Paul McGoldrick

I entered the world of broadcasting in September 1963 when I was hired as a technical trainee at the BBC. The Beeb paid me a salary and, at the same time,

We tend to think that we can do just about anything on the Web. But there's a curious thing that all providers of service avoid online: the ability to

Once uttered by a director or producer during a shoot, the problem, however big, goes away for the production crew and falls smack into the lap of the often-forgotten editing few

Terrestrial DTV and television tuners are growing in popularity with the spawn of 8-VSB reception and a new, growing antenna industry.

Pirates have been around for a long time in one way or another. The current trend is pirating the quality of broadcast TV stations, CDs and now DVDs with inaccurate marketing descriptions.

The timeline between the production shooting for a series of reality TV programs and the actual screening is finite, but never short. Because of the time

How many consumers, do you think, go out to buy an HD-ready TV and then drive it with the 480i output from one of these receivers?

It was tempting to title this column I want my MTV or some variant thereof. But the truth is, I don't want any MTV or MTV2 or even MTV Espanol. I do,

Will multicasting save terrestrial TV? Here’s one man’s dire prediction.

Entering 2004 we now have the $29.95 DVD player, while DVD recorders are reaching price levels where they are going to threaten the VHS machine.

For some reason, cutting corners has also replaced the very different task of cutting expenses in many areas of business, including broadcasting.

Maybe it's about time to start a movement to get the government to butt out of allocating broadcast licenses. Let's leave it to the market

Imagine you are working on this year's major home project (not that you really have time for it), and you decide to make a habit of not putting your tools

A new era in media ownership began on June 2 and resulted in consolidation of all types of media, especially television.

Paul McGoldrick takes a look at this year’s NAB – from the new halls to the mood broadcasters will be in this year.

For the first time in many a year certainly since before the death of the Rotunda and the old North Hall (where the South Hall now is) it will be possible

There is a lot you can deduce from NAB2005, and there is a lot more that is not nearly so obvious unless you are in a position where you can sit back and look at it all objectively

Countries are making a mistake by not adopting the video frame rate standard to 720p/60 and 1080i/60

It seems like it has only been a few years since all the manufacturers were touting the claim that their equipment was of broadcast-quality. Their claims

The standards war between HD-DVD and Blu-ray has come full front

A while back, I was offered the opportunity to rebuild an AM transmitter station that I had originally installed. It was destroyed accidentally when an

Here’s your chance to be a Monday-morning quarterback and save the game.