
Bill Hayes
Bill Hayes is the former director of engineering and technology for Iowa PBS and has been at the forefront of broadcast TV technology for more than 40 years. He’s a former president of IEEE’s Broadcast Technology Society, is a Partnership Board Member of the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) and has contributed extensively to SMPTE and ATSC. He is a recipient of Future's 2021 Tech Leadership Award and SMPTE Fellow.
Latest articles by Bill Hayes

Bringing IP Routing Into The Broadcast Facility
By Bill Hayes published
The potential benefits of an all-IP network

Looking Beyond the Numbers at CES
By Bill Hayes published
4K display technology was huge at last month’s International CES and some of it made sense to me and some not so much.

Switching From 1080 to Ultra HD
By Bill Hayes published
With 4k displays already showing up in viewers’ living rooms and ATSC 3.0, the step from 1080i to 1080p may be incrementally too small to be worthwhile.

Transitioning Broadcast Automation
By Bill Hayes published
In late February, Avid announced their “Final Sale Plan for FastBreak Automation,” the name for the automation system they acquired with their 2006 purchase of Sundance Digital.

Celebrating TV Technology’s 30th Anniversary
By Bill Hayes published
The 30th anniversary of the launch of TV Technology has really given me pause...

We're More Than Just 'Content Carriers'
By Bill Hayes published
How can broadcasters differentiate from the competition?

Electronic Field Production: The Good, The Bad, The Useful
By Bill Hayes published
The pros and cons of a nonlinear environment

DTV Transition Just the First Stage
By Bill Hayes published
One network's 14-year journey to convert to digital

Some Questions for Mobile DTV
By Bill Hayes published
Transmitting service is more than just adding an exciter
The Problem with PATSS
By Bill Hayes published
The DTV transition has prompted new lingo at IPTV

Shedding Light on HyperGamma
By Bill Hayes published
Ensuring film-like quality in digital video

Lost in Translators
By Bill Hayes published
With the end of the DTV transition, attention turns to converting the rest of the IPTV network

Workflow's Disruptive Process
By Bill Hayes published
Managing media in the digital chain is key

Digital Journal: China's Approach to Field Production
By Bill Hayes published
A look at how the country handles remotes

The BBC’s Hybrid System for EFP
By Bill Hayes published
Well, when we consider that the spectrum crunch is not just about the UHF band as the CTIA’s recent letter to the FCC suggested, yet another reduction in the BAS allocation could be in the offing.
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