Thorsteinson named President of Harris Broadcast Communications Division
Thorsteinson had been serving as president of the Leitch Technology business unit of Harris...
SSL launches new broadcast video production systems
The new platform encompasses all aspects of digital video acquisition and storage technologies...
Avid buys Sundance Digital
Avid has purchased Sundance Digital for $12 million ...
Hempstead, NY, board grants video franchise to Verizon
Cable TV competitor Cablevision Systems points to action as indication that it’s not hard for telephone companies to win approval under existing franchise rules...
SMPTE releases VC-1 standard
The standards organization has given its stamp of approval to Microsoft's method for compressing video bitstreams...
FCC reduces indecency fines for TN, IN, stations
The fines were dropped when it was determined that the broadcast in question actually aired at the correct time...
Solar eclipse interferes with Sky satellite in New Zealand
The eclipse blocked sunlight to the solar cells on the Optus B1 satellite, requiring the cells to be recharged...
TV advertising losing ground to Internet
The problem for television advertising is that many companies have begun devoting larger portions of their advertising budgets to other media platforms...
NAB announces board election results
Terms to begin in June 2006...
Men, women willing to sacrifice for HD plasma, says survey
Findings of a Roper Public Affairs poll sponsored by Pioneer Electronics finds men and women who said they'd go to surprising lengths for an HD plasma display...
