Nexstar Media Promotes Ron Romines To SVP & Regional Manager George Winslow Broadcasting executive with 30 years of management, sales, and marketing experience will oversee broadcasting and digital operations in various U.S. markets
NBC & Telemundo Owned Stations Launch Redesigned Mobile Apps George Winslow New features include more customization options, dark mode, trending news feeds, and weather precipitation alerts in English and Spanish
Fios TV App Expands to Apple TV, Fire TV George Winslow Verizon also launches new Mix & Match plans for Fios offerings
Samba TV Announces Global TV Viewership Dashboard George Winslow The new free tool provides real-time ratings for local, national, and international programs and events like the Tokyo Olympics
HBO Max and HBO Subs Hit 67.5 Million Worldwide George Winslow Faster than expected growth means company now expects 70M to 73M subs around the world by the end of 2021
Hulu + Live TV Lands on Comcast’s Xfinity Flex George Winslow Launch provides Xfinity Flex customers another option for streaming live TV
A Broadcast Tech Veteran Remembers the Early Years of Cable TV Posted Local cable TV in the '70's meant small budgets and a lot of patience
From 1.0 to 3.0: What’s Next for ATSC? Posted After a slow start in 2020, developments so far in 2021 are showing promise
ATSC 3.0 Deployments: Where and When Will NextGen TV be Available? Posted ATSC expects 60 markets to launch NextGen TV by mid-2021
Report: Top 25 Media Companies Control 2/3rds of Global Ad Market Posted Their share has increased as efforts to regulate big tech have accelerated, GroupM reports
An Arms Race for Subscribers is Driving M&E Consolidation Posted But content, original or not, is still king
Wooden Shipping New Camera Accessories By George Winslow Offering a new collection of kits and accessories for Blackmagic’s Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro
MetadataIQ Automates Speech-To-Text Process, Metadata Creation For Avid Platform By Phil Kurz The Digital Nirvana SaaS tool is helping editors cut hours off the time needed to create content
Sencore Announces Suite of ATSC 3.0 Products By Phil Kurz The lineup includes a multichannel transcoder, handheld signal meter and receiver decoder
Clear-Com Unveils Next-Gen IP-Based Central Station To Integrate Partyline, Matrix Systems By Phil Kurz Arcadia Central Station also supports connectivity to third-party Dante and AES67 AoIP devices
Dielectric To Feature New ATSC 3.0 SFN Antenna Series At NAB Show By Phil Kurz The Powerlite TFU-WB-LP series is designed specifically for NextGen TV SFN and LPTV use
ThinkAnalytics, Gracenote Launch New Visual Content Discovery System By George Winslow New turnkey solution will enable video services providers to deliver personalized experiences
Rapid Growth Predicted for Broadcast Scheduling Software Market By George Winslow Should see 18.5% CAGR a year between 2021 and 2028, according to Grand View Research
Average TV Chief Engineer Salary Approaches $80,000, Finds SBE Survey By Phil Kurz The anonymous survey also gathered information on demographics and certifications
All-Star Game First: Fox Sports To Deliver 2021 Game In 4K HDR By Phil Kurz The Fox Sports vice president of field operations and engineering Brad Cheney discusses the All-Star Game
Olympic Games to Debut Immersive Sound By Dennis Baxter What will masked and socially distanced crowds sound like?
Test Equipment Vendors Expand Capabilities to Address IP, ATSC 3.0 By James Careless Maintaining a robust and optimized stream is more important than ever
It’s ‘Go Digital or Go Dark’ Time for LPTVs By James O'Neal Most should meet the July 13 analog shutoff
Dejero and Dazzl Partner on New Cloud-based Production Tools By George Winslow New technologies from the collaboration simplified the live production of two alpine races
UHD Spain Delivers First Simultaneous UHD HDR and SDR Broadcasts By George Winslow The signals were made available via satellite, TDT and the Internet in Spain
The Rapidly Changing Face of TV News Sets By Susan Ashworth Increased efficiencies, immersive VR sets help to produce more compelling content
Industry’s Move to Cloud Masks Complexity By Adrian Pennington Vendors stress importance of IP management tools and services
‘How Video Compression Affects AV and KVM Systems’ Webcast Set for March 30 By TVT Staff Black Box Senior Director John Hickey will partake in event
TVTech Talk: ‘Remote Production—Rebuilding for the Future’ Webcast Open for Registration By TVT Staff Next TVTech Talk event to take place on Dec. 9
TVTech Talk: Keys to New Reality of Remote Production By TVT Staff Latest TVTech Talk now available on-demand
How Broadcasters Can Boost Cybersecurity, Productivity with Their Home-Based Workforce By James Careless TV Technology joins Teradici as they share some thoughts they will present during an upcoming webinar on August 11th at 2pm EST.
Increasing Channel Bandwidth to Broadcast 8K By Ling Ling Sun Using the VSON approach in an ATSC 3.0 environment.
Netflix Upgrades Audio By Tom Butts ‘High quality audio’ reduces compression to 'nearly lossless' levels
Effective Content Protection for the Digitally Connected World By Jack Curtis It is common knowledge in the broadcast industry that conditional access systems are no longer a significant barrier to the illegal redistribution of content.
Fox Expands AWS Cloud Partnership By Tom Butts 21st Century Fox will use Amazon's cloud service to deliver on-demand titles and for machine learning and data analytics
SFNs: ATSC 3.0 a Great Enabler for an Old Technology By James E. O'Neal Digital television technology eliminates the old “ghost” problem for single-frequency networks
