For a while, it appeared the Mobile DTV Pavilion at this year's NAB show was, in reality, a geocache. In order to find it, it seemed one needed to sign

For a while, it appeared the Mobile DTV Pavilion at this year's NAB show was, in reality, a geocache. In order to find it, it seemed one needed to sign

It is a presidential election year the quadrennial event that all broadcasters look forward to with great relish. For many broadcasters, it is their version

From time to time, the world of advertising hits a home run by producing memorable television commercials with catchy sayings that eventually join the

Countries, and the robustness of their economies, rise and fall on the basis of fiscal policies. All too often, those policies are dictated by the latest

One wonders if there is anything at all in Washington that isn't broken. Dysfunctional government has dropped the American public's approval rating of

In May of this year, I joined about 30,000 others from around the world to converge in, of all places, Dayton, OH. Why would so many people from all around

Have you noticed the abatement in hype surrounding 3-D TV? The question cries out: What has happened to last year's declared breakthrough technology of

Is the broadcast community asleep at the switch? It certainly appears so. H-e-l-l-o-o?! Are you awake out there? Microsoft, Google, the Consumer Electronics

The world of high tech, it seems, is always rife with buzz words, and certainly broadcast is no exception. One of the buzz words we hear today constantly

An electrical problem has shut down Amtrak and closed the northeast corridor tracks into New York. Those were the words I heard one morning at 5 a.m.

Welcome to yet another installment of what I refer to as Broadcast Engineering's Andy Rooney segment. It's fun to be given the final page of this great

The history of entertainment media is rife with portents of gloom upon the advent of the next newest entertainment delivery technology. Sixty years ago,

3-D TV is overhyped and not ready for prime time — yet.

The event offered demonstrations of a variety of advanced technologies, as well as glimpses of the future.

Video capture tools get curiouser and curiouser.

Broadcasters must understand its implications.

There are cost savings but also challenges

LCD technology has come of age

Displays have gone from small to large and back again

When it comes to 3-D, there is nothing new under the sun

In the February 2010 edition of Broadcast Engineering, I wrote a column about nontraditional tools for use in broadcast and production applications. One