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The future is all around youSeptember is IBC time. It was not long ago that the show title changed from the International Broadcasting Convention to just plain IBC in order to reflect... |
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Competition is uglyNot surprisingly, cable’s mouthpiece, NCTA vice president of communications Brian Dietz, chimed in that à la carte would merely reduce viewers’ options while increasing their costs.... |
Reader Feedback
Regarding your July 2007 editorial, “Could interference kill DT V?,” I have a parallel question....
DTV diaspora
In this age of the enlightened consumer, the lack of awareness by the average viewer and, for the relatively few who are aware, the level of confusion surrounding the DTV transition remains unbounded....
Ad spots in the DVR era
The networks are happy because recently completed upfront ad sales for the fall season reversed a downward trend that began two years ago. How did the...
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SD eyesore Dear editor: On its Web site, NBC Sports provides TV viewers with an e-mail address (feedback@nbcsports.com) for feedback, but the e-mail inbox...
Life after NTSC?
Just a few years ago, the DTV standards created and maintained by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) were under attack. ATSC efforts to...
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EU lines up for mobile TV standards warThe old standards issue has risen again. Should legislators set technical standards or leave it to the market to decide? This month, the topic in the... |
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Could going digital be a snoozer?Pressure is building toward the Feb. 17, 2009, analog shutoff. TV set makers, broadcast associations, and cable and satellite vendors are all gearing... |
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Marketing technologyNAB is over for another year, and it was a very buoyant show. The new layout certainly helped to avoid overcrowding in the South Halls, as folks were... |
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Choking off innovationNet neutrality. You've heard the term, but what exactly does it mean to broadcasters? The debate is focused on whether laws and regulation should dictate... |
More ground to cover
Another NAB convention is once again Las Vegas history. If you did not have a chance to attend and envelop yourself in the latest in industry technology...
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Clarifying Kell factor John Luff: In the December 2006 issue of Broadcast Engineering, you respond to a letter that raises a question about the relation...
Unconditional access
The control of intellectual property lies at the heart of the shift from an industrial-based to an information-based global society. Right now, a handful...
TV's doomsday nears
At the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Microsoft's Chairman Bill Gates reported on the imminent doom of television because of Internet-distributed...
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Production quality standards are looseningTelevision viewers have more ways to view content than ever. It seems to me that the volume of content available is increasing at a much higher rate than... |
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On your mark, get set wait!You could hear the collective gasp from the entire television broadcast industry when Rep. John Dingell, D-MI, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce... |
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Body mass index Dear editor: Your December 2006 editorial introduced a term and a definition for BMI without mentioning that the abbreviation means body...
An awakening
In the broadcast industry, ultraconservative companies are a dying breed....
