Count on IT

We Need to Talk About SOA

by John Footen, 6.25.2008

It doesn’t matter what technologies we apply to get our systems to communicate more efficiently if they aren’t passing the right information to achieve our business goals. more

Show me the MoJo!

by Michael J. Sutton, 5.28.2008

MoJo is one of the affectionate names used to illustrate the changing world we’re involved in—mobile journalists. more

The Service-Oriented Media Enterprise

by John Footen, 4.14.2008

We love our systems. Their growing complexity is something that, while it may awe us, we should all be concerned with. more

Discovering a Graphic Solution

by Michael J. Sutton, 4.02.2008

By having a group of experienced designers able to collaborate and share ideas continually, we saw opportunities present themselves that hadn’t occurred much in the past. more

Embracing Change in the New World of IT

by Michael J. Sutton, 1.23.2008

The ability to embrace change is now mandatory in our business. Change is upon us, and we must be agile in the ability to adjust quickly and accurately. more

Digital TV, Sax and Violins

by Mark Turner, 9.19.2007

Feb. 17, 2009, is a date that is indelibly written in the minds of U.S. television broadcasters as it marks the projected end of analog television. more

Testing, Testing…Is This Thing On?

by Mark Turner, 7.25.2007

Once everyone assures the person speaking that the technology is doing its job, the meeting begins and nobody gives it a second thought. That is, unless something goes wrong later. more

Backing Up to the Future To Protect Assets

by Mark Turner, 5.30.2007

The title of this article may be reminiscent of a string of movies from the late 1980s, but this article has nothing to do with flux capacitors. more

Getting IT in Sync at NAB

by Mark Turner, 4.02.2007

You've probably noticed that there is a new name on the byline for the Count on IT column. more

Smart Management Amid Changing Times

by John Footen, 0.00.2007

“May you live in interesting times” is said to be an ancient Chinese curse. Well, if that is the case, then we are surely cursed in this era of television. Change is all around us: in our technology and in our business. more

Service, Support and Something Else

by André V. Mendes, 8.23.2006

As the nature and essence of broadcast systems continues to migrate away from proprietary hardware solutions and onto standard off-the-shelf IT hardware, more importance is placed on the software layers riding atop those commodity platforms. more

So You Think You Want To Be a CTO

by André V. Mendes, 5.24.2006

Recently, after talking at a conference, I was approached by a young man who asked me for some pointers on becoming a chief technology officer. Frankly, I am convinced that my impromptu answer was almost completely worthless but the question certainly started me thinking: more

And the Winner is...

by André V. Mendes, 4.03.2006

A few months back, an interesting thread made its way to my e-mail. It pitted divergent opinions on the significance of the video iPod launch and all of the accompanying media coverage and water cooler buzz. more

Broadcast IT: the Novelty Is Going, Going, Gone...

by André V. Mendes, 2.22.2006

Ever since I started reading them, technology related "expert" predictions have proven to be, at best, a thoroughly mixed bag of outcomes. more

Achieving Efficiency Through Standardization

by André V. Mendes, 10.19.2005

By the time you read this, the ACE master control solution developed by the PBS Enterprise Technology Department will be installed and operating in three markets; on the verge of deployment in a fourth; and being readied to drive content distribution at PBS itself. more

Garbage In...Considering Content Quality Control

by André V. Mendes, 9.21.2005

In my last column, I described the initial stages of a five-year project designed to bring traffic and scheduling at PBS in line with the more rigorous demands of a new media world. more

In-flight Changes

by André V. Mendes, 6.22.2005

Large mission-critical software deployment efforts are often compared to the task of changing engines on a jetliner during a flight. more

The ACE Design

by André V. Mendes, 4.18.2005

By the time you read this column, the complete overhaul of content workflow within public television will have started. more

Walking the Talk

by André V. Mendes, 3.28.2005

At the end of the day, it is one thing to talk about what needs to be done and why, and another to actually put these concepts and processes to work in one's environment. So that is what we will tackle in my next few columns. more

Change: Not for the Faint of Heart

by André V. Mendes, 2.16.2005

Let me give you advance warning that this column will not have a single reference to technology acronyms, performance or standards. As a matter of fact, it may at first strike you as being misplaced in a publication called TV Technology. more