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Date
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Story title |
| (12.11.02) |
Sinclair Takes NewsCentral
National
Housed in an attractive but otherwise unassuming building in the Baltimore
suburbs, the Sinclair Broadcast Group is leveraging its size and advances
in telecommunications technology to bring an integrated national and
local news broadcast to its stations.
by Bob Kovacs |
| (12.11.02) |
War Coverage's Latest
Videophones, satellite uplinks advance
by Craig Johnston
|
| (12.11.02) |
DTV gets
Over the Hump
In 2002 the consumers learned, the equipment improved and the programming
reached new heights
by Sanjay Talwani
|
| (12.11.02) |
Cabling in
Stadiums Facing HD Demand
Venues vary; some broadcasters lay their own
by Claudia Kienzle
|
| (11.27.02) |
DTV Stations to Viewers:
'Less Power to You'
FCC respite will require upgrades
by John Merli
|
| (11.27.02) |
New CBS Affiliate Aims
High
Low-power small-market station sets big-market goals
by Mary C. Gruszka
|
| (11.27.02) |
Western Show: Now
It's Broadband Plus
As the industry gathers, future holds new products, challenges
by Elizabeth Prevatt
|
| (11.13.02) |
MSTV Sees Clearer
Future
Government and network progress cited in transition
by Sanjay Talwani
|
| (11.13.02) |
Will 'Tape'
Disappear From Camcorders?
Manufacturers working on dockable, disk-based capturing tools
by Craig Johnston
|
| (11.13.02) |
Digital Dailies
Streaming Over the Internet
Laser-Pacific, Epsylon Video Enterprises to send 'Movelets' worldwide
by Jay Ankeney
|
| (11.13.02) |
EAS: Is It Adequate?
Safety personnel scrutinize weak links in safety chain
by Peter J. Brown
|
| (10.27.02) |
COMDEX Fall Serves Up A Full
Plate
Do you think it will be a PC? A MAC? Maybe a set-top box? As the race
to be the digital "hub" of business and home intensifies,
folks heading to COMDEX will get a hearty taste of each contender.
by Elizabeth Prevatt |
| (10.23.02) |
Tauzin: Stop DTV 'Collision
Course'
Parties at hearing bicker over must-carry, end of analog
by Sanjay Talwani
|
| (10.23.02) |
HD Makes European Headway
Anchored by a growing homegrown digital cinematography market, high-definition
video production in Europe is coming along.
by Mark Hallinger |
| (10.23.02) |
WJLA, Newschannel 8 Combine
Cable, Broadcast With Multiple Integrators
Allbritton controls quality with color-coding, communication and
plenty of gear
by Bob Kovacs
|
| (10.23.02) |
Going Digital in
a Small Market
We beat the FCC's original deadline and became one of the
first 300 stations in the United States to get a digital signal
on air while larger network-affiliated stations are still scrambling
and trying to justify extensions. How did we do it?
by Jeff Long
|
| (10.09.02) |
Ownership Revolution
Brewing
FCC review could change media universe, spark consolidation
by Sanjay Talwani
|
| (10.09.02) |
SMPTE Gets Down To Business
Digital future to dominate expo
When members of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
gather for their annual conference and exposition at the Pasadena
Convention Center Oct. 23-26, they'll have plenty to talk about.
by Michael Hedrick
|
| (10.09.02) |
Test and Measurement Advances
to DTV
Multifunction monitors tackle MPEG, ATSC
by Mary C. Gruszka
|
| (10.09.02) |
Truck Trends: Lighter, Cheaper
Stations on tight budgets refurbish their ENG/SNG vehicles
by Mark Hallinger
|
| (09.18.02) |
Key FCC Decisions
Ahead
Encouraged by the Federal Communications Commission's mandate
that nearly all the televisions of the future will include digital
receivers, broadcasters are finding new hope in battles they've
been fighting for years.
