CRAIG BIRKMAIER

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

The ability to represent information using the binary code of ones and zeros was well established before the development of modern computers.

Many TiVo subscribers were disappointed when recent attempts to watch World Cup soccer matches were tarnished when their digital video recorders (DVRs) didn't store the programming.

A look at the past four decades and how technology has evolved and adapted to meet consumers’ needs for their professional and personal use.

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

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,