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

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

Broadcasters are fighting to keep their entire spectrum to themselves, but they may need a new battle cry

It seems like broadcasters are being squeezed at every turn these days. The networks are putting the squeeze on compensation for affiliates. In many cases,

Just months after the FCC set the DTV transition schedule, those sensible folks in Congress “fixed” it

A look at the past four decades and how technology has evolved and adapted to meet consumers’ needs for their professional and personal use.

Welcome to NAB2005 your future starts here. That's an interesting way to describe the world's biggest trade show and conference, an event that is focused

TVs and PCs are looking more and more similar as the component technologies from which they are built rapidly converge.

There have been a series of promotional announcements on the radio lately they sound more like ads to me talking about the advantages of free radio. The

Coming into NAB2005, the HDV format was the big buzz

Historians tend to look for events that represent a turning point in the prevailing views of those affected by historic changes. History is likely to

A true studio in a box is now possible, thanks to the convergence of traditional video production tools with IT systems

I agree with Steve Jobs that 2005 will be the year of HDTV, at least for Apple. Will it also be the year that broadcasters wake up and smell the bits?

By the time The Telecommunications Act of 2006 is finalized ... you will need a scorecard to identify key players

Is data the big fish that got away?

U.S. consumers are embracing digital television — but will broadcasters be left holding the old analog bag?

It goes by many names — FireWire, iLink, IEEE 1394-1995, or just 1394. Soon it will be available in a new high-performance flavor, IEEE 1394b, offering performance comparable to gigabit Ethernet.

Offering high-quality video files with today’s demands for multicasting and alternative distribution media requires extra attention to encoding and decoding methods

In 1932, David Sarnoff, then the president of RCA, wrote an article titled Where Television Stands Today for the April issue of Modern Mechanics and Inventions.

Over the years, I have spent a great deal of time making news. Lest anyone get the mistaken impression that typing my name into Google is going to provide