Grant Park inside the CNN Election Center in New York City....

FCC unanimously approves white space use

Nov 5, 2008 1:35 PM, By Phil Kurz

The commission voted Nov. 4 in favor of rules opening TV spectrum to consumer devices and expressed confidence in its engineers’ conclusions that harmful interference to TV signals and wireless mic transmissions can be avoided...

NFL to attempt live 3-D production

Nov 28, 2008 9:03 AM, By Michael Grotticelli

At San Diego’s QUALCOMM Stadium, eight cameras will be positioned to capture the live action in full 3-D...

December

House passes bill authorizing short-term continuation of analog TV

Dec 16, 2008 11:11 AM

The U.S. House of Representatives Dec. 10 passed a bill permitting the nation’s broadcasters to continue certain analog transmission for 30 days following the February 2009 DTV transition...

FCC’s Martin pushes free Internet, with a catch

Dec 8, 2008 8:54 AM

The commissioner’s plan is to auction spectrum with a mandate to set aside part of it for free Internet use...

WUSA to adopt one-person ‘multimedia journalist’ model for newsgathering

Dec 19, 2008 8:14 AM

The change means journalists will begin shooting and editing their own stories while camera operators will take on the added responsibility of reporting and editing...




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