James E. O'Neal

James E. O'Neal

James E. O’Neal has more than 50 years of experience in the broadcast arena, serving for nearly 37 years as a television broadcast engineer and, following his retirement from that field in 2005, moving into journalism as technology editor for TV Technology for almost the next decade. He continues to provide content for this publication, as well as sister publication Radio World, and others.  He authored the chapter on HF shortwave radio for the 11th Edition of the NAB Engineering Handbook, and serves as editor-in-chief of the IEEE’s Broadcast Technology publication, and as associate editor of the SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal. He is a SMPTE Life Fellow, and a Life Member of the IEEE and the SBE.

Latest articles by James E. O'Neal

JEO

The Evolution of Intercoms: How Communication Tech Transformed Television Production

By James E. O'Neal published

HISTORY From telco ‘party lines’ to IP and the cloud

HISTORY
JEO

Latest ATSC 3.0 ‘Plugfest’ Targets Transport, DRM, and More

By James E. O'Neal published

NEXTGEN TV Broadcast tech teams from around the world gather for 3.0 “Interop

NEXTGEN TV
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Looking for 5G Broadcast at the 2024 NAB Show

By James E. O'Neal published

Will the format be a communications gamechanger?

NAB Show
ATSC

NextGen TV Spotlights HDR at 2024 NAB Show

By James E. O'Neal published

2024 NAB SHOW PREVIEW Attention will also be focused on revenue generation and new consumer devices

2024 NAB SHOW PREVIEW
Vidifont

Tracing The Evolution of Television’s Electronic Graphics Systems in the U.S.

By James E. O'Neal published

BROADCAST HISTORY No, the ‘Chyron’ hasn’t been around forever; it just seems that way

BROADCAST HISTORY
Avid

Avid's Outgoing CEO Warns of ‘Disastrous Times’ for M&E

By James E. O'Neal published

Jeff Rosica cites causes/offers cures at HPA Tech Retreat

NAB

Celebrating a Century of NAB Shows

By James E. O'Neal published

The ‘long and winding road’ to the centennial gathering

NAB Show
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This Month in Broadcast History: December

By James E. O'Neal published

75 years ago this month, Westinghouse announced plans to test airplane-based 'Stratovision' TV transmission system

Sinclair ATSC 3 radio

Sinclair Eyes TV for Audio Delivery

By James E. O'Neal published

Could radio’s future be in NextGen TV?

BBC

This Month in Broadcast History—November

By James E. O'Neal published

The world’s first regular "HDTV" service was launched 86 years ago this month

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This Month in Broadcast History: October

By James E. O'Neal published

In 1947, 75 years ago, AT&T expressed doubts about the future of video over wired networks

Nugen Audio

Audio Monitoring in Today’s Complex Media Environment

By James E. O'Neal published

New wave of equipment helps broadcasters cope

Audio
Channel 1

This Month in Broadcast History: August

By James E. O'Neal published

A very interesting television patent from 100 years ago

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This Month in Broadcast History: July

By James E. O'Neal last updated

First TV commercial aired on July 1, 1941

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This Month in Broadcast History: June

By James E. O'Neal last updated

A hundred years ago, Harry Powers proposed hybrid movie-theater-radio opera presentations

Sony HDC-750 HD camera

Broadcast History in May: Color TV, Satellites and the Transition to DTV

By James E. O'Neal published

Seventy-five years ago, RCA demo-ed an “all-electronic” color television system at Philadelphia's Franklin Institute

Miscellaneous

5G Technology Goes Way Beyond Better Cellphone Service

By James E. O'Neal published

Learn how “5th-gen” wireless tech pairs with broadcasting

NAB Show
NAB

NAB Show Down Through the Years

By James E. O'Neal published

A brief history of broadcasters' premiere gathering

NAB Show
FM Dial

'Franken FMs,' Part II: A Look at the 'May/December' Marriage of Radio and TV

By James E. O'Neal published

Only time will tell as to whether or not these Ch. 6 hybrid DTV/FM stations will proliferate and what will be the FCC's response

NextGen TV
Cartrivision

Broadcasting: The Way We Were

By James E. O'Neal published

In its first 100 years, there were numerous milestones made during the month of March