by Sanjay Talwani
|
| (09.18.02) |
Universal Streaming
Media Player Launched
Real moves Internet media closer to cable TV model
by Frank Beacham
|
| (09.18.02) |
Windows Media 9 Series
Advances
Microsoft improves signal processing, Web broadcasting and file
management
by Paul Yurt
|
| (09.04.02) |
One Year Later: New York City
Broadcasters Unite for Long Recovery
Last Sept. 11, over-the-air television in the nation's largest
broadcast market was devastated. A year later - in the most ambitious
rebuilding effort in the history of broadcasting - progress comes
painfully slow in a process so unprecedented that it's certain to
rewrite the textbooks on television engineering.
by Frank Beacham
|
| (09.04.02) |
FCC Mandates DTV Tuners
Manufacturers promise a fight; broadcasters hail phase-in
by Sanjay Talwani
|
| (09.04.02) |
We Don't Need a HERO
Security inspires public-safety spectrum bill
by Mark Hallinger
|
| (09.04.02) |
Studio Design: Shaping
the Big Box
Old and new merge in today's studios
The digital revolution and advanced electronics have begun to
change the design and construction of the very space that exemplifies
television: the studio.
by Bob Kovacs
|
| (08.21.02) |
Stations Fight Back
Broadcasters seek DTV flexibility
by Sanjay Talwani
|
| (08.21.02) |
Streaming Media Shake-Up
Real, Apple expand formats
by Frank Beacham
|
| (08.21.02) |
Framing a Shifting Image
TechKinetic offers aspect conversion
by Art Daudelin
|
| (08.21.02) |
The Sinosat Incident
Dissident group hijacks China's World Cup audience
by Peter J. Brown
|
| (08.07.02) |
Automation: Smaller
Stations' Needs Vary
Piecemeal approaches meet DTV and consolidation challenges
by Mark Hallinger
|
| (08.07.02) |
Chesapeake Ducting:
Stations Reach Interference Compromise
FCC propagation models work, but not in every case
by Mary C. Gruszka
|
| (08.07.02) |
HDTV: Savings Vary for New
Master of TV Universe
Film-style features often worth the price
by Claudia Kienzle
|
| (08.07.02) |
Telstar Celebrates 40
Years
Satellites made us 'citizens of the world'
by Peter J. Brown
|
| (07.24.02) |
TV Band Offers Mobile Phone
Service
by Susan Ashworth
Technology startup SigFx taps VBI spectrum to provide personal communications
|
| (07.24.02) |
HDMI: One Step Forward, Two
Steps Back?
by Peter J. Brown
New Hi-Def Spec could render existing HDTV monitors obsolete
|
| (07.24.02) |
SPN Puts NewsBase
To the Test at U.S. Open
by Michael Grotticelli
Among the most challenging production applications - both for the
employees themselves as well as the technology - is editing large
amounts of footage down to a polished segment that must go to air
in a matter of hours. |
| (07.24.02) |
Radical Shots with Regular
Gear
by Sanjay Talwani
From Maui to Mount Everest, athlete-producers bring extreme sports
home
|
| (07.10.02) |
Invidi Enables Targeted
Ads
by Andrew Morris
For Madison Avenue, the Holy Grail is television commercials
targeted to individuals on a home-by-home basis ... Now, a company
called Invidi, using technology developed at legendary television
pioneer Sarnoff Corp., is preparing to introduce the Holy Grail
to the marketplace.
|
| (07.10.02) |
FCC: This Time We
Mean It
by Sanjay Talwani
Dozens of stations 'admonished' for missing digital deadline
|
| (07.10.02) |
Homeland Security:
With Public DTV?
by Sanjay Talwani
Broadcasters pitching emergency services to Congress
|
| (07.10.02) |
FCC Eyes RF Safety
Enforcement
by Bill Hayes
Low-power options could spur closer monitoring
|
| (07.10.02) |
Saga Meets the Deadline
by Mary C. Gruszka
Four small stations go digital without breaking the bank
|
| (06.09.02) |
Copy Protection:
Little Consensus
by Sanjay Talwani
A group of computer makers, consumer-electronics manufacturers and
media content owners have issued a long-awaited report on a copyright
protection framework for digital media, but the parties still have
plenty of disagreements on how to prevent a Napster-like flood of
illegal copies of video programming.
|
| (06.09.02) |
Casper the Friendly
Ghost Canceller
by Bob Kovacs
Linx Electronics has developed an 8VSB receiver technology that
the company claims dramatically reduces the effects of multipath
interference.
