
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

Automation and Asset Management at the 2013 NAB Show
By Bob Kovacs published
Expensive and complicated, automation and asset management systems used to be the domain of the wealthiest and most forward-thinking operations.

Test and Measurement at the 2013 NAB Show
By Bob Kovacs published
The first time a new acquisition format appears at the NAB Show, it draws a crowd of curious onlookers.

Monitors Evolve to Fit Production
By Bob Kovacs published
New technologies, 3D push displays thinner, wider, brighter

Olympics: Intercoms Make the Olympics Possible
By Bob Kovacs published
Producers used 'every trick in the book' to keep communicating

Monitors Take to the Field
By Bob Kovacs published
LCD displays rule the field, but change is coming

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

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

Test & Measurement -- NAB Show 2012
By Bob Kovacs published
Whether you need simple monitoring or detailed analysis, there are new products to help keep your data clean.

Cell Industry Targets BAS Spectrum
By Bob Kovacs published
For many broadcasters, live news operations are the most important feature of their local service—exactly the reason why the FCC granted them licenses in the first place.

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.

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.

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

SIs Thrive on Complexity
By Bob Kovacs published
System integrators find different ways to survive in a down economy

Monitors Get Smaller, Lighter
By Bob Kovacs published
Flat panel monitors will be thinner and more flexible

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

Bigger Is Still Better
By Bob Kovacs published
Satellite trucks keep rolling, despite the allure of IP video

Exploring the Off-Air DTV Dilemma
By Bob Kovacs published
Reception problems create 'haves' and 'have-nots'

Going on the Road with Multiviewers
By Bob Kovacs published
Lightweight flat-panel displays offer low power consumption, save valuable truck space
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.
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