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Verizon Eyes End of FiOS Analog
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4.11.2008
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Until now, Verizon has provided these duplicate channels to allow digital subscribers to view some limited programming in an analog format without using a set-top box.
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New Standard Further Opens FLO Protocol Stack
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4.04.2008
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Following review by the TIA TR47.1 Engineering Committee, the specification will be published as TIA-1130, marking yet another step towards the full and open interoperability of the FLO protocol stack.
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VCI Solutions Joins the Advanced Media Workflow Association
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3.28.2008
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The Advanced Media Workflow Association is a user-focused industry body dedicated to the promotion, development and adoption of open, accessible standards and specifications relating to file-based workflows (including AAF, MXF and other formats), Service Oriented Architectures, and Application Specifications as they apply to the areas of content creation, production, post production, rich media authoring, archiving and distribution.
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Europeans Back DVB-H Mobile Standards
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3.21.2008
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The European Commission has made mobile TV technology Digital Video Broadcasting for Handhelds—DVB-H—an official EU standard.
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CBS Gives Web Sites Access to NCAA March Madness on Demand Platform
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3.14.2008
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CBSSports.com, in partnership with CBS Sports, CBS College Sports Network and the NCAA, has announced that its Web site has dropped registration requirements for NCAA March Madness on Demand.
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Grajski Sees Promise of Mobile Broadcasting
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3.14.2008
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He said broadcasters should seek low-cost methods to deliver information tailor-made for mobile devices.
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Warner Bros. Media Research Opens New Media Lab
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3.14.2008
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Testing at this facility will provide insight into how consumers engage new forms of content and enable hands-on interaction with cutting-edge consumer electronics devices and emerging distribution platforms.
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HD Camera Lens Selection Guide Goes Online
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3.14.2008
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Featuring an easy-to-use, fully interactive design, site users select their camera brand and model number along with their specific production application.
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Industry Giants Bring ATSC Mobile DTV Efforts Into Their Global Vision
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3.07.2008
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ATSC President Mark Richer called the announcement “another indication that development of ATSC-M/H has strong industry support and is likely to be the ubiquitous standard for mobile and handheld DTV.”
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EVS Integrates Avid DNxHD
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3.07.2008
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This VC-3 standard will enable unprecedented interoperability between any licensed users of the codec, EVS said.
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Wegener Teams with ViaSat to Support Video Multicasts Over VSAT
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2.29.2008
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“ViaSat’s innovative communication networks provide a great complement to Wegener’s private network video products,” said Ned L. Mountain, president and chief operating officer of Wegener.
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FLO Forum Completes Receiver API Spec
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2.22.2008
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It’s the latest step in the ongoing OpenFLO initiative, which is designed to facilitate multi-vendor interoperability within any FLO mobile TV network.
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Engineers Debate Dialnorm
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2.22.2008
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A chief engineer at one of the Big Three says dialog normalization doesn’t work while his counterpart at another says it does, but the disparity is complicated, according to a report in Television Broadcast, a sister publication of TV Technology.
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Harris Announces Interoperability Lab
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2.15.2008
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Harris Broadcast Communications Corp. this week announced the opening of an interoperability lab in Toronto.
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CNN ‘Magic Wall’ Goes Deeper on Super Tuesday
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2.08.2008
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With the wall, anchors were able to drill down to individual counties and use it to explain what was happening and why the network called, or didn’t call, particular contests, said CNN Executive Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief David Bohrman.
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LG, Kenwood, Plug Mobile Video at CES
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1.11.2008
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Kenwood's R&D team is working on the implementation using an LG chipset; the project, to be field-tested in February on TV stations by the Open Mobile Video Coalition.
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CNN ‘Magic Wall’ Helps Explain Caucus
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1.04.2008
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To help clarify this great mystery of democracy—and others in the upcoming months—CNN unveiled a massive “Magic Wall” on “The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer” Wednesday.
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SMPTE Launches Professional Development Academy
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12.28.2007
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The PDA will consist of a mix of online and onsite seminars, meetings, tutorials and other resources covering the latest audio and video technologies of interest to television and film engineers.
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Backchannelmedia Demonstrates TV-Internet Click-Through Technology
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12.21.2007
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With Backchannelmedia’s patented technology, a viewer watching a live TV show or a recorded show from a DVR—without interrupting the viewing experience—will be able to click and transfer information in ads or programming directly to his or her personal Web home page.
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Kenwood Develops MPH-Based In-Car Video Devices
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12.14.2007
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The devices will get their first public demonstration at the 2008 International CES in January in Las Vegas.
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