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Lead; follow Get out of the way!
I agree with Steve Jobs that 2005 will be the year of HDTV, at least for Apple. Will it also be the year that broadcasters wake up and smell the bits?
Opportunistic data
Reasons why broadcasters need to think of DTV as an opportunistic way to rebuild their business.
A future so bright
How well do you know the viewers who watch your channels? Channel, rather than station. Not all broadcasters work for a local station you might work for
Multichannel bitcasting
In February, this column examined a hot new topic in the broadcast industry: digital workflow. That column touched upon the history behind the development
Digital acquisition
NAB2004 may well be remembered as the turning point for interoperability. It set the stage for a new digital workflow based on the processing of digital
(H)DTV competitors
Six years into the so-called DTV transition for broadcasters, less than one percent of U.S. homes are capable of receiving DTV broadcasts.
NAB Replay - Digital acquisition
There is a revolution-taking place in the world of television broadcasting, a digital revolution.
Piracy or innovation?
As I prepared to travel to Las Vegas for my 30th consecutive NAB, it occurred to me that this might be a good time to test the waters and download a few
The new news makers
Over the years, I have spent a great deal of time making news. Lest anyone get the mistaken impression that typing my name into Google is going to provide
Pandora's box
Over the past century, broadcasting first radio then TV transformed the media landscape, providing what many consider to be the most efficient means by
ATSC II
In recent years, the consumer electronics industry has been striving to make HDTV a bigger part of the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Luma pictures stremlines workflow with small tree communications
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.
Convergence
Experts and analysts across a broad spectrum of industries have been exploring the convergence of television, computing and telecommunications for several
Change is imminent
Here we are in another presidential election year, and change is in the wind, not to mention on the tips of the tongues of every candidate. It should
Close to the edge
Emerging digital technologies present broadcasters with all kinds of disruptions to what was once an easy-to-make-money business model
The broadcast protection racket
In our culture, the expected response is that the commodity in question is offered without an expectation of payment from the consumer
The real digital TV transition begins
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