|
| (06.09.02) |
Cable Still Soft
on ATSC Signal Car
Few MSOs Pass Through Full Hi-Def
by Michael Grotticelli
In March, both Charter Communications and Comcast Cable announced
that they would make HDTV programming available to a number of major-market
digital cable subscribers by the second half of this year. But not
much has happened since.
|
| (06.09.02) |
For Big Plays, a
Big Facility
NFL Films Tackles Historic and Future Footage With Lineman-Sized
Studio
by Peter J. Brown
By the time the 2002 NFL season kicks off, the 280 people who work
full time at the headquarters of NFL Films here will have completed
their relocation four miles down Route 38. What was once a soybean
field is quickly becoming a fabulous new 200,000-square-foot film
and TV production and post-production studio.
|
| (06.09.02) |
Cable 2002: Waiting
for the Killer App
by Gary Arlen
Everywhere you looked at the annual National Cable and Telecommunications
Association convention, a battle was brewing.
|
| (06.09.02) |
NAB Means Digital
Cinema Too
by Jim Marlowe
For a show that is supposed to be about broadcasting, NAB2002
offered plenty of discussion on projection and display.
|
| (06.09.02) |
Infocomm Touts AV Diversity
by Tom Butts
An expanding array of applications and technologies revolutionizing
the AV/presentation market will be highlighted at Infocomm, to be
held June 12-14 in Las Vegas.
|
| (06.09.02) |
Having a Ball at The
World Cup
Scopus Leads Global Team
by Claudia Kienzle
As the ball is kicked across the field in the games of the 2002
FIFA World Cup Soccer tournament, the TV signal is bouncing from
fiber to satellites on its way to billions of viewers around the
globe.
|
| (05.01.02) |
Powell Asks for DTV Action
by Sanjay Talwani
Just days before facing broadcasters at NAB braying for government
action on the digital television transition, FCC Chairman Michael
Powell called on major television players to compromise and voluntarily
contribute to the medium's future - or possibly face some action
beyond gentle persuasion.
|
|
(05.01.02)
|
DTV Testing
and Building Blues
by Bill Hayes
This month I would like to start with the initial power on tests
of IPTV's first solid-state DTV transmitter for facility KRIN in
the Cedar Rapids/Waterloo, Iowa, market ... Unfortunately I cannot,
because we were unable to get the transmitter connected to the dummy
load for testing.
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|
(05.01.02)
|
Reality Audio
for Reality Television
by Mary C. Gruszka
Capturing the Sounds of Kenya for 'Survivor: Africa'
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|
(05.01.02)
|
iTV Rivals
Unite to Promote Future
Mike Hedrick
Nine companies form council to clarify interactive issues
|
| (04.17.02) |
Broadcasters Mull Low-power
Options
by Claudia Kienzle
With the FCC's move last November to relax the timetable for full
DTV maximization and replication, vendors say business is brisk for
low-power DTV transmitters. |
| (04.17.02) |
Rich Media Streams On
Combined Show Reflects New Reality
by Susan Ashworth
Although signs of streaming media's bumpy past are all too visible
in the rearview mirror, some say the industry is healthier than
ever.
|
| (04.03.02) |
Just a Few More Months
by Sanjay Talwani
Broadcasters Seek DTV Extensions
Television broadcasters flooded the FCC with reasons why they will
miss the May 1 deadline for digital build-out ... |
| (04.03.02) |
24P Catches Dominican Heroes
by Claudia Kienzle
Debut Production Battles Humidity, Wows Networks
Besides its compelling subject matter, "Los Duros" is also of
interest to major networks because it has been produced entirely
in 24P HD.
|
| (04.03.02) |
What's The Range of a Viola?
by Hilton Kean Jones
Sports Shooters Get Crash Course in Covering the Arts on
Super Sunday
The video crew knew nothing about music, and I knew nothing
about football. We definitely had a problem.
|
| (03.20.02) |
Multimedia Pervades
NAB2002, by Walter Schoenknecht
Digital Production Breaks Out of Segregation
LAS VEGAS
Digital content creation has joined the mainstream, and NAB2002 is
set to showcase the best of that technology.
