The DTV transition is nearly over — this time for real.
On Feb. 8, President Bush signed legislation establishing Feb. 17, 2009, as the official date for the shutdown of analog television broadcasting in the United States. Now, the end of the endless transition is set in law.
Finally having a date certain is expected to give consumers better confidence to make television-purchasing decisions. The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) predicts sales of more than 18 million DTV sets in 2006 — a 50 percent increase over last year.
Gary Shapiro, head of the CEA, said that with the combination of the hard cutoff date, continuing strong sales of DTV products, an increasing variety of quality high-definition programming and the advent of new pre-recorded HD content, the U.S. is making significant gains in the transition to digital.
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.
