BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR

It's been amazing to see the speed with which Al Gore and his minions have been able to convince most of world that the planet's death is just around

Editorial director Brad Dick discusses the cloudy issue of DTV technology rights ownership.

How's your station doing, economically speaking? Are sales above last year? If your station is like most other companies, times are probably tough. For

After enduring a 22-hour, door-to-door travel time getting home from IBC, I'm ready to endorse children-free airplanes. I was unfortunate enough to encounter

This year there were 45 entries in Broadcast Engineering's Excellence Awards contest. The winning entries were selected based on thousands of votes we

Four years ago, I purchased a new home, which came equipped with Energy Star-compliant appliances. From day one, the dishwasher refused to fully dry the

We've all heard about how wasteful the government is when it comes to spending our money. Examples include the $100 million wasted to purchase 270,000

This year's Broadcast Engineering Excellence awards totaled 45?entries. The contest pages posted on our Web site generated more than 23,000 page views!

It's that time of year again. Your doorbell rings and when you answer, you're greeted with little costumed munchkins begging for candy and promising tricks

A recent Best Buy Omnitel survey shows a growing demand by women for input and

This year's Broadcast Engineering Excellence awards totaled 50 entries, which exceeded last year's total of 42. In addition, the contest pages posted

New research from Harris Interactive says we baby boomers feel that Madison Avenue has forgotten we exist. The study, commissioned by the TV Land cable network, shows that two-thirds of adult

It appears that Europe is likely to adopt one standard, which will make life easier for everyone

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Would you be mine? Could you be mine? Good afternoon, children. Welcome to my neighborhood, where all TV broadcasts

I want to go back to school. Why would I want to return to the classroom? I've already got a BA and MA degree. Some would say I have a PhD in BS, but

Commissioner Michael Copps is prone to incessant tirades. And he's been a thorn in the side of broadcasters since his appointment to the commission by President Bush in May 2001

New digital asset management systems are providing content holders with the ability to literally turn on and off your rights to enjoy the entertainment you thought you owned

One could feel electricity in the air as the crowded room overflowed Monday morning at the mobile TV meeting at the NAB convention. Broadcasters, all

Scene opens in a typical American home. Time: early 2009. Husband and wife in living room with old-style TV set. Goody, goody, goody! Yahoo! We're getting

Will the real HDTV programming please show up

While there have always been respectable people and certain groups that opposed what they define as indecent broadcasts, today it's gotten entirely out of hand

Today’s PC industry still thinks that people, especially those who work in front of a PC all day, are going to go home and sit in front of ANOTHER PC to watch TV

Convention attendees and exhibitors returned to Las Vegas to take the industry's collective temperature