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STB rules
As is widely known by now, the federal government has released details of the congressionally mandated coupon program for subsidizing digital-to-analog
Monitors
The venerable CRT monitor is coming to the end of its lifespan. The shock is how quickly this seems to be happening. Most experts are steadfast in their
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.
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
Compression tech
The ubiquity of compressed video brings some interesting challenges to broadcasters transmitting video programs. One of these is an increasing tendency
Monitoring networks
With broadcasting shifting to digital facilities, maintenance of operations is becoming more of an exercise in managing information technology. The lines
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
Smart antennas
The analog cutoff is now less than one year away, and with that change will come new reception issues for terrestrial broadcast viewers. Although the
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
Sound connections
Get the maximum performance and quality from your digital audio interfaces.
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
Codecs push the compression envelope
It seems as if we have just gotten used to MPEG-2 coding, and we are already facing a palette of new coding methods. Even the growing number of applications
Digital conversion
Aspects of format conversion have been known and appreciated for some time, due to the frequent need to convert between different video standards. Many
Get connected
Learn how to properly connect video devices to ensure maximum performance and quality.
Internet TV
Here’s a look at the technologies behind content distribution over the Internet.
Multiplexing
Bandwidth is expensive, so combining multiple digital signals into a single stream is desirable, but complex
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
Digital audio
Last month, we looked at some of the audio processors used in today's digital broadcast plants. This month, we'll dig a bit deeper into multichannel audio
Streaming video
Today, content producers no longer have a captive audience of local TV screens. Their content is likely to be viewed by anyone with an Internet (or even
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
