Latest articles by ALDO CUGNINI
Video over Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi is all around us, destined to be as ubiquitous as terrestrial broadcast. Can it eventually replace broadcast? Could it make DTV obsolete in a short
The IPTV picture
IPTV is said to be what you want, when you want it, or essentially video on demand. It evolved as a way for owners of the telephone system infrastructure
Compression toolkit
Many video operators probably take the operation of the various processing devices in the video chain for granted, especially as they affect the video
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
The road to 3-D
Although 3-D content is widely available in theaters, and 3-D disc players are now on retail shelves, terrestrial digital television has not caught up
Interactive services
The killer app of computer interactivity, when considering popularity, is probably the Web browser. But interactivity requires more than just a browser;
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
DRM keys
Content managers are worried that their content will be illegally pirated, and content users are worried that their content use will be unfairly restricted.
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,
Digital audio processors
Signal processing for analog broadcast is a combination of two functions: control of perceived sound (for competitive advantage), and meeting FCC constraints
Tame those artifacts
While we all know that compression causes artifacts, just how much do you know about what causes them and how to reduce them? While the occurrence of
Managing lip sync
Technological progress often seems to occur haltingly: two steps forward, one step back. With the advent of digital processing, video processing began
Get connected
Learn how to properly connect video devices to ensure maximum performance and quality.
Managing lip sync
Solving this problem requires knowledge on how analog video becomes digital
Monitoring networks
With broadcasting shifting to digital facilities, maintenance of operations is becoming more of an exercise in managing information technology. The lines
