
Bob Kovacs
Bob Kovacs is the former Technology Editor for TV Tech and editor of Government Video. He is a long-time video engineer and writer, who now works as a video producer for a government agency. In 2020, Kovacs won several awards as the editor and co-producer of the short film "Rendezvous."
Latest articles by Bob Kovacs

Eye on ENG/SNG: ENG Trucks Roll Through Changing Landscape
By Bob Kovacs published
New technology, vehicle changes mean ENG faces a shifting future

Vinten Vision Blue 5 Camera Support System
By Bob Kovacs published
Vinten is a well-known manufacturer of tripods and pan-and-tilt heads, with a reputation for high-quality products.

Multiviewers Simplify Control Room Monitoring
By Bob Kovacs published
Individual monitors have been swiftly replaced by a better technology

4K Monitors Starting to Come Into Focus
By Bob Kovacs published
4K monitors are coming and, when they get here, they will be great.

OTT Video Demands New Test Techniques
By Bob Kovacs published
If you’ve gone ‘over-the-top,’ do you know what your viewers see?

Google Fiber TV Bets on Blistering Broadband
By Bob Kovacs published
Search king builds out a network to deliver TV and ultra-fast data

ENG Trucks Drive Toward Hi-Def
By Bob Kovacs published
Updating to HD means more than just new cameras.

IBC2012 Keynote to Embrace Tech Education
By Bob Kovacs published
Benefits of technology to spill onto the show floor, with hundreds of new products

Secced's Reach 8 Camera Support System
By Bob Kovacs published
One nice feature about the legs is that they can collapse only so far—maintaining a space so that your hand won't be crushed if it inadvertently happens to be at the top of the leg

NBP Generates Proposals from Broadcasters
By Bob Kovacs published
There's no shortage of technology, but is there an incentive to make it happen?

LightSquared Fights Interference Claims
By Bob Kovacs published
Is wireless broadband startup losing its way over GPS?

RadiantGrid Offers New Digital Cinema Transcoding
By Bob Kovacs published
Allows content in a variety of digital formats to be converted to JPEG 2000 for video and PCM for audio, and then combined into the MXF container format.

Grass Valley Focuses On Its Future
By Bob Kovacs published
Upgrades to the Trinix router provide direct fiber optic I/O and multiviewer output from the router.

EVS Expands Servers, Puts Newsroom in Box
By Bob Kovacs published
Partnerships with customers have led the company into new areas.

Exploring the Off-Air DTV Dilemma
By Bob Kovacs published
Reception problems create 'haves' and 'have-nots'
Voice of America Leaps To Server Workflow
By Bob Kovacs published
Like many media organizations, Voice of America needed to come up with a plan to convert a busy tape-based facility to the new digital world.

RF Testing Through the Signal Chain
By Bob Kovacs published
From transmitter to viewer, measurements ensure clean signals
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