Latest articles by James O'Neal
NAB Show Product Review: Signal Processing
We’ve now arrived at the doorstep of another big era of change in the television industry, ushering in UHD imaging, wider color gamuts, high dynamic range and virtualization.
TV Lessons Learned From A Hospital Visit
After surgery, I was delivered to ICU, and as soon as the effects of the anesthesia began to clear, I couldn’t help but notice a large wall-mounted flatscreen TV set in the room.
Broadcasters Face Complex Repack
The United States is at the cusp of yet another television spectrum repacking operation.
NAB Show Product Review: Content Streaming
With OTT now the fastest-growing method for distributing news and entertainment, the technology for streaming was everywhere on the NAB Show exhibit floor.
Confessions Of A Tall-Tower Worker
Paul Fitts is one of the very few U.S. communications tower workers qualified to handle “tall” tower jobs, a skill that’s now very much in demand due to the on-going spectrum repack.
2017 IEEE Broadcast Symposium Gets Down To Business
The 2017 IEEE Broadcast Symposium returned to its Washington, D.C. area “roots” today after four years on the road.
NAB Updates Engineering Handbook
Eleventh edition aims to be ‘practical resource’ rather than ‘textbook’
IEEE BTS Examines Repack Issues
Broadcast engineers from around the world gathered Oct. 10-12 for the annual IEEE Broadcast Symposium, a forum for exchanging information on the latest developments in the broadcast arena.
Ham TV Operators Go High Definition
Through the years, hams have always been quick to try out new technologies including microwave, satellite, digital communications, and most recently, high-definition television.
Carl Jones, Longtime Broadcast Engineering Consultant Dead at 92
Carl T. Jones, a Washington, D.C. area-based consulting engineer, died Jan. 10, 2016 at a medical facility near his home in Solomons, Md.
Amateur Radio Operators Convert to Digital Television
Radio amateurs, or “hams,” have been involved in one way or another with television practically ever since commercial entities began developmental work in the medium during the 1920s.
NHK Broadcasts 8K Video Over the Air
Japan’s NHK broadcasting organization claims to have successfully transmitted 8k “Super Hi-Vision” television signals via a single standard UHF terrestrial broadcast channel over a distance of 27 km
A Farewell to Coax And Twisted Pair?
I came away from the IBC Show last month with a lot of good information about new broadcast products and the latest technologies.
BSkyB Claims First 4K TV Satellite Broadcast
U.K. pay television provider BSkyB successfully demonstrated what it claims was the world’s first satellite broadcast done in 4K resolution.
