BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
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IBC was great, minus the travel
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
After enduring a 22-hour, door-to-door travel time getting home from IBC, I'm ready to endorse children-free airplanes. I was unfortunate enough to encounter
Note from the editor
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
This year there were 45 entries in Broadcast Engineering's Excellence Awards contest. The winning entries were selected based on thousands of votes we

Energy Star this!
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
Four years ago, I purchased a new home, which came equipped with Energy Star-compliant appliances. From day one, the dishwasher refused to fully dry the

The $650 million DTV converter box
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
We've all heard about how wasteful the government is when it comes to spending our money. Examples include the $100 million wasted to purchase 270,000
Note from the editor
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
This year's Broadcast Engineering Excellence awards totaled 45?entries. The contest pages posted on our Web site generated more than 23,000 page views!

The FCC's DTV trick or treat
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
It's that time of year again. Your doorbell rings and when you answer, you're greeted with little costumed munchkins begging for candy and promising tricks

Bigger is always better
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
A recent Best Buy Omnitel survey shows a growing demand by women for input and

Marketing to boomers: boon or bust?
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
New research from Harris Interactive says we baby boomers feel that Madison Avenue has forgotten we exist. The study, commissioned by the TV Land cable network, shows that two-thirds of adult

Has HD officially arrived in Europe?
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
It appears that Europe is likely to adopt one standard, which will make life easier for everyone

Mr. Copp's neighborhood
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Would you be mine? Could you be mine? Good afternoon, children. Welcome to my neighborhood, where all TV broadcasts

Attend school - get cool stuff.
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
I want to go back to school. Why would I want to return to the classroom? I've already got a BA and MA degree. Some would say I have a PhD in BS, but

Copps: The FCC's yappy dog
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
Commissioner Michael Copps is prone to incessant tirades. And he's been a thorn in the side of broadcasters since his appointment to the commission by President Bush in May 2001

Dam DRM
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
New digital asset management systems are providing content holders with the ability to literally turn on and off your rights to enjoy the entertainment you thought you owned
Preaching to the ATSC choir
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
One could feel electricity in the air as the crowded room overflowed Monday morning at the mobile TV meeting at the NAB convention. Broadcasters, all

The smell of free money
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
Scene opens in a typical American home. Time: early 2009. Husband and wife in living room with old-style TV set. Goody, goody, goody! Yahoo! We're getting

To tell the truth
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
Will the real HDTV programming please show up

Profanity-free-TV
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
While there have always been respectable people and certain groups that opposed what they define as indecent broadcasts, today it's gotten entirely out of hand

HDTV's killer ap
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
Today’s PC industry still thinks that people, especially those who work in front of a PC all day, are going to go home and sit in front of ANOTHER PC to watch TV

The buzz is back
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
Convention attendees and exhibitors returned to Las Vegas to take the industry's collective temperature

Hollywood is the puppet master
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
If Hollywood has its way, broadcasters will become the modern equivalent of the bucket brigade.
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