DAVID AUSTERBERRY , EDITOR

Broadcast Engineering World editor David Austerberry discusses the place of broadcasters in a technological environment that has essentially transformed them into content middlemen

Editor David Austerberry challenges reports that TV will go the way of the music industry, noting that many viewers are still happy to get the lean-back experience linear TV provides.

The old systems for delivering SD commercials need an injection of modern data management to meet demands for lower error rates and greater efficiency.

During June, many in the broadcast sector will be heading to Singapore for BroadcastAsia. One cannot but notice that CommunicAsia, running in parallel

As we all prepare for the trip to Las Vegas, I'm betting that many of you will have the phrase we live in interesting times ringing in your ears. The

Recently I got a second chance to see the Sony test movie which was first shown at NAB. Shot and projected in 4K, the pictures are stunning. As I watched

What will the next decade hold for television? By the time you read this, the CES show will have passed, and where better to get a view of the future?

On a regular basis, I get into discussions about converting video frame rates. For historic reasons, TV frame rates are linked to power frequency. Operating

I was at an industry reception to promote a new advanced technology product when I fell into a conversation about a company that sells analog distribution

With IBC over, it's time to reflect on the recovery. Many vendors were putting on a brave face, whereas some were showing real successes, usually through

By the time you are reading this, I will most likely be in Amsterdam attending IBC. Because the show ranks second to NAB as an annual broadcast equipment

Recently, I attended a seminar on advanced media workflows. The panel talked about the advantages that file-based operations bring to production, especially

You may have read recently about the debate in the United States regarding white space in the RF spectrum. Although the debate is based on the recent

I was chatting with a friend about the buzz at NAB, and he said, This 3-D stuff is much more interesting than 3Gb/s. I agree. Not only are there engineering

What happens when you buy content, but it is locked away as a file rather than recorded on a medium that is stored on a shelf? Now that television programming

September is IBC time. It was not long ago that the show title changed from the International Broadcasting Convention to just plain IBC in order to reflect

Television viewers have more ways to view content than ever. It seems to me that the volume of content available is increasing at a much higher rate than

If you are visiting IBC this year, you could well be in Amsterdam reading this. So why did you take a week out of your busy schedule to attend the show?

Last month I went to the Royal Television Society for the annual Schoenberg lecture, which commemorates one of the early developers of television. John

The International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers (IABM) recently held its second annual summit. This year, the theme was developing strategies

Convergence can mean many things. In television, we usually think of convergence as broadcast, IT and telecoms coming together at the technology layer.

Viewers can now see their favorite shows off-the-air, downloaded to a portable player or as pay-per-view from cable or IPTV. They can download to a PC,

With the analog switch-off in progress around the world, in many cases, the replacement has been an MPEG-2 service. From ATSC to SD satellite services,