
Tom Butts
Tom has covered the broadcast technology market for the past 25 years, including three years handling member communications for the National Association of Broadcasters followed by a year as editor of Video Technology News and DTV Business executive newsletters for Phillips Publishing. In 1999 he launched digitalbroadcasting.com for internet B2B portal Verticalnet. He is also a charter member of the CTA's Academy of Digital TV Pioneers. Since 2001, he has been editor-in-chief of TV Tech (www.tvtech.com), the leading source of news and information on broadcast and related media technology and is a frequent contributor and moderator to the brand’s Tech Leadership events.
Latest articles by Tom Butts

Meet Kenna Hilburn, Avid's New Incoming Chief Product Officer
By Tom Butts published
PEOPLE In an interview with TV Tech, Hilburn, who succeeds Tim Claman, discusses Avid's future role in creating more media creation and management opportunities for their customers

Avid Ties it Altogether with New Avid Content Core Data Platform
By Tom Butts published
PRODUCTS Company rolls out industry-first unified content data platform for news and entertainment in time for IBC2025

Apple's iPhone 17 Camera Brings More Advanced Features to Consumers, Pros
By Tom Butts published
PRODUCTS iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max feature three 48MP Fusion cameras — Main, Ultra Wide, and an all-new Telephoto — offering the equivalent of eight lenses,

S&P: Pay-TV Subscriptions Decline for Ninth Straight Year
By Tom Butts published
RESEARCH No sign of relief for industry that saw subscriber loss of 7.1% in 2024

Broadcast Solutions Acquires Egripment
By Tom Butts published
BUSINESS Acquisition includes Egripment BV, and its rental subsidiary Egripment Deutschland GmbH

Ateme Taps Google Cloud to Enhance Closed Captioning
By Tom Butts published
PRODUCTS Ateme’s file transcoding application, TITAN File, is containerized as microservices and deployed through Google Kubernetes Engine

Warner Bros. Discovery Sues Midjourney
By Tom Butts published
“Midjourney thinks it is above the law," the studio told a District Court

YouTube TV, Hulu to Carry C-SPAN
By Tom Butts published
Agreement also will expand C-SPAN’s presence on YouTube

Ross Video Acquires LAMA for Live Audio Mixing
By Tom Butts published
BUSINESS Acquisition significantly strengthens Ross Video’s audio solution set and core audio technology

Fujifilm’s New Portable, Lightweight 4K Broadcast Lens Features 30x Zoom
By Tom Butts published
PRODUCTS Company will showcase the FUJINON LA30x7.8BRM at the 2025 IBC Show

AWS Elemental Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary
By Tom Butts published
Since AWS acquired Elemental in 2015, AWS Elemental Media Services has played an important role in tackling some of streaming’s biggest challenges

Streaming on Roku Surpasses Broadcast Viewership in the U.S. for Third Consecutive Month
By Tom Butts published
Data from Nielsen shows that streaming on Roku-powered devices accounted for 21.4% of all TV viewing in July, compared to 18.4% for broadcast TV

2025 Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Winners Announced
By Tom Butts published
AWARDS Mark Schubin, BBC and SMPTE among the 2025 honorees

Grass Valley Adds Two New Partners to AMPP
By Tom Butts published
PRODUCTS Audinate’s Dante AV over IP platform and Hitomi’s MatchBox Software to be integrated into platform

Techex to Unveil Major tx darwin and tx.edge Upgrades at IBC2025
By Tom Butts published
PRODUCTS Modular framework for live media processing now offers compression, frame-rate conversion, graphics keying and blueprint capabilities

TVU Launches MediaMesh for Cloud-Based Live Production
By Tom Butts published
PRODUCTS TVU seeks partnerships by opening its API

IBC2025 to Host ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ Director, Sound Supervisor
By Tom Butts published
IBC SHOW Screening and Q&A will take place Saturday Sept. 13

Multiviewer Capabilities Expand With IP, Cloud Advances
By Tom Butts published
Faster processing, increased bandwidth bring more flexibility, efficiency

YouTube TV, Fox Settle Differences, Renew Carriage Agreement
By Tom Butts published
Financial details were not disclosed

Telestream to Launch ’Global Ingest Workflow' at IBC2025
By Tom Butts published
IBC SHOW Unified ingest strategy spans live, camera card, and file-based workflows with hybrid-cloud scalability and system-aware metadata:

Fubo to Launch 'Fubo Sports' Skinny Bundle for $56 Per Month
By Tom Butts published
SPORTS Fubo Sports will launch Sept. 2 with 20+ sports and broadcast networks featuring national and local pro and college team coverage.

Ampere: Sports Rights Outpacing U.S. TV Revenues Fivefold
By Tom Butts published
SPORTS European sports rights show slower growth

MRMC to Showcase New Robotics at IBC 2025
By Tom Butts published
IBC Company will once again exhibit alongside Nikon and RED Digital Cinema in Hall 11
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