Phil Kurz
Phil Kurz is a contributing editor to TV Tech. He has written about TV and video technology for more than 30 years and served as editor of three leading industry magazines. He earned a Bachelor of Journalism and a Master’s Degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism.
Latest articles by Phil Kurz

Heartland Video Systems Buys Videstra
By Phil Kurz published
Purchase folds tools for micro-local IP camera integration into the HVS product lineup

NESN Turns To Bitcentral Core News for Content Management
By Phil Kurz published
Boston-based RSN has also integrated Adobe Premiere and Dixon Sports Computing metadata logging

EdgeBeam Wireless ATSC 3.0 Datacasting Hits the Ground Running
By Phil Kurz published
Thanks to preliminary work by its joint venture partners, JV predicts first revenue this year

Ross Video Buys EagleEye Cable Camera Business, Technology
By Phil Kurz published
Move expands Ross Video’s cable camera portfolio with 1D, 2D and 3D systems

UFL, Google Cloud Team Up on Data Analytics
By Phil Kurz published
Goals are to enhance the fan experience and enable the league to develop better products

CES: Advanced HDR by Technicolor Makes Strides in 2025
By Phil Kurz published
NextGen TV New NextGen TV models and growing broadcast support mark its advancement

Grass Valley To Feature GV Media Universe, AMPP at ISE 2025
By Phil Kurz published
Grass Valley executive chairman and CEO Louis Hernandez Jr. will also speak at Barcelona event

Grupo RBS Chooses Appear SRT Distribution To Centralize Master Control, Playout
By Phil Kurz published
Brazilian media conglomerate has consolidated 11 sub-affiliate sites to one central facility

Signiant Secures Majority Growth Investment From Battery Ventures
By Phil Kurz published
Investment will enable SaaS provider to fund product development and go-to-market activities

Cinegy To Feature Encode 1000, Cinegize, Multiviewer at ISE 2025
By Phil Kurz published
Compact, lightweight Encode 1000 encodes NDI, SMPTE ST 2110 and SDI signals

CES: Run3TV Selects Velope.tv to Simplify App Development for NextGen TV
By Phil Kurz published
NextGen TV Platform is also showing new apps for ATSC 3.0 from several newly signed developers

SMPTE Names Sally-Ann D’Amato Executive Director
By Phil Kurz published
People Former interim director has worked with industry group since 2001

Tolka, Advanced HDR By Technicolor Team Up on NextGen TV Receiver From ADTH
By Phil Kurz published
NextGen TV Viewers can now watch HDR content from NextGen TV broadcasters with their legacy DTVs

DPG’s VTM GO Streamer Adds Advanced Ad Measurement
By Phil Kurz published
Solution gives brands and agencies a better understanding of the impact of CTV channels

ACCESS Europe, FIFA+ Sign Agreement on Global Smart TV, In-Car Availability of Soccer
By Phil Kurz published
SPORTS FIFA+ will use ACCESS’s NetRange Smart TV Portals and ACCESS Twine.

Scripps, Gray, Nexstar, Sinclair Form Powerhouse ATSC 3.0 Wireless Data Delivery Joint Venture
By Phil Kurz published
NextGen TV EdgeBeam Wireless is targeting customers in automotive, content delivery networks and enhanced GPS

New Cinecoder SDK Ensures Continued H.264 Interlace Support With NVIDIA GPUs
By Phil Kurz published
Latest SDK version addresses a problem facing broadcasters with end of Pascal-based hardware

Roku Launches Data Cloud To Expand Access to Proprietary TV Data
By Phil Kurz published
Roku Data Cloud gives advertisers and agencies access to reliable info from its TV OS

PEAK3 Partners With Building Automation Company on ATSC 3.0 Data Streaming
By Phil Kurz published
Streaming HotEdge will use 3.0 data streams broadcast to its roof ice-melt systems with trials beginning this month

Quickplay To Unveil Shorts Tool for Creating, Syndicating Vertical Short-Form Content
By Phil Kurz published
New solution integrates seamlessly into existing OTT ecosystems

John Lawson Reflects on His AWARN Alliance Tenure
By Phil Kurz published
Opinion Says advanced alerting played a key role in getting FCC to approve ATSC 3.0

Canon USA Promotes Multiple Executives
By Phil Kurz published
Kiyoshi Oka and Masato Mori among those who advanced
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