Latest articles by Frank Beacham
NBC, Microsoft Raise The ‘Broadcast Flag’
In a remarkable case of viewer “gotcha,” NBC and Microsoft were recently caught red-handed playing footloose with the broadcast flag.
Finally, FCC May Turn to Real 'Indecency'
It's hard to imagine a greater "indecency" on broadcast television than faking the news or tricking viewers into believing commercials are genuine informational programs.
Antenna Myths: Who's Really Watching Free TV?
Reports from Capitol Hill say the toughest unresolved issue in legislating a hard deadline for the end of analog TV is what to do about the "disenfranchised."
Hurricane Katrina Energizes TV News
Live 8, the return of the space shuttle, and the London subway bombing each had an enormous impact on television technology in the summer of 2005. Then, Katrina paid a visit to the Gulf Coast.
Toast to Larry Thorpe
It was during the Thanksgiving holiday that Larry Thorpe, one of the major figures in modern television technology, decided at age 63 to leave Sony.
For E-mail Users, Little Relief From Spam
What was once the Net's biggest attraction is quickly turning into a monstrous time waster.
Making Podcasts More Personal
Podcasting arrived out of nowhere, knocking the wind out of the "expert" prognosticators.
Ear Time Versus Eye Time
By Christmas, we'll be seeing a flurry of new portable devices that store, playback and allow the personalized viewing of video programming away from home.
Net Update: More Lawsuits; New Journalist Tools
As it becomes clearer that broadband is developing into the next big media distribution system, showdowns between large content owners and Net users are escalating and getting nastier.
"The Whole World is Watching," Revisited
Spanning this 36-year bridge of time, I found myself in the middle of the two largest political convention protests in American history.
Producing Better Streaming Audio
Too many Web producers haphazardly encode any sound sent their way without consideration to optimizing it for Internet delivery.
Newest Reporter Tools Get Better & Quicker
There are some new tools that can aid in reducing the grunt work and assure bulletproof accuracy of quotes from fast-breaking events.
