JOHN LUFF

The complexity of modern broadcast operations exceeds what a person could be reasonably expected to accomplish by manual action alone.

Television is a medium of considerable immediacy, but it is steeped in technology that often shapes how the media is used.

HD broadcasts over DTV channels hold the promise of delivering vastly improved pictures and sound, along with data that can augment the linear video medium in an age of hypermedia.

Increasingly, production personnel expect that any format can be converted to any other

Follow the important advances in the technology that broadcasters use in the field and in the newsroom.

Centralized operations are not always the most successful and economically viable because either the labor saved is not sufficient or the interconnection cost is too high.

Lens technology may be the first of several enabling technologies that led to the development of television.

Video servers are not the same. This month's Technology in Transition column reviews the formats used by various manufacturers, key feature differences and best-fit applications.

Video routing is still the hub of all broadcast and production centers. An examination of multi-format, HD and SDI routing techniques and technology

Broadcasters have been infatuated with HDTV since the 70s. In 1987, they asked the FCC to carve out spectrum for HDTV. But, back then, practical hardware

In a perfect world, everyone could have his or her way. Unfortunately with playout automation, that is never the case

he march of technology to wider bandwidths continues to put increasing pressure on copper infrastructure and make fiber more attractive

A decade ago, would any of us have guessed that today we would see a rapidly expanding market for HDTV programming and a demand for HDTV hardware? Perhaps

A look at the past, present and future of video storage. Which storage strategy fits your needs?

There are plenty of misconceptions about compressed video. If you look back in the recent history of our industry much misinformation exists. Twenty years

What should we, the non-cognoscenti, be doing to prepare ourselves

Controlling reality is always expensive, and creating illusions is sometimes nearly as expensive. Entire motion pictures are being created in computers,