Bob Kovacs

Bob Kovacs

Bob Kovacs is the former Technology Editor for TV Tech and editor of Government Video. He is a long-time video engineer and writer, who now works as a video producer for a government agency. In 2020, Kovacs won several awards as the editor and co-producer of the short film "Rendezvous."

Latest articles by Bob Kovacs

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CNBC Illustrates With Up to 5,000 Graphics a Day

By Bob Kovacs published

Network let go of 4:3

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RF Coordination: Q&A With Louis Libin

By Bob Kovacs published

Demand for wireless services grows, even as the spectrum shrinks

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Production Trucks: A Conversation with George Hoover

By Bob Kovacs published

New NFL contract drives tech in trucks

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Vislink and TVU Bond ENG Paths for Improved Reliability

By Bob Kovacs published

In the days of analog microwave, doing an HD remote was tricky at best and usually impossible

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IBC2014: Keynote Explores Broadcasting in the Cloud Era

By Bob Kovacs published

Events
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SD Video Lives: A Q&A with Pat Johnston of AheadTek

By Bob Kovacs published

One of the critical parts of traditional SD videotape recorders is its rotating video head. Subject to wear and tear, heads fail over time and need to be replaced.

People
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Pope Gets HD Treatment in Philadelphia

By Bob Kovacs published

Broadcast Engineering
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Broadcast Pix Appoints Kevin Prince as New President and CEO

By Bob Kovacs published

Prince will join the team as of Oct. 1

People
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Review: BenQ PV270 Post-Production Monitor

By Bob Kovacs published

BenQ loaned me a PV270 post-production monitor that targets the needs of video editors.

Products
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Multiviewers Dominate Sports Monitoring

By Bob Kovacs published

Customers should look for IP capability, 4K

Sports
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Itʼs a SMPTE Century

By Bob Kovacs published

The pace of technology change is rocketing at warp speed, and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, now celebrating its 100th anniversary, stands in the middle of that change.

Events
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2016 NAB Product Review: Cable, Fiber & Connectors

By Bob Kovacs published

Products for 4K video were all over the halls of the NAB Show, but perhaps the most challenging category for 4K is cable and fiber.

Products
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Future Is Near for Object-Based Broadcasting

By Bob Kovacs published

Smart TVs may provide key to next-gen television experience

Broadcast Engineering
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TV Antennas Thrive In a Down Economy

By Bob Kovacs published

New designs, pay-TV costs make antennas more attractive

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Test & Measurement -- NAB Show 2012

By Bob Kovacs published

Whether you need simple monitoring or detailed analysis, there are new products to help keep your data clean.

Products
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LightSquared Fights Interference Claims

By Bob Kovacs published

Is wireless broadband startup losing its way over GPS?

Miscellaneous
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Space Jump Brings HD Video Down to Earth

By Bob Kovacs published

In one l-o-n-g drop on Oct. 14, Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner proved that a man in a spacesuit could fall safely back to Earth from more than 24 miles high.

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NAB Show Product Preview: Transmission

By Bob Kovacs published

High-power transmitters continue their evolution from IOT devices of 15-20 years ago to increasingly solid-state devices.

Events
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Trial Antennas Installed Atop One World Trade Center

By Bob Kovacs published

Radio Frequency Systems announced today that it has delivered two trial antennas to be installed in the coming weeks.

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Gearing Up for the 2015 NAB Show

By Bob Kovacs published

This may strike you as a bit early to be thinking about the 2015 NAB Show, but it’s been on our minds here in the editorial office for some weeks.

Opinions
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Quantum Dots Make a Scene at the 2015 CES

By Bob Kovacs published

Will we be saying, 'dot's nice' in the future?

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DTV Interference, Repacking and the FCC

By Bob Kovacs published

Heading for bad reception?

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Solid-State Transmitters: A Conversation with Rich Redmond

By Bob Kovacs published

Recent advances in high-frequency transistors has led to solid-state UHF transmitters that challenge the power outage and efficiency of multi-stage depressed collector IOT designs.

People
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Video Monitors Advance With Technology, Features

By Bob Kovacs published

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Secced's Reach 8 Camera Support System

By Bob Kovacs published

One nice feature about the legs is that they can collapse only so far—maintaining a space so that your hand won't be crushed if it inadvertently happens to be at the top of the leg

Products
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