BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
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Do it for the children
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
The FCC is deciding how much kiddy-focused programming you have to broadcast to keep your license

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

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

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

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
The fourth annual Broadcast Engineering EXCELLENCE AWARDS
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
Entries for the 2005 Broadcast Engineering Excellence Awards were announced in the December 2004 Digital Reference Guide. That issue contained 32 entries,

I won't if you don't
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
Recently, there have been efforts to get broadcasters to cooperate in delivering content to viewers in new ways, ones that would let them participate in the revenue.

Streaming technology
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
In the last part of our series on the industry's building plans, we focus on streaming technology.

On the road again
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
It looks like FCC Chairman Michael Powell is finally putting some air back in the nation's DTV system.

Competition lets everyone win
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
I have to acknowledge that even I, one who should know better, have become media-desirous. I finally got cable.

Finger power
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
Sometimes the oldest ideas make for the best new inventions. I thought of that recently as I was researching some ideas for articles in Broadcast Engineering.

By the Numbers
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
In part V of our series on the industry's building plans, we focus on RF systems. Specifically we'll look at key issues related to the purchase and scheduled implementation of DTV.

Dream or nightmare?
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
This year's NAB was certainly something all right, but exactly what I'm not so sure.

No FUD found
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
Given the dire premonitions from many circles, one would have thought that the mood at this year's NAB convention would resemble a funeral rather than a trade show.

The IBC toy store
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
This year's IBC will be quite successful because it has evolved into much more than a broadcast event.

It's just software
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
As I toured the NAB exhibition floor, multiple top-flight exhibitors showed what they termed 4K/2K workflow solutions. The products included cameras,

NAB: Yes, you should go!
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
Friends know that I attend some kind of convention in Las Vegas every spring, but they have no real idea what it's about or why I go. I've tried explaining

Is your TV watching you?
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
A recent blog post from the website HD Guru caused the consumer spaces to explode with controversy and apprehension. The article's author wrote about

Let TV die
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
A May 2011 report titled If a TV station broadcasts in the forest, written by Thomas W. Hazlett, a professor of law and economics at George Mason University

Frequencies for sale
By BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR published
Just over a year ago, the FCC released its long-awaited National Broadband Plan (NBP). For broadcasters, the plan means losing 120MHz, or 20 channels,
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