CRAIG BIRKMAIER

Remember the NBC series Sanford and Son, which enjoyed a highly successful run in the mid '70s? Actor and comedian Redd Foxx played the role of Fred G.

Emerging digital technologies present broadcasters with all kinds of disruptions to what was once an easy-to-make-money business model

In our culture, the expected response is that the commodity in question is offered without an expectation of payment from the consumer

What is all the fuss about mobile TV? At NAB2006, the topic of mobile video broadcasting created quite a buzz. The NAB Multimedia World Conference included

The deadline looms for analog shutoff. Here’s a review of the deadline and what broadcasters scrambling to assemble the remaining pieces of their solutions should do

The networks try to find a little financial benefit from the DTV transition

How does HD actually enhance the ability to cover the news?

Broadcasters eagerly begin transmitting multiple channels, which means new sales opportunities. Birkmaier shows what other stations are doing and what technology is needed

Historians tend to look for events that represent a turning point in the prevailing views of those affected by historic changes. History is likely to

Just months after the FCC set the DTV transition schedule, those sensible folks in Congress “fixed” it

The era of HDTV broadcasting in the United States began near the end of 1998. Nearly a decade later, many industry pundits are still looking for the killer

U.S. consumers are embracing digital television — but will broadcasters be left holding the old analog bag?

In the face of increasing competition from cable, interactive services and even Hollywood, broadcasters must devise new ways to keep and increase their audience share.

iTV is alive outside of the U.S., but it would not be honest to say that it is thriving.

The 1999 movie, Pirates of Silicon Valley, tracks the exploits of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, calling them pioneers of an industry that transformed the world.

It goes by many names — FireWire, iLink, IEEE 1394-1995, or just 1394. Soon it will be available in a new high-performance flavor, IEEE 1394b, offering performance comparable to gigabit Ethernet.

On Nov. 13, 2001, it was announced that Cable Television Laboratories had adopted the DVB Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) as part of the OpenCable Application Platform (OCAP).

This column is supposed to tell a story about “broadband for broadcasters.” Broadband vs. broadcasters would put a more interesting spin on the subject.

The future of digital television is changing, along with the climate, the global economy and global politics. According to Douglas Adams, the author of

Does anyone out there still have a dot matrix printer? It seems they have gone the way of the horse-and-buggy and round tube TVs, a term that the consumer

The world of digital media seemed to materialize before our eyes in 1994. Personal computers were moving from the office into the home. Microsoft bet