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Managing lip sync
Solving this problem requires knowledge on how analog video becomes digital
Digital audio for DTV
There are various technologies available to broadcasters and consumers to augment video and audio programming. Digital technology allows the use of additional
MPEG tools
While MPEG has existed for more than a decade and continues to evolve, there are many options within the standards that seem new to many observers. In
Video interfaces
Professional digital interfaces continue to evolve in parallel with higher-resolution professional and consumer video formats. The once simple arena of
DTV reception
Many factors contribute to the successful delivery of services to over-the-air digital television viewers. In addition to the different technologies involved,
Preparing for analog cutoff
With the DTV analog cutoff just two months away, work by the FCC, NAB, broadcasters and cable groups is bringing issues to light that need to be resolved
Audio level control
Electronically processed analog audio has been around since about 1876 when Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray filed patents for transmitting the human
Wireless video
With wireless technologies moving more content to viewers, live television broadcast must adapt to consumers' lifestyles, and while an OTA connection
TV on the go
Mobile DTV standards give content providers the ability to broadcast multiple video programs and data to mobile and vehicular devices. Although basic
Interactive TV
Consumers are increasingly staying connected to their content world through fixed and mobile devices. This connectivity requires a level of interactivity
Mobile video technology
Mobile DTV is continuing to roll out in the United States. The Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC) recently projected that the new service will reach more
Media wrappers
Broadcasting today relies on the ingest, storage and playout of content involving many different tape- and file-based media. With the migration toward
HD interfaces
DisplayPort and HDMI are becoming preferred technologies for use with video displays.
MPEG standards
A new generation of standards provides more efficiency and higher quality.
Elements of DRM
Digital rights management (DRM) has come to mean the combination of content protection (by means of encryption) with entitlement rules (conditional access,
MPEG-4 AVC
With the growing interest in repurposing video to multiple media and diverse means of display, including mobile TV systems, it is useful to consider how
Broadcast monitors
Video monitoring technology continues to evolve at an amazing pace. Just consider the variety of new broadcast and production monitors that were announced
Broadcast monitors
Video monitoring technology continues to evolve at an amazing pace. Just consider the variety of new broadcast and production monitors that were announced and demonstrated at NAB this year
ATSC compliance
For many years, compliance in the broadcast industry has meant conducting a successful FCC proof of performance, and the technical requirements for compliance
