Latest articles by ANTHONY R. GARGANO
Mobile DTV
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
Mobile DTV
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
Corporate vs. production IT
There is an old saying that goes something like: With age comes wisdom. Actually, with age comes age — plus a lot of experience.
The mother of invention
Is it really that old? Actually, it is. That oft-used phrase referring to necessity as the mother of invention has its derivation in Book 2 of Plato's
What's a stereographer?
Let the hype begin! The International CES Show has come and gone, and the 3-D juggernaut has now left the station. 3-D technology seemed to permeate every
Where's the disconnect?
Following a lengthy standardization process and comprehensive testing regimen, the long-awaited A/153, the ATSC's DTV standard for mobile television,
Back to the desert
Incredible! Another year is quickly slipping by. We're already a few weeks removed from yet another annual sojourn to the southern California desert.
Threats vs. opportunities
The history of entertainment media is rife with portents of gloom upon the advent of the next newest entertainment delivery technology. Sixty years ago,
TV: the original social network
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
Virtual trade shows
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.
Workflow's new world
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
The tease of ATSC M/H
From time to time, the world of advertising hits a home run by producing memorable television commercials with catchy sayings that eventually join the
Marginalization
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
Strange bedfellows
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
DSLR video production
In the February 2010 edition of Broadcast Engineering, I wrote a column about nontraditional tools for use in broadcast and production applications. One
Improving workflow
The supply chain of content from its initial acquisition to final delivery to the viewer has been revolutionized as a function of the digital era in which
HPA Technology Retreat
The event offered demonstrations of a variety of advanced technologies, as well as glimpses of the future.
DTV decade of struggles
When does a new decade begin? That's now a hotly debated topic, but why? The argument is whether it begins with the year ending in or ending in Put me