That's the take-home message for attendees at the upcoming exhibition,
regarded by many as the premier showcase for production and post-production
hardware and software. |
| (03.20.02) |
Hoofing it at NAB, by
Craig Johnson
New South Hall Nearly Doubles Exhibit Space, Walking Distance
LAS VEGAS
Going to NAB? Remember this: P.P.P.P.P.P. Prior Planning Prevents
Poor Performance. (I know there are six "P"s and only five
words that start with P, but TV Technology IS a family-friendly trade
magazine.) Multimedia Pervades NAB2002 |
| (03.20.02) |
New Video Markets
Targeted at NAB2002, by Frank Beacham
LAS VEGAS
Bypassing the traditional broadcast marketplace, major video manufacturers
are targeting high- and low-end content creators in an effort to jumpstart
business at NAB2002. |
| (03.06.02) |
The Afghanistan Experience
A Technician Reports From the Front
Nearly three months after the tragic events of Sept. 11, Dec.
3 seemed like just another news day on the rooftop of the Islamabad
Marriot Hotel. My thoughts of covering ‘Ground Zero' seemed like
a distant memory. |
| (03.06.02) |
NY1 Goes To Head Of Class, by
Art Daudelin
Local New York Cable Station Shifts to Digital Platform
At first glance, Manhattan's Chelsea Market building may not conjure
images of a television newsroom. |
| (03.06.02) |
Connectivity Key
to Centralcasting, by
Michael Grotticelli
Fiber Costs Driving Decisions on Centralized Operations
Although the past two years have seen a number of ambitious attempts
at centralizing the operations of multiple stations within a group,
not all have been successful in reducing operating costs as originally
envisioned. |
| (03.06.02) |
MSTV Calls for FCC Action,
by Sanjay Talwani
The broadcaster-laden crowd at Maximum Service Television's 15th
annual DTV update heard some tough assessments of the transition as
they faced a build-out deadline barely two months away for commercial
stations. |
| (02.20.02) |
Audio for Television —
The Big Picture, by Tim Carroll
Welcome to my first official column for TV Technology. Actually, this
is my first regular column in any magazine and I am very happy to
be here. In coming months, I will try to cover the "nuts and
bolts" of audio for both digital and analog television, focusing
on the issues and applications within the broadcast plant. Production
and post production of audio will be given less attention than how
to get that audio through the plant, to the transmitter and - finally
- to the viewers' ears. I hope to keep the column as "real world"
as possible so that it is useful in the day-to-day operation of television
facilities. |
| (02.20.02) |
NATPE: Executives Debate Advanced
TV, by Sanjay Talwani
Even as producers shoot ever more in high definition, and even as
the 2002 conference of the National Association of Television Producers
and Executives buzzed with fresh pitches for interactive TV ideas,
those in the thick of the hottest technologies were clear in their
assessment of advanced technologies: for now, the economics just don't
hold up. |
| (02.20.02) |
Bringing Order To Mayhem,
by Sanjay Talwani
Remember what sports broadcast control rooms looked like in the '70s?
Remember walls full of black-and-white monitors, when football used
nine cameras and you could smoke cigars in the booth? For Monday Night
Mayhem, a TNT movie about ABC's legendary Monday Night Football, executive
producer Lewis Kleinberg and director Ernest Dickerson had to capture
more than just Chet Forte's libido and Howard Cosell's toupee... |
| (02.20.02) |
NASA Takes HD to New Heights,
by Susan Ashworth
Out in the warm California desert, where the sound barrier was broken
more than 50 years ago by a young pilot named Chuck Yeager, NASA continues
to make history. And to Frank Cutler, history looks much clearer thanks
to high definition. |
| (02.06.02) |
Storyteller, Photojournalist
and Teacher: David Lyman, by Patty Gaul
Nestled along the western edge of Penobscot Bay is a haven for
photographers, filmmakers and other storytellers: Rockport, Maine.
