Genachowski Takes FCC Helm, Announces Staff
06.30.2009
The new chairman was sworn in by retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter, for whom Genachowski used to clerk. More...

Over the Air Mobile DTV Launched
06.29.2009
ION commences terrestrial mobile DTV transmissions in New York and Washington. More...

DTV Transition Lingers On
06.26.2009
The June 12 DTV broadcasting transition is still creeping toward the goal line. More...

Genachowski: DTV Transition Not Over for FCC
07.02.2009
The commission will now focus on what went right and what went wrong as the nation’s television stations transitioned to digital on June 12. More...

KKTV Requests Move from VHF to UHF
07.02.2009
Gray stated that the proposed channel substitution will resolve significant reception problems inherent with high VHF digital channels More...

FCC Announces App Rules for Rural DTV LPTV and Translators
07.02.2009
The new licenses are for digital operation only and new Class A licenses will not be offered More...

Jupiter Systems Acquires Teranex
07.02.2009
Teranex, located in Orlando, Fla., will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jupiter Systems. More...

2009 TV Station Revenues Revised Downward
07.02.2009
New FCC Chairman Genachowski’s ownership view considered key to industry’s future More...

Joost Ditches Online Consumer Video Biz
06.30.2009
The company will concentrate on providing online video solutions to businesses. More...

Freedom Stations Tap Linear Acoustic for Audio
07.01.2009
The station group is using the range of Linear Acoustic audio solutions to reformat stereo programming to 5.1 channels. More...

Fisher Adds Bitcentral Precis to More Stations
06.30.2009
The stations will use Precis to manage the tapeless HD/SD news production workflow from acquisition to air. More...

Florida Channel Adopts New Monitor Technology
06.26.2009
Selected Plura Broadcast 17-inch and 20-inch models for the retrofit More...

New Shots for Grand Slam Tennis
06.22.2009
Wimbledon goes all HD under a new roof More...

AP Granted News Technology Patent
06.10.2009
The AP has received a patent for an enhancement to the organization’s SNAPfeed application. More...

Miranda Develops New Lip-sync Tool
06.10.2009
Miranda recently launched a new lip-sync probe module that automatically detects A/V sync errors. More...

ESE Announces New Sync Generators
07.02.2009
ESE is now shipping two new DTV sync generators. More...

KTLA Taps Telairity for MPEG-4 ENG
06.26.2009
KTLA-TV has switched over its helicopter news transmissions to high-definition MPEG-4 using the Telairity BC8100 encoder. More...

Pilat Media Releases New BXF Software
06.25.2009
Developed in 2008 to ensure compatibility of scheduling and as-run communications More...

Telairity Names New Sales VP
07.02.2009
Telairity has selected Ben Silva as its new sales VP for communications, media and entertainment. More...

Remembering Edward Edison
07.01.2009
 Edison co-founded the consulting firm Hammett & Edison more than 50 years ago. More...

Hubbard Station Named Historic Journalism Site
06.25.2009
The designation will be awarded to Hubbard and KSTP this coming Friday at 6:15 p.m. in St. Paul. More...

DTV Drives Technology Purchases in One of Four Households
06.05.2009
Among those homes that bought a converter box in preparation for the transition, 80 percent took advantage of the government’s $40 coupon program. More...

NAB: Majority of DTV-Ready Households Get Better Reception, More Channels
05.11.2009
Results of a new poll released by NAB show that 75 percent of digital-ready households say they received better quality reception across all broadcast channels after upgrading to digital with a converter box. More...

BIA Sees Downward Dip for TV Station Revenue
05.08.2009
BIA has released a report that shows revenue in the television industry will take a dramatic fall below the $20 billion mark starting this year.  More...

CBS.com Upgrades Online Fare to 1080p
05.14.2009
CBS users can now enjoy full episodes and clips of CBS content in the highest quality resolution available online. More...

'CBS Sunday Morning' Goes HD May 17
05.13.2009
It will be the third major CBS News program to make the HD leap More...

TNT Uses Orad's 3D Graphics to Cover NBA All-Stars
03.18.2009
Turner relied on Orad’s 3DPlay solutions. More...

NAB Launches 2009 Congressional PSAs
06.26.2009
The National Association of Broadcasters is unleashing nearly 800 public service announcements. More...

U.S. Government Now Has a YouTube Channel
05.21.2009
It offers playlists on several topics including “Benefits and Grants,” “Public Safety and Law” and—leading the pack with 25 videos—“Health and Nutrition.” More...

Grizzly Creek Films Selects Fujinon Lenses for Documentary
05.01.2009
The special, “Expedition Grizzly featuring Casey Anderson,” is scheduled to air May 3.  More...

BBC’s Erik Huggers to Keynote IBC2009
05.29.2009
Keynote speaker Erik Huggers draws together traditional and new media to identify future growth. More...

