Bill Hayes
Bill Hayes is the former director of engineering and technology for Iowa PBS and has been at the forefront of broadcast TV technology for more than 40 years. He’s a former president of IEEE’s Broadcast Technology Society, is a Partnership Board Member of the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) and has contributed extensively to SMPTE and ATSC. He is a recipient of Future's 2021 Tech Leadership Award and SMPTE Fellow.
Latest articles by Bill Hayes

Trend Spotting at the NAB Show
By Bill Hayes published
A quick guide on how to determine what are must-sees at the annual convention.

Archiving: Maintaining Relevance for the Future
By Bill Hayes published
Some 40,000 years ago, some primitive peoples painted pictograms of meaningful events on the walls of caves, mostly found in Europe and Asia.

Drone Flight Still Challenged by FAA
By Bill Hayes published
Recently I have been doing some research on unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) both for the Iowa Public Television production department and for use in engineering to do tower inspections.

It’s All Just ‘Television,’ Or Is It?
By Bill Hayes published
I’ve spent a considerable amount over the last few years working on projects that examine what television broadcasting will be like in the future.

Making Over-the-Air TV Cool Again
By Bill Hayes published
How far will viewers go to capture the signal?

4K for Broadcast: Is it Worth the Expense?
By Bill Hayes published
I expect most people have a general understanding of the law of diminishing returns.

Bringing IP Routing Into The Broadcast Facility
By Bill Hayes published
The potential benefits of an all-IP network

Switching From 1080 to Ultra HD
By Bill Hayes published
With 4k displays already showing up in viewers’ living rooms and ATSC 3.0, the step from 1080i to 1080p may be incrementally too small to be worthwhile.

Celebrating TV Technology’s 30th Anniversary
By Bill Hayes published
The 30th anniversary of the launch of TV Technology has really given me pause...

Lost in Translators
By Bill Hayes published
With the end of the DTV transition, attention turns to converting the rest of the IPTV network

Staying Relevant
By Bill Hayes published
Fight the urge to resist change when analyzing your workflow.

Dolby Volume And DialNorm
By Bill Hayes published
While attending the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, I stopped by the Dolby booth to see what was new.

Digital Journal: China's Approach to Field Production
By Bill Hayes published
A look at how the country handles remotes
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