Streaming Viewership Was Flat in August George Winslow The Olympics and kids returning to school slowed the ongoing growth of streaming viewing relative to broadcast and cable, according to Nielsen’s The Gauge
Pluto TV Hits 100 Spanish Channels in Latam George Winslow The ViacomCBS service also announced that it would be launching its service in Italy in October as the markets first FAST channel
Gray’s WOIO-TV to Launch a New Telemundo Station in Cleveland George Winslow WOIO 19 News will launch the market’s first Telemundo local affiliate on January 1, 2022
Media Execs Urge Reinstatement of Tax Incentives to Promote Diversity in Station Ownership George Winslow The dean and associate deans of the Broadcast Leadership Training program have sent a letter to Congressional leaders to express their support for the proposed legislation to reinstate the diversity tax certificate program
PTC Applauds Hulu’s Decision to Add PIN-Restrictions George Winslow Move will prevent kids from accessing adult profiles but the PTC says Disney-owned Hulu still has more work to do and urges it to tighten up restrictions in other areas
Kenya Broadcasting Corp. Adds TVU One 4K HDR Transmitters Phil Kurz The broadcaster has added 10 new transmitters and a TVU VS3500 4K UHD server
Apple Ups Its Pro Camera, Video Production Appeal with Launch of iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max Posted Apple is billing the new phones as having the most advanced pro camera system ever on iPhone; they are the only smartphones in the world to provide an end-to-end workflow — capture, edit, and share in Dolby Vision or ProRes
Execs from AWS, Cisco and Discovery to Speak at AIMS IP Oktoberfest Posted The interactive virtual event will feature perspectives of tech developers and end users on the current progress toward an all-IP ecosystem for media production
ATSC 3.0 Deployments: Where and When Will NextGen TV be Available? Posted ATSC expects 60 markets to launch NextGen TV by mid-2021
Disaster Recovery in the Cloud Posted If disaster strikes, the last thing you want is for operators to scrabble around trying to make sense of an unfamiliar system
How Entertainment Marketers Can Own the Streamer’s Journey Posted Now is the time for services to tailor their strategies around key moments of the streaming experience
Telos Secure Networks Achieves CMMI Best Practices Designation By Phil Kurz Its Secure Networks – Core Solutions have achieved CMMI Development V2.0 Maturity Level 3 status
Interra Systems Unveils ORION 2110 Probe By Phil Kurz The probe supports SMPTE ST 2110 workflows from ingest and content prep to delivery
Globo Used Bitmovin for 8K Streaming of Tokyo Games By George Winslow Deployed Bitmovin encoding to deliver 8K HDR content from the Tokyo Olympic Games
New OOONA App Assists Translators, Managers With Remote Workflows By Phil Kurz The app makes it possible to manage urgent and live work scheduling
Gravity Media Integrates Dream Chip AtomOne Mini Air Camera For Unique Tennis Coverage By Phil Kurz The production services company has deployed its NetCam camera for tournament coverage
TAG Adds Support for NDI 5, SRT By Phil Kurz With minimal latency, SRT can assure transport of signals across networks with no loss of quality
20 Years Broadcasters Will Never Forget By Frank Beacham In the first of two features on the impact of the 9/11 terror attacks on local stations, we look at the efforts to move broadcast signals to a temporary and then more permanent site
Restoring Over-the-Air TV in New York City After 9/11 By Doug Lung In our second of two features on the impact of 9/11, we look at the engineers and tech teams that helped restore broadcast signals and their eventual move to One World Trade Center
NFL Los Angeles Officially Opens By George Winslow New 450,000 square foot state-of-the-art studios and offices feature five main studios and six production and audio control rooms.
Even in the Cloud, Managing Assets Doesn’t Get Any Easier By Adrian Pennington No one size fits all in the new world of managing assets in the cloud
AIMS Publishes Media-Over-IP Educational Resources By Phil Kurz The collection of presentations, papers and solutions addresses broadcasters and AV industry pros
CP Communications Overcomes Spectrum Shortage At Major Events Despite Repack By Phil Kurz The degree of difficulty depends on the location and number of spectrum users
AIMS Issues Paper Call For IP Oktoberfest 2021 By Phil Kurz Technical presentations, use cases and non-commercial facility overviews are welcome
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
‘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