Broadcast Depot To Host Miami Conference
05.22.2009
Designed for radio and TV engineers and managers, the workshop will offer talks and hands-on demos from industry pros. More...

IEEE Readies for Multimedia Symposium
04.30.2009
The IEEE’s Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting opens May 13 in Bilbao, Spain. More...

SysMedia, Autoscript Win Joint IABM Award
09.28.2007
IBC saw SysMedia and Autoscript jointly honored with an IABM Award for Excellence 2007. More...

Big Announcements, Introductions at IBC
09.09.2005
While some companies save their launches for NAB in April, at IBC in Amsterdam there have been many major news announcements and product offerings. Avid waited for the European confab to announce its multimillion dollar More...

Accom to Showcase APR Clipstore at IBC
09.10.2004
Accom is showcasing its new DDR, the APR Clipstore, at IBC. The APR is designed for recording video, film and graphics production and post production, animation, online editing, video compression and more. Also featured at IBC, More...

ScheduALL's New Sports Operations System Tackles Complex Events
09.26.2008
NBC Sports used the tool to originate and distribute scheduling information for more than 3,600 hours of coverage at the Beijing Olympics, ScheduALL said. More...

Olympic International Broadcast Center Brands With Ensemble
09.12.2008
In addition to the Ensemble Avenue 7420 logo inserters, Avenue 5400 and 7405 Sync pulse and test-signal generators were used on feeds from all 40 Olympic venues across China. More...

NBC to Use A-T Mics for Games Sound
09.12.2008
The kit included the AT4050 multipattern condenser microphone, which provided the discrete 5.1 audio bed from the venues for surround sound broadcast. More...

NAB: Broadcasters Explore New Digital Trends
05.08.2009
Although the official attendance was down from 2008, many exhibitors at the 2009 NAB Show took the "bright side" view that there were fewer "tire kickers" at the show. More...

Mobile DTV On the Air at NAB
04.24.2009
The words "Mobile DTV" showed up at this year's NAB Show, almost as much as "HDTV ready" did at previous NAB shows. More...

Rehr Lauds Broadcasters’ Efforts to Distribute Content on Multiple Platforms
04.21.2009
NAB leader highlights efforts to get HD-R chips on cell phones More...

Canon Lenses Used In Super Bowl Coverage
02.13.2009
Several of Canon’s lenses were used to bring the action to viewers in high definition. More...

STS Uses For-A Switcher for Super Bowl Feeds
02.06.2009
Switcher used for both SD and HD signal distribution More...

NBC Sports Taps Omneon for Super Bowl Content Distribution
02.04.2009
The system delivered large HD graphics and audio files to Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Fla. from NBC facilities in New York. More...

ABC's Charles Gibson Honored by RTNDA
04.28.2006
by Ken R. ~ April 26, 2006 RADIO WORLD His first job in broadcasting was as a producer for RKO Radio Networks in 1966. In the ensuing 40 years, Charles Gibson has delivered major news stories into our living rooms. More...

Accord Characterizes FCC Face-off
04.28.2006
by Deborah D. McAdams ~ April 26, 2006 TV TECHNOLOGY This year's annual face-off between FCC commissioners didn't actually create a lot of sparks. The two Democrats and one Republican who participated were pretty More...

Broadcasting 'Industry's Best Days are Still Ahead'
04.28.2006
New Leader at the Helm ~ April 24, 2006 David Rehr joined NAB as President and CEO in December of 2005. Prior to his taking over the helm at the National Association of Broadcasters, he was president of the More...

Broadcasters Urged to Participate in White Space Standards
10.28.2008
The IEEE’s Broadcast Technology Society is asking its members to enroll in a ballot group to review and comment on a draft standard for low power devices operating in TV broadcast bands. More...

Broadcasters File 'Emergency Request' on White Space Plan
10.17.2008
If Martin has the support of two of his four fellow commissioners, he will even comply with the demand from Google founder Larry Page that the FCC deliver new rules by Election Day. More...

Martin, LPTVers Fume Over Blocked Class A Initiative
10.17.2008
One FCC official said commissioners felt more information was needed on various issues. More...

Adtec Intros Affordable HD Signage Product
04.28.2006
by Bob Kovacs ~ April 26, 2006 TV TECHNOLOGY Adtec Digital, a Nashville-based manufacturer of encoders, servers and playout systems, unveiled an HD digital media player at NAB2006. The Edje 4111HD digital media More...

Apple Releases Final Cut Studio 5.1
04.28.2006
by Jay Ankeney ~ April 24, 2006 TV TECHNOLOGY Apple's big news for NAB2006 is the release of Final Cut Studio version 5.1, which is now the "universal version" of their post-production software suite. That More...

ARRI unveils Super 16 Camera, Ultra 16 Lenses
04.28.2006
by Keith Tate ~ April 26, 2006 NAB DAILY NEWS Celebrating almost 90 years, ARRI shows no signs of slowing down. The company unveiled camera and lighting products at its Monday press conference that could give an More...