James E. O'Neal
James E. O’Neal has more than 50 years of experience in the broadcast arena, serving for nearly 37 years as a television broadcast engineer and, following his retirement from that field in 2005, moving into journalism as technology editor for TV Technology for almost the next decade. He continues to provide content for this publication, as well as sister publication Radio World, and others. He authored the chapter on HF shortwave radio for the 11th Edition of the NAB Engineering Handbook, and serves as contributing editor of the IEEE’s Broadcast Technology publication, and as associate editor of the SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal. He is a SMPTE Life Fellow, and a member of the SBE and Life Senior Member of the IEEE.
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Broadcasters, industry consultants and other invited guests were treated to a special tour of the Harris Broadcast research facility here on May 16

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Television history buffs once again flocked to this Columbus, Ohio suburb for the eleventh annual Early Television Foundation conference held May 10-12 this year at the Early Television Museum

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Changes abound as we move further along into the 21st century.

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Seems that the country’s Emergency Alert System has been in the news quite a bit lately, and not always in the best way.

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Early Television Museum holds annual gathering

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Tiny Columbus station moves out with multitier offering

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ATSC gathering reviews new standard, opportunities

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Specialty museums emphasize broadcast gear

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Broadcast equipment collecting grows into a national passion

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Company holds road shows discussing MPEG compression, file-based workflows, the CALM Act, digital video analysis and more.

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Shortly before press time word reached me that Charles E. Anderson was seriously ill following some recent surgery, and is currently in hospice care.

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SMPTE covers a century of the format's evolution

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ChannelPort built on Spectrum platform

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Conference marked the 10th anniversary of the convening of television history’s faithful
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An executive with Harris Broadcast this week warned attendees at an industry meeting that broadcasters’ roll-out of Mobile DTV needs to move forward quickly or could risk becoming irrelevant.

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The new release adds support for high-definition videotape to the company's SAMMA product range.
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The ALP-1000 Television Loudness Processor, which performs loudness management in compliance with the ITU-R BS.1770.

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"We can protect a broadcaster from a fine, but we're not going to do it to the detriment of the content producers."

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Collector's treasures include 'Holy Grail' test pattern image

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Small-town collector corners market on television's past
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