Paul McGoldrick

Putting labels on things is a way to identify what the objects are; applying labels to tell you what things might become is at best confusing - and, at

Different cable systems will not necessarily be able to bring their receivers with them. Putting labels on things is a way to identify what the objects

A lot of people opened Christmas packages last month to the requisite oohs and aahs and found the latest generation of electronics staring back at them.

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

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

Maybe it's about time to start a movement to get the government to butt out of allocating broadcast licenses. Let's leave it to the market

There is a lot you can deduce from NAB2005, and there is a lot more that is not nearly so obvious unless you are in a position where you can sit back and look at it all objectively

Imagine you are working on this year's major home project (not that you really have time for it), and you decide to make a habit of not putting your tools

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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,

The Web is a wonderfully flat playing field for selling and advertising your company’s products, unless you make mistakes.