
Phil Kurz
Phil Kurz is a contributing editor to TV Tech. He has written about TV and video technology for more than 30 years and served as editor of three leading industry magazines. He earned a Bachelor of Journalism and a Master’s Degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism.
Latest articles by Phil Kurz

Dalet Introduces Dalia Agentic AI Across Entire Ecosystem
By Phil Kurz published
PRODUCTS Dalia, which bowed at IBC2025, simplifies and streamlines media workflows by offering a conversational user experience

Link Electronics Unveils Gemini Dual Closed Caption Encoder
By Phil Kurz published
PRODUCTS Unit is equipped with six communications ports, including two Ethernet ports

Locality Introduces Advanced Audience Engine
By Phil Kurz published
PRODUCTS Engine uses generative AI to power smarter, faster and more effective local campaigns

TVB: Local TV News Remains Valuable To Viewers, Advertisers
By Phil Kurz published
Research Study shows local TV news, consumed on TV or digitally, remains No. 1 when it comes to trustworthiness

SCTE Inks Deal to Establish First International Licensee In India
By Phil Kurz published
Agreement brings training, certification and professional development to engineers in India

Hiltron’s Motorized Antenna Mount Garners Attention at IBC2025
By Phil Kurz published
Shown as a prototype at last year’s show, the HMAM-XY is now in production

‘Friday Night Baseball’ to Capture Red Sox-Tigers Game With Apple iPhone 17 Pro
By Phil Kurz published
Sports Shots from multiple iPhone 17 Pros will be integrated into the Apple TV+ streaming presentation

National Broadcaster Selects Lawo Production Console for Para Swimming Competition
By Phil Kurz published
Consoles Company’s mc²56 MkIII production console was integrated into an IP-based OB truck

Extreme Music Unveils Production Music Panel for Avid Media Composer
By Phil Kurz published
Music Panel makes it easy for editors to search, demo and license music across one project

Chyron Names Diego Soto Designer Of The Year For IBC 2025
By Phil Kurz published
The company chose Diego Soto from more than 30 entrants based on design excellence

Details Emerge on LiveU-Sony Collaboration
By Phil Kurz published
Companies have worked together on a new field transmitter using LiveU’s LRT protocol

Yospace Shows Sub-5 Second Cumulative Latency For Addressable Ad Insertion At IBC2025
By Phil Kurz published
Using a new standard, the company showed less than one second of latency for the ad

Firehouse Productions Relies on Shure for MTV Video Music Awards
By Phil Kurz published
Audio Audio team deployed 56 channels of Axient Digital Wireless Microphones

Fall Football Kicks Off With Native HDR Production, NextGen TV Telecast
By Phil Kurz published
NextGen TV Saints-Broncos preseason game is believed to be the first U.S. glass-to-glass natively produced and broadcast program

Calrec Unveils 48-Fader Argo M
By Phil Kurz published
The Argo M broadcast console offers SMPTE ST 2110 support and cloud connectivity

Ateme To Integrate Irdeto TraceMark Watermarking Into End-To-End Video Delivery Solutions
By Phil Kurz published
The move places the forensic watermarking workflow securely within operator's headends

ENCO Introduces Raptor Cloud-Based Captioning For Live Streaming Video
By Phil Kurz published
The new AI-powered captioning solution removes the need for hardware on premise.

AWS To Feature Generative AI, News Distribution At IBC2025
By Phil Kurz published
The company will also have 56 AWS Partners at its stand demonstrating their technologies

Quickplay To Highlight Newly Introduced AI Studio At IBC2025
By Phil Kurz published
AI Studio finds and extracts key moments from vast content libraries to make short-form clips

Peacock to Stream ‘Sunday Night Football’ in Dolby Atmos
By Phil Kurz published
Sports Season kicks off with streaming coverage of Eagles-Cowboys in immersive audio

AJA Video To Show Newly Introduced Conversion, IP Video Solutions At IBC2025
By Phil Kurz published
The BRIDGE LIVE 12G-4 brings multi-channel UltraHD support to the BRIDGE LIVE line of IP devices
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