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Acronyms are a form of compression. They are the staple of standards organizations, video manufacturers and industry trade publications like Broadcast

The DTV transition is now 10 years old. In the first half of 1997, the FCC adopted the ATSC standard for DTV broadcasting and established the rules for

As the era of analog NTSC broadcasting inches closer to an end, the percentage of U.S. homes with widescreen, HD-capable displays is growing rapidly.

I spend a fair amount of time interacting with industry experts on e-mail forums. Recently, one forum, the DVDList, has been abuzz about what most members

In his book, Defining Vision: The Battle for the Future of Television, reporter Joel Brinkley tells how the drive for advanced television has its roots

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.

Given the incredible change in pace of all things digital, one might speculate about the half-life of any technology that can benefit from the ongoing

Do you know who watches the programming delivered by your station? If you are reaching for the latest ratings book so you can cite the number of viewers

In 1932, David Sarnoff, then the president of RCA, wrote an article titled Where Television Stands Today for the April issue of Modern Mechanics and Inventions.

More than 25 companies demonstrated products in support of H.264 at NAB. Many of these products also support the VC-1 codec from Microsoft. These products

Broadcasters are fighting to keep their entire spectrum to themselves, but they may need a new battle cry

Offering high-quality video files with today’s demands for multicasting and alternative distribution media requires extra attention to encoding and decoding methods

With DVDs, NVOD, VOD and Personal Video Recorders (PVRs), the viewers are becoming the program directors, watching what they want, when they want, with no regard for continuity

TVs and PCs are looking more and more similar as the component technologies from which they are built rapidly converge.

Welcome to NAB2005 your future starts here. That's an interesting way to describe the world's biggest trade show and conference, an event that is focused

It is still unclear whether consumer piracy is a real problem, especially for television programs

A true studio in a box is now possible, thanks to the convergence of traditional video production tools with IT systems

There have been a series of promotional announcements on the radio lately they sound more like ads to me talking about the advantages of free radio. The

It seems like broadcasters are being squeezed at every turn these days. The networks are putting the squeeze on compensation for affiliates. In many cases,