JOHN LUFF

New technology provides understanding for fundamentals, such as format and scan conversion.

It would be easy to assume that the least important technology in a broadcast facility is the piece that only serves to keep equipment from falling to

Eons ago, when cameras had scanning electron beams and electronic recording of sound was in its infancy, television was essentially a live medium. The

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

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.

Modern technology has facilitated the possibility in many potential models for centralized broadcasting, including remote control, distributed broadcasting and centralized business operations.

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

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

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

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

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.

In 1939, when General Sarnoff broadcast the first live television show at the World's Fair in New York, synchronization was critical to the ability to

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

This issue we complete a four-part series on station automation. We have looked at station automation, newsroom automation, data archive systems and, in this issue, media asset management systems.

When college students attend classes in broadcast journalism today they are pretty unlikely to be exposed to manual typewriters, paper roll teleprompters and news distributed on teletype machines.

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

For the next four months this column will focus on four interrelated and interdependent areas of television technology: automation software, data archive

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.

Compressed video has enabled businesses that were only dreams at one time.