Tom Butts
Tom has covered the broadcast technology market for the past 25 years, including three years handling member communications for the National Association of Broadcasters followed by a year as editor of Video Technology News and DTV Business executive newsletters for Phillips Publishing. In 1999 he launched digitalbroadcasting.com for internet B2B portal Verticalnet. He is also a charter member of the CTA's Academy of Digital TV Pioneers. Since 2001, he has been editor-in-chief of TV Tech (www.tvtech.com), the leading source of news and information on broadcast and related media technology and is a frequent contributor and moderator to the brand’s Tech Leadership events.
Latest articles by Tom Butts
Hitachi Kokusai Appoints Bo Reames as East Coast Sales Manager
By Tom Butts published
Industry veteran's career included stints with Backporch, Joseph Electronics
Grammy Awards Will Move to ABC in 2027
By Tom Butts published
Disney inks new 10-year pact, ending 54-year run for CBS
Comcast Beats Wall Street Estimates With Record Olympic Ad Revenues
By Tom Butts published
Cable unit lost fewer broadband subscribers than expected
Former FCC Chair Issues Warnings About a Trump FCC
By Tom Butts published
Tom Wheeler says federal rules are too vague to prevent a presidential takeover of the independent regulatory agency
Six Companies Now Make More Than Half of the World’s Media
By Tom Butts published
Ampere report shows continued concentration in content creation
Hub: As in U.S. Politics, TV Viewers Are Evenly Divided Between Liberal and Conservative
By Tom Butts published
New research examines how political ideology influences the appeal of entertainment shows
California Proposes Expanding Its Film and TV Tax-Credit Program
By Tom Butts published
Gov. Gavin Newsom attempts to stanch Hollywood production exodus
Disney Expected To Announce Major ‘AI Initiative’
By Tom Butts published
Sources say project will focus mainly on post and VFX
Meta Quest to Offer 52 NBA Games in VR for 2024-2025 Season
By Tom Butts published
For the fourth consecutive year, Meta users will be able to view games live in 180-degree immersive VR
Special Webinar Event: Game Changers In Remote Production
By Tom Butts published
WEBINAR On Nov. 7, join our panel of remote production experts, Stephen Repass, vice president at Ross Production Services; Deon LeCointe, director of networked solutions at Sony Electronics; and Laurent Masia, director of product line management, managed switches at NETGEAR
CBS Responds to Trump’s Attacks on ‘60 Minutes’
By Tom Butts published
Network reminds former president of its ‘long-standing’ invitation to appear on the program
TV Tech's 2024 Guide to Intercoms is Now Available
By Tom Butts published
EBOOK Latest guide looks at the history and evolution this vital production link
Run3TV, TVision Partner on NextGen TV Measurement
By Tom Butts published
TVision data will help broadcasters track ATSC 3.0 viewing
Adobe Brings Generative AI to Premiere Pro
By Tom Butts published
Expanded product line includes first ‘commercially safe’ video model
ADTH Announces NextGen TV USB and App for Android and Fire TV
By Tom Butts published
New tuner, app are fully NextGen TV (aka ATSC 3.0)-compliant and can decrypt A3SA DRM encrypted channels
Grup Mediapro To Host Virtual Production at Manhattan Studio During NAB Show NY
By Tom Butts published
‘Virtually Everything’ will include talks, demonstrations and workshops on virtual technology
Avid Acquires Wolftech Cloud-Based News Platform
By Tom Butts published
Deal adds Wolftech’s cloud-based multiplatform planning and publishing news solution to Avid’s news-production portfolio
Telestream Inks U.S. Distribution Deal With Starin
By Tom Butts published
Starin will deliver vendor’s complete line of products for cloud, hybrid, and on-premises operations through its nationwide network of system integrators and value-added resellers
Rosenworcel Proposes Expanding 6-GHz Band for ‘Very Low Power’ Devices
By Tom Butts published
FCC chairwoman wants to make more spectrum available for next-gen tech
Samsung Adds Gen AI to its Smart TVs
By Tom Butts published
“Samsung AI Cast” will allow Galaxy users to send gen AI results to Samsung Tizen TVs
FCC Names Former Verizon Exec as Enforcement Bureau’s First CTO
By Tom Butts published
People Andy Hendrickson will also support regulator’s Privacy and Data Protection Task Force
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