BRAD DICK, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR

I was jogging late one evening in a large park near my home. The nature trails are normally tranquil and solitary. This time, however, I found myself

Editorial director Brad Dick discusses the changing platforms on which consumers view content and reassures broadcasters that TV isn’t going away anytime soon

A recent story on the Broadcast Engineering website reviewed Qualcomm's potential decision to sell its video delivery business, FLO TV. Qualcomm's chairman

I've previously been of the opinion that TV viewers would never settle for watching TV programming on computers because it required a lean-forward experience.

Editorial director Brad Dick discusses the proposed Spectrum Measurement and Policy Reform Act and how it will affect broadcasters’ stations and bank accounts

Apple and AT&T recently found themselves in hot water with the FCC when Google complained about its Voice application not being allowed on Apple's iPhone.

I recently stumbled across the TV program Living with Ed. The show stars Ed Begley Jr. and his wife, Rachelle Carson. Begley is probably best known for

I recently had the pleasure of spending about a week with my young adult niece as she visited me between college semesters. The visit turned out to be

Your last hurrah may be on the 11 p.m. news. It seems at least one group of TV stations has decided to run obituaries. Until now, obits were the exclusive

The FCC has seemingly ignored a recent Washington, D.C., Circuit Court ruling that says it has no power to regulate broadband and will attempt to further

According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the FCC is dealing with so much paperwork that it requires 57 million burden hours just to process

The stage is set for a seismic battle between the over-the-air (OTA) broadcast industry and the most powerful political animals in the world: a Congress

If Americans stopped watching television, we'd all be in a heap of trouble. So, when I spy a headline predicting a video apocalypse, I follow up and dig

We've all been tripped up by something to which we should have seen or paid attention. Perhaps you locked your keys inside the car because your mind was

You can spot an NAB Show newbie a mile away. These are people either walking around in a complete daze, or as hyped as a new puppy. To help prevent overload,

This year there were 40 entries in Broadcast Engineering's Excellence Awards contest. The winning entries were selected based on more than 30,000 votes

I was cruising along to work one morning when a small VW Bug whipped up beside me on the right. Looking over, I noticed it was being driven by a young

Dark, ominous clouds of potentially cataclysmic, business-changing proportions are brewing in Washington. Formed by converging forces of progressive-philosophy-leaning

Along with a continued spell of global warming It's 4 degrees with a windchill of 20 below outside as I write this the news of impending monumental changes

If I rated technical topics by the number of press releases received, cloud storage would be number one. Not a day goes by when I don't receive at least

The path from the TV station to a viewer's television set used to be simple and direct: transmit antenna to receive antenna. Today, there are a variety

There's a new competitor coming to your viewers' TV sets: the Internet. No, I'm not talking about the Internet being viewed on a computer; I'm talking

What's your favorite comfort food? For a Midwesterner, it might be chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes. For a Bostonian, comfort food might be clam