Rockport is the home of not only Rockport College but its predecessors,
the Maine Photographic Workshops and the International Film and Television
Workshops. |
| (02.06.02) |
Ownership Barriers
Falling, by Sanjay Talwani
Major restrictions on media ownership are likely to relax in upcoming
months, with networks and broadcast groups likely to snap up more
stations, hoping for savings and revenues that will boost them through
tough times and the digital build-out. |
| (02.06.02) |
CES: Home Networking Comes
Home, by Paul Yurt
Home networking systems at CES 2002 made it look like the technology
could finally have an impact on the home electronics market.
|
| (01.23.02) |
ATSC Incorporates To Focus on
Lobbying, by Sanjay Talwani
One year after the FCC re-affirmed its commitment to the Advanced
Television Systems Committee's VSB standard for digital broadcast
television, the group charged with promoting the U.S. DTV standard
here and overseas is reorganizing, testing modifications to its main
standard, and strengthening its promotion efforts in Latin America. |
| (01.23.02) |
Abernathy Advocates Free
Market Solutions
TV Technology: What more can the FCC do to facilitate
the transition to digital television?
|
| (01.23.02) |
2002 Winter Olympics:
Bigger, Faster, Better, by Bob Kovacs
Located in a valley that was once underneath prehistoric Lake
Bonneville, Salt Lake City is framed by the Wasatch Mountains and
the Great Salt Lake. |
| (01.14.02) |
BUF Hits The Spot At
CBS, by Fred Quillen
I am a freelance videotape/digital disk recorder operator. I typically
use a GVG Profile digital disk recorder to playback elements for award
shows and specials. |
| (01.09.02) |
RealNetworks Streams Hot
Content, by Frank Beacham
Describing it as "an MSO for the Internet," RealNetworks
has launched RealOne, a new pay streaming media service with interactive
content from some of the top names in broadcast television. |
| (01.09.02) |
NBC Moves to Flexible
Digital Distribution, by Michael Hedrick
With the pace toward total digital broadcasting quickening and vast
enhancements to the TV experience on the near horizon, television
giant NBC is taking a major step toward the future. |
| (01.09.02) |
Advanced HD Technologies
Paying Off
Think you can't afford to use digital or high-definition equipment
in your newsroom or on your sitcom set? It's more likely that in
2002, you can't afford not to.
|
| (12.26.01) |
Survivor 2002: TV
Technology’s Resident Prognosticator Finds Bright Spots in
His Static-Filled Crystal Ball, by Frank Beacham
In our last New Year’s column we predicted a serious shakeout
of over-hyped technologies. It happened all right... big time. Now
what?
|
| (12.12.01) |
From Broadcast to MicroCast:
Weather Gets Personal, by Patty Gaul
One of the most important facets of news is weather – and
television stations have invested heavily in the branding of their
station’s forecasting tools and personnel. |
| (12.12.01) |
HDNet: Cracking the Chicken/Egg
Problem, by Claudia Kienzle
While there’s been great debate over whether broadcasters can
find a compelling, viable business case for HDTV, HDNet is going forward
full-speed to make it work. |
| (12.12.01) |
A Kinder, Cheaper DTV
Transition, by Sanjay Talwani
Now that the FCC has relaxed some rules and deadlines of the digital
buildout, commercial broadcasters must decide whether to transmit
a full-power digital signal by the May 2002 deadline or get started
with lower-cost, lower-power signals and risk getting left behind. |
| (12.06.01) |
Big Shoes for Today’s
Broadcast Engineers, by Troy Pennington
Perhaps now more than ever, the technical members of our
profession are intricately involved with the issues that challenge
the survival of this industry we so cherish. The broadcast engineer’s
role today is crucial in keeping our stations and production facilities
solvent and competitive.
|
| (11.28.01) |
Capturing History at Ground
Zero, by Michael Hedrick
In the days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, television
viewers saw images of rescue workers at "Ground Zero"
– the site of the massive destruction wrought when the Twin
Towers and other buildings collapsed.
|
| (11.28.01) |
DBS Merger Touts Sky-High
Services, by Sanjay Talwani
The proposed merger of the two leading U.S. satellite TV providers
could bring a new wave of services for consumers: inexpensive high-speed
Internet, more local-into-local offerings, more HDTV ¾ all
with nationwide price caps to ensure the new mega-DBS company doesn’t
gouge cable-free rural America.
