
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

Uncovering Television’s Past
By James E. O'Neal published
Early Television Museum holds annual gathering

Search for Missing Recordings Ends
By James E. O'Neal published
The saga of the lost Apollo 11 tapes
White Space: SMPTE Tackles Threat
By James E. O'Neal published
James Snyder envisions an environment in which not only off-air television reception will be affected, but also newsgathering and other television broadcast functions.

TV Prepares for its Mobile Future
By James E. O'Neal published
ATSC gathering reviews new standard, opportunities
Copps Blasts DTV Transition Efforts
By James E. O'Neal published
The Acting Chairman admitted that even the planned eleventh hour efforts by the commission would not fully address the chaos that seems almost certain to happen.
MoTV: Getting Bigger all the Time
By James E. O'Neal published
The signs are all around us. Just check in with any of the cell phone kiosks in your nearest shopping mall. Ask about what they have in the way of phones for mobile video.

DSLRS Make Inroads into TV News
By James E. O'Neal published
One of the more interesting tools in the 21st century journalist’s kit is the digital single lens reflex camera.

Harmonic Uncrates New 'Channel-in-a-Box'
By James E. O'Neal published
ChannelPort built on Spectrum platform

Telstar Remembered 50 Years Later
By James E. O'Neal published
The commemorative program featured recorded excerpts of the first exchange of live video between France and the United States in 1962, as well as a special live two-way video exchange.
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