Paul McGoldrick

As a young broadcast engineer I was encouraged to join SMPTE because it represented the American face of television engineering to us very remote guys

Don't you just hate it when some-one reneges on a deal? It doesn't matter whether it is a small thing like meeting for lunch or a big thing like a job

As we look around the broadcast industry, we see a number of dominant suppliers who control the vast majority of the dollars that are spent. But whether

Countries are making a mistake by not adopting the video frame rate standard to 720p/60 and 1080i/60

Handling employees that cause problems – for one reason or another – requires a delicate approach.

Because technology has provided tools for everybody, we have had a generation believe that, with no creative skills, everyone can become a desktop publisher.

There are changes on the horizon, like podcasting, that have monumental implications for the broadcast industry

Once uttered by a director or producer during a shoot, the problem, however big, goes away for the production crew and falls smack into the lap of the often-forgotten editing few

It seems hard to believe, but some of the retail speak is so “cunning” (in “Much Ado About Nothing” terms) that even I don’t understand it

Professionals out there now say that it is a bad idea to name a business after yourself because you may, among other reasons, end up selling your name with the company down the road.

No one person can understand the whole gamut of the industry — perhaps because it is clearly no longer a single industry

I entered the world of broadcasting in September 1963 when I was hired as a technical trainee at the BBC. The Beeb paid me a salary and, at the same time,

We tend to think that we can do just about anything on the Web. But there's a curious thing that all providers of service avoid online: the ability to

It seems like it has only been a few years since all the manufacturers were touting the claim that their equipment was of broadcast-quality. Their claims

The standards war between HD-DVD and Blu-ray has come full front

Those of us who remember the advent of color television and were part of the industry at the time can easily recall some of the early panics, illusions and general silliness

When you think about it sensibly, the major networks in the United States are anachronisms in the business of television. They were created for purely

I always seem to be harping about video, but what's happening in the world of audio? Are we, in fact, making any progress for the future of what we hear

In the history of television, broadcasters have always led development both with their own internal research and development and by persuading manufacturers

I visited a semiconductor manufacturer a short while ago one of many visits I make every year when the manufacturers brief me on what they are up to and

Great ideas from many companies emerged as what we know as the ATSC''s DTV standards. But, like all standards allowing too much flexibility, this one has been doomed to failure.

Swag is an odd word. It can mean a drooping piece of fabric. It can also mean moving unsteadily and being out of control. When used as a noun, however,