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.
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The potential benefits of an all-IP network

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4K display technology was huge at last month’s International CES and some of it made sense to me and some not so much.

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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.

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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.

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The 30th anniversary of the launch of TV Technology has really given me pause...

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How can broadcasters differentiate from the competition?

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The pros and cons of a nonlinear environment

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One network's 14-year journey to convert to digital

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Transmitting service is more than just adding an exciter
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The DTV transition has prompted new lingo at IPTV

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Ensuring film-like quality in digital video

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With the end of the DTV transition, attention turns to converting the rest of the IPTV network

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Managing media in the digital chain is key

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A look at how the country handles remotes

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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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