Latest articles by DAVID AUSTERBERRY , EDITOR
Should content be locked away?
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
Embrace change or be left behind
I have been following the recent analog switchoff in a small region of the UK. The analog shutoff is protracted as region-by-region digital transmitter
A slow start for HD
HDTV in Europe is suffering a long gestation period. Compared with the United States, mainstream programming is barely off the starting blocks. The World
The medium is not the message
That's not to say I disagree with Marshall McLuhan; I'm using the word medium out of context. In the world of broadcast technology, media can also refer
Soccer kicks off HD in Europe
The start of HD transmissions across Europe has created a renewed interest in upgrading old plans
Multiple screen sizes may create multiple headaches
Workflow automation and DAM will become essential tools in providing cost-effective re-versioning of content for tomorrow's delivery channels
Technology is democratising news gathering
Television news organizations are always looking for unusual, exclusive or sensational pictures in the drive for ratings, and citizens' news is a new slant
To show or not to show
The editor discusses why both attendees and exhibitors should question the reasons for going to a trade show
Who controls the gatekeeper?
Who should be in control of the channels we watch? The government or corporations? The author says it depends on a lot of things
Where are the frontiers?
Put two civil servants in a room, and they will inevitably dream up some new legislation. One of the roles of the European Commission is to regulate broadcasting
How much does picture quality cost?
At a recent event, I watched a demonstration of a new video delivery service. On a large flat screen, highly compressed video showed all the usual artifacts
Display options
The video engineer may be wedded to the waveform monitor and vectorscope, but the ultimate arbiter of quality is to view a picture monitor. Picture monitors
Television grows up
The International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers (IABM) recently held its second annual summit. This year, the theme was developing strategies
Feast your eyeballs
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,
One person's loss is another's gain
The editor says the time has come for television to relinquish its profligate use of spectrum and welcome the analog switch-off
Been there, done that
The editor discusses how television will adapt to new mobile and IPTV technologies
The digital divide
Most of the readers of Broadcast Engineering would consider themselves to have a higher level of knowledge of television and computers than the average consumer
HD: A branding vehicle
Convergence can mean many things. In television, we usually think of convergence as broadcast, IT and telecoms coming together at the technology layer.
Is the channel dead?
Last month I went to the Royal Television Society for the annual Schoenberg lecture, which commemorates one of the early developers of television. John
IBC Product Source
Headed to IBC? Even with five days, you'll be hard-pressed to cover all the sessions and the convention exhibition floor. However, to help readers get
IBC: A move away from broadcasting?
If you're attending IBC, you may well be reading this in Amsterdam. Unlike NAB, which has the word broadcasters in the title, the old International Broadcasting
Who controls the gatekeeper?
I was reading the presentation made by NAB CEO, Edward O. Fritts, to the U.S. Senate committee on the switchover from analog to DTV. One of the issues