|
| (11.28.01) |
AOL Time Warner Seeks Interactive
Pot of Gold, by Peter J. Brown
How well is the AOL Time Warner merger unfolding? In other words,
are the two cultures blending together in relative harmony?
|
| (11.14.01) |
Monitoring
Streams and Waves, by Claudia Kienzle
Compared to NTSC, DTV broadcasting requires many more devices
for test and measurement. Besides conventional waveform monitors
and vectorscopes for monitoring video quality, broadcasters also
need devices that will analyze the transport stream...
|
| (11.14.01) |
Industries Battling for
the Future of Set-Top Boxes, by Sanjay Talwani
The cable industry says it’s taking the initiative to get
cable set-top boxes (STBs) onto retail shelves, where consumers
would have a choice of models and features.
|
| (11.14.01) |
Getting
New York Back on the Air, by Patty Gaul
The terrorist attacks that caused the collapse of the World
Trade Center towers in New York City on the morning of Sept. 11
marked the beginning of several unforgettable weeks for Don Carpenter,
technical support engineering manager at Harris, and the engineers
at Harris’ Broadcast Communications division.
|
| (10.31.01) |
Videophones' Toughest
Test, by Sanjay Talwani
As the world digs in for a war with evasive enemies and an indefinite
timeline, news organizations are clamoring to get their people and
equipment to the world’s hot spots. |
|
(10.31.01)
|
Kewazinga Brings "Holodeck"
To Broadcast Sports, by Walter Schoenknecht
Extreme skateboarders and BMX bikers appear to hover in mid-air,
while home viewers’ vantage points slowly rotate around the acrobatic
athletes. |
| (10.31.01) |
Video Over Copper Gains
Traction, by Peter J. Brown
Digital video compression ¾ key to the success of telco TV
services ¾ is getting a big boost from Harmonic Inc. |
| (10.17.01) |
Armstrong’s Legacy
Lingers in New York, by Frank Beacham
"Armstrong was technically brilliant. Many of his ideas
were truly great. He came up with solutions that others of us would
not have considered." – Renville McMann
|
| (10.03.01) |
WTC Tragedy
Rewrites Broadcast History, by Frank Beacham
In a frightening instant -- punctuated with an eerie funnel of
black smoke on a clear September morning -- New York City's skyline
changed forever and with it did the history of broadcasting. |
| (05.10.01) |
TV
Technology STAR 2001 Awards
Winners of the second-annual TV Technology STAR Awards ran the
gamut – from graphics applications to wireless mics. Selected
for their ingenuity and exceptional offerings, we’d like to
congratulate the following 14 companies.
|
| (04.30.01) |
FCC
Chairman Skeptical of What Future Holds for Terrestrial TV, by Jonathan
R. Pegg
The shrinking number of Americans who rely on terrestrial delivery
of TV signals is bringing into question its value to the viewing
public and the government, according to FCC Chairman Michael Powell.
|
| (04.25.01) |
Understanding CRM is Easy,
Measuring Is Not , by Jonathan R. Peggs
As financial institutions scramble to attract and retain customers
in a fiercely competitive market, many are eagerly looking to customer
relationship management (CRM) initiatives and technologies to give
them an edge. |
| (04.06.01) |
Ways
to Maximize Tower Vertical Real Estate, by Dan Barton, Andrew Corporation
With 1,600 television stations simulcasting both NTSC and DTV until
their final conversion to digital, there is a great demand for premium
vertical real estate to optimize the placement of their antennas.
|
| (01.25.01) |
AFRTS, SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA
PROVIDE SUPER BOWL COVERAGE TO U.S. WORLDWIDE
Nothing can make a guard stationed in cold, remote Antarctica
feel more at home than a live look at the Super Bowl in warm, sunny
Tampa, Fla.
|
| (01.17.01) |
SGI Serves up Video
with a Twist, by Bob Kovacs
If you’ve seen a movie with animation or special effects lately,
chances are you’ve seen Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) products
at work. |
| (10.18.00) |
Test Your Safety
IQ, by John Premack
The recent rash of mishaps involving contact between ENG masts and
overhead electrical wires makes it chillingly clear that safety
is everyone’s business.
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