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Dec 11, 2012 / 12:49PM
The Changing Face of Master Control
While the market for master control systems has long been dominated by traditional systems based on dedicated hardware, in recent years a relatively new IT-centric paradigm called “channel-in-a box” has taken the sector by storm.

Staying Away From Orphans
While being an early adopter can give you leading-edge performance, it also exposes you to a danger: owning an orphan.

Numbers—They Don't Always Add Up
“Telephones, hotels, insurance—it’s all the same. If you know the numbers inside out, you know the company inside out.”

Holding for Support

Grab a beverage of choice, maybe a bowl of nuts or chips, start a game of Minesweeper, and curl up with the telephone

Don't Let Urgent Keep You From Important
But the nature of news is urgent, urgent, urgent.

If I'd Only Known Then What I Know Now

"I don't micromanage, but I have microinterest. I do know the details."

Will New Year of 3D Drive Lens Technology?

What’s driving 3D right now? It’s a counter-offensive by the movie theater owners.

The AC Is Running
The assistant cameraman on a tapeless HD shoot is responsible for trafficking the memory cards, keeping them organized, safely dumping them and re-loading the camera.

Hammering Out the Details of Internships
Internships seem to run the gamut from near slave-labor situations to a quarter of which work unsupervised and are given the run of the station.

Taking a Trip to the Aftermarket

A thriving web of developers and manufacturers who are loaded not only with bright ideas, but with the ability to manufacture and deliver relatively small quantities of narrowly-focused, limited-appeal products.