Latest articles by Tom Butts
TV Tech, TVBEurope to Explore MXL's Impact on Media Production
EVENTS Two-part webinar series brings together the engineers, innovators, and technical architects defining the next decade of production.
TV Tech Announces Winners of 2025 Best in Market Awards for M&E Tech
AWARDS Recipients were honored for excellence in innovation, value, feature set and ease of use
Hollywood’s Ecosystem for Combating Piracy
Motion Picture Association partners with studios, vendors and distributors to protect media
NAB’s Matheny, Mondal to Lead Development of Broadcast Positioning System
PEOPLE Both tech leaders will move into new roles dedicated exclusively to the initiative
MediaKind to Acquire Harmonic’s Video Business for $145M
BUSINESS Transaction expected to be finalized in the first half of 2026
Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in Deal Worth $82.7 Billon
BUSINESS Deal involves studio, HBO and HBO Max; streamer says it will ‘maintain Warner Bros.’ current operations‘
China to Host ITU World Radiocommunication Conference 2027
EVENTS Monthlong gathering in Shanghai will be the first ITU WRC to be held in Asia
IAB: Creator Economy Ad Spend Now Dwarfs Ad Spend for Total Media Industry
RESEARCH Creator economy ranks in the top three “must buy” among brands, yet AI use and lack of standardization raise concerns
Conservative Think Tank Recommends Ending Retrans Fees as Part of Broadcast Ownership Revisions
FCC International Center for Law & Economics advocates ending 'the regulatory asymmetry between broadcasters and streaming competitors'
Clear-Com Deployed for Record-Breaking Live Broadcast
SPORTS Clear-Com teamed up with Audio Technica to provide comms at the ADAC RAVENOL 24h Race at Nürburgring
Middle-Aged Viewers Power YouTube Long-Form Content
RESEARCH 35-to-64-year-olds emerge as YouTube’s long-form ‘content super-consumers,’ according to Ampere Analysis
Kansas City Is NFL’s Top TV Market
SPORTS A number of U.S. TV markets without professional sports teams actually have more viewers than ones that do
PBS Tech Provider Thrives Despite CPB Cuts
CentralCast expects revenues to surpass $6 million by 2027
Appear to Open New Singapore Facility
BUSINESS Appear's 'Centre of Excellence' includes a purpose-built lab, training and customer support hub
How Will the FCC’s Busy Fall Agenda Impact Broadcasters?
FCC Regulator to take action on broadcast ownership caps, ATSC 1.0 sunset
IAB Urges Standards for CTV Ad Measurement
STANDARDS Association releases guide recommending adoption of Conversion APIs to improve ad measurement performance
Warner Bros. Discovery Unveils Broadcast Studios for 2026 WInter Games Coverage
SPORTS WBD Sports Europe says its Olympics coverage will be available to all HBO Max customers in Europe, including Italy and Germany for the first time
Disney Takes Ownership of Fubo
BUSINESS Combined entity will have more than 6 million subscribers, making it the sixth largest pay TV service in the U.S.
LucidLink Now Integrated With Adobe Frame.io
PRODUCT Company also announcing expanded mobile capabilities at Adobe MAX
Broadcast Tech Pioneer Charlie Jablonski Has Died
PEOPLE Former NBC Sports tech exec helped shape the modern era of Olympics TV coverage
U.K. Researchers Conclude Most Viewers Can't Discern 8K (or Even 4K) Resolution
To calculate the resolution limit, researchers conducted a study that measured participants’ ability to detect specific features in color and greyscale images on a screen
Ericsson, Nokia and Fraunhofer HHI Partner on 6G Video Coding Standard
STANDARDS Partners’ proof-of-concept for next-generation video coding technology positively evaluated by the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group and the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)
Kokusai Denki To Debut New 4K Camera at 2025 NAB Show New York
NAB SHOW NY New Z-HD6500-S1 4K camera borrows design elements from the company’s Z-HD6500 multiformat HD camera, and has been reinvented as a full-featured native 4K camera
