Tom Butts
Tom has covered the broadcast technology market for the past 30 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.
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REGULATORY District court said harms to appellants were 'either not irreparable or not certain'

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NAB SHOW Two-day event to be held Oct. 21-22

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SPORTS Bango Survey reports that 43% of Americans would switch mobile, broadband or TV provider for a better sports streaming bundle

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IBC Highlights to include LU900Q AI-driven connectivity, Sony partnership and Actus X

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New partnership establishes a full-service virtual production and R&D lab in the Fairfax District lot

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BUSINESS Transaction follow Lumine’s recent purchase of Synamedia

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PRODUCTS Custom-built training platform replaces legacy system, includes interactive simulations and Chyron Certifications path

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BUSINESS Sam Peterson to become CEO of Bitcentral; current Bitcentral CEO Sam Kamel to helm ViewNexa

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Taking a look at Fox Sports’ coverage so far

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SPORTS An average of 2.3 million viewers has watched at least some of the nearly first two weeks of the FIFA World Cup on the U.S. host streaming platforms

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EVENTS Look for a number of upgrades and new opportunities in Hall 14's "Future Tech" zone

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The building will combine media operations for WILX News 10 and Lansing’s WSYM Fox 47, which the station group recently acquired

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BUSINESS Cash and stock deal valued at $22B

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PRODUCTS Purpose-built production platform combines Grass Valley hardware with software-defined production tools, enabling businesses to adapt and scale without replacing infrastructure

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STREAMING Fully integrated streaming platform combines Simplestream’s content management and application framework with Bitmovin’s advanced playback technology

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APTS says it is ‘hopeful’ funding for PBS’s ‘Ready to Learn’ program will eventually be restored

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FCC ‘The FCC does not need to micromanage spectrum, and it certainly does not need to use spectrum licenses as a lever for editorial control’

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BUSINESS Agreement gives the X510 bonding router and V410 encoder/decoder greater availability in broadcast and Pro AV markets through resellers and integrators in U.S. and Canada

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TRENDS While sports is the overwhelming favorite, viewers are turning more to locally-produced programming, according to the TiVo Video Trends Report

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NEXTGEN TV Annual meeting focuses on datacasting, BPS and the viewer experience

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BUSINESS Pharmaceutical companies increase TV spend following FDA crackdown on deceptive ads

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STANDARDS Company says Nakolos platform is world’s first solution to support full 3GPP Release 19 feature set

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NEXTGEN TV ATSC 3.0 advocacy group showcased prototype boxes at last month's NAB Show
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