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
Anticipating ACE
By Bill Hayes published
Working out the bugs in the first installation of the PBS automation system
Linear HD Editing: The Line Starts Here
By Bill Hayes published
Don't discard those linear editors yet
Before the Parade Passes By -- in HD
By Bill Hayes published
Iowa public broadcasters continue tradition of HD coverage of state fair

RF Monitoring: A Work in Progress
By Bill Hayes published
Digital television brings new definitions to measurement
The Evolution of DTV Encoding
By Bill Hayes published
Today's broadcasters demand flexibility, efficiency and scalability
Timely Tips for the NAB Floor
By Bill Hayes published
This year, IPTV will begin final work on converting the studios and production facilities to HD, so I would like to say that I will spend most of my time looking at HD production equipment.
Interconnecting IPTV
By Bill Hayes published
It takes planning to encode, brand, multiplex and transmit at multiple sites
Tower Lessons Learned
By Bill Hayes published
An antenna sat unused as unexpected questions arose in Iowa
Iowa Public TV Looks at NAB
By Bill Hayes published
The gear is appealing, but public budgets are uncertain.

Shedding Light on HyperGamma
By Bill Hayes published
Ensuring film-like quality in digital video
The Problem with PATSS
By Bill Hayes published
The DTV transition has prompted new lingo at IPTV

The Hybrid Approach to Digital Workflow
By Bill Hayes published
Can we be efficient and creative at the same time?
Who Controls AFD?
By Bill Hayes published
Cable and satellite need to resolve active format description issues in broadcast streams.
Branding ACE
By Bill Hayes published
Creating lasting impressions in a multichannel universe
HD Editing, in Fits and Starts
By Bill Hayes published
Long before IPTV began broadcasting in high definition, we were actively involved in the acquisition of high-definition content.
Bargaining with Cable
By Bill Hayes published
MSOs want broadcasters' DTV programming, but at what price?
DTV Testing and Building Blues
By Bill Hayes published
This month I would like to start with the initial power on tests of IPTV's first solid-state DTV transmitter for facility KRIN in the Cedar Rapids/Waterloo, Iowa, market.
DTV: It Is Better To Receive
By Bill Hayes published
In this month's Journal I wanted to share some observations I have made over the last few years regarding DTV receivers.
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