Latest articles by Bob Kovacs
There used to be just a couple of ways for a broadcaster to get a good quality signal from outside the studio: microwave and satellite.
Most of the best gear in the world is worthless without the means to connect to other devices, so paying attention to the seemingly mundane topic of cables and connectors is important.
High-power transmitters continue their evolution from IOT devices of 15-20 years ago to increasingly solid-state devices.
Less than four years ago, a well-regarded expert on the subject of coaxial cable told me that creating affordable and practical 12G coax was not going to happen.
If there were any television transmitters on the NAB Show floor that used IOTs or other tubes, I did not see them.
Helped along by the IP and cellular revolution, there are more ways than ever to get a broadcast-quality signal from Point A to Point B.
Broadcast test gear has traditionally been discrete devices, such as waveform monitors, vectorscopes, spectrum analyzers and field-strength meters.
Customers should look for IP capability, 4K
Broadcasters have to monitor an increasingly hybrid environment
BenQ loaned me a PV270 post-production monitor that targets the needs of video editors.
“Adding more viewing options creates more overall viewing, and therefore more available video ad opportunities.”
IP has brought a technology explosion to the process of moving broadcast-quality video from one location to another.
It’s a transitional time for the transmission category.
The growth of 4K test gear in the past three years has been astonishing.
Nothing is more essential to a television system than a reliable interconnection system.
There’s still a lot of mystery and confusion about how the cloud works and what it means to video operations, so it was time to take a look at what the cloud can do for broadcasters.
Good audio begins with a quality mic and the right technique, but there are always technical advances that can mean new mic designs and operating procedures.
Audio cables have a characteristic impedance and they are also subject to the same impedance changes when poorly installed and handled.
