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The May 1, 2002, deadline for all U.S. commercial broadcasters to begin operation of their DTV channels is now history.

If you had to pick two letters from the English alphabet with the potential to have the greatest impact on the future of broadcasting, what would they be?

The ability to represent information using the binary code of ones and zeros was well established before the development of modern computers.

Many TiVo subscribers were disappointed when recent attempts to watch World Cup soccer matches were tarnished when their digital video recorders (DVRs) didn't store the programming.

On Nov. 13, 2001, it was announced that Cable Television Laboratories had adopted the DVB Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) as part of the OpenCable Application Platform (OCAP).

It is clear that control over the flow of bits is a critical step in our migration to the new digital media infrastructure.

The 1999 movie, Pirates of Silicon Valley, tracks the exploits of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, calling them pioneers of an industry that transformed the world.

HD is on its way to becoming the dominant player in motion imaging.

NAB2004 may well be remembered as the turning point for interoperability. It set the stage for a new digital workflow based on the processing of digital

High-action sports can produce some of the most demanding scenes that an MPEG-2 encoder will ever encounter.

Six years into the so-called DTV transition for broadcasters, less than one percent of U.S. homes are capable of receiving DTV broadcasts.

This column is supposed to tell a story about “broadband for broadcasters.” Broadband vs. broadcasters would put a more interesting spin on the subject.

In February, this column examined a hot new topic in the broadcast industry: digital workflow. That column touched upon the history behind the development

With DVDs, NVOD, VOD and Personal Video Recorders (PVRs), the viewers are becoming the program directors, watching what they want, when they want, with no regard for continuity

More than 25 companies demonstrated products in support of H.264 at NAB. Many of these products also support the VC-1 codec from Microsoft. These products

Emerging digital technologies present broadcasters with all kinds of disruptions to what was once an easy-to-make-money business model

Reasons why broadcasters need to think of DTV as an opportunistic way to rebuild their business.