Latest articles by Mario Orazio
This Little Piggy of a Market
You might not have noticed that there's a wee mite of a difference between Salt Lake City and the Salt Lake City television market.
In the New Year, Go for the Glass
Felicitazioni! The new year is about to begin; your equipment budget’s been planned, and now you’re stressed out about parting company with all that cash.
Hunting Disruptors At The NAB Show
You might not have noticed, but… disruptors aren’t just for Klingons any more
Dreamin’ of Chameleons
You might not have noticed, but... your production gear ain’t what it used to be.
Next Gen TV: Will the Bang Match the Buzz?
These days, light-years away from the technologies of my youth, there’s a different gawd-awful, annoying TV buzz: the high-frequency buzz induced by marketers spinning the ATSC 3.0 feature set.
2014: A Year Not Unlike Others
You might not have noticed, but… you might be tracking the wrong trends.
Look Out! They're After Our Spectrum!
Let's have a brief review of the "ownership" of the aforementioned television broadcast spectrum, why don't we?
What's Wrong With DTV?
Digital video and audio don't "degrade gracefully," as their analog counterparts do.
Crappin’ Out on the Lossy Drag
You might not have noticed, but… I guess I’m not much of a gamblin’ man.
Playing to the Dentists?
How can you possibly keep pace with algebraic leaps in next-great-invention bitrates?
Mario Recognizes 'Best & the Brightest'
You may not have noticed, but I’m a pretty spiritual character. And I’ve just returned from a retreat.
Reports of Death Had Better Be Exaggerated
All four major U.S. commercial TV networks are associated with movie distribution studios. Three are associated with theme parks.
Is CES on Life Support, Down for the Count?
The rap is that innovation is no longer happening in the teevees and stereos that members of the Consumer Electronics Association are flogging
Want to Get Real HDTV? Turn Down the Lighting
When light spreads out due to an edge, the waves charging straight ahead are going to get to a plane a little earlier than the ones taking a diagonal route.
What Spectrum Crisis?
You might not have noticed, but there is a ginormous amount of pressure being applied to broadcasters to auction off their spectrum and consolidate their signals on fewer RF channels.
Tiny Wonders for Big Eaters
While we've been getting fatter and slower, video recorders have been getting faster and smaller
FCP: Telling Tales of Lost Love
A lot of you were left at the altar when the latest version, Final Cut Pro X, broke the mold, as well as the entire commercial workflow.
Stuffing DTV into A 5-Pound Bag
Lately, broadcast stations have gotten into the multichannel biz in such a big way that it frequently degrades the primary HD signal.
