Drone Flight Still Challenged by FAA
Recently I have been doing some research on unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) both for the Iowa Public Television production department and for use in engineering to do tower inspections.
Digital Journal
Archiving: Maintaining Relevance for the Future
Some 40,000 years ago, some primitive peoples painted pictograms of meaningful events on the walls of caves, mostly found in Europe and Asia.
It’s All Just ‘Television,’ Or Is It?
I’ve spent a considerable amount over the last few years working on projects that examine what television broadcasting will be like in the future.
Transitioning Broadcast Automation
In late February, Avid announced their “Final Sale Plan for FastBreak Automation,” the name for the automation system they acquired with their 2006 purchase of Sundance Digital.
Raising Expectations in Local Sports Coverage
Earlier this year, IPTV took on the live broadcast of the Iowa State Girls High School Basketball Tournament at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, the first event in a multi-year agreement that includes a variety of other girls high school sports.
Tweaking Your Routing System for UHD
For long-tail content, UHD provides a methodology for making content more future-resistant as technology continues to evolve. Additionally, stations such as Iowa Public Television that create content have to begin considering that the terrestrial path will not be the sole delivery method and while one avenue may not support a piece of UHD content, others may.
Making Room for UHDTV
I attended a SMPTE Section meeting in the U.K. recently and got involved in a discussion with several broadcasters regarding our road maps for the future.
Switching From 1080 to Ultra HD
With 4k displays already showing up in viewers’ living rooms and ATSC 3.0, the step from 1080i to 1080p may be incrementally too small to be worthwhile.
Celebrating TV Technology’s 30th Anniversary
The 30th anniversary of the launch of TV Technology has really given me pause...
Keeping Over-the-Air Broadcasting Relevant
In an ideal world, we would all get together and hammer out worldwide standard that would allow manufacturers to build products that worked everywhere and consumers could watch content on any device anywhere.
Do DSLRs Have a Place in Broadcast?
Regular readers of Digital Journal know that I am firmly convinced that the value and the future of local broadcasting is in the local station’s ability to acquire and create compelling local content.
The BBC’s Hybrid System for EFP
Well, when we consider that the spectrum crunch is not just about the UHF band as the CTIA’s recent letter to the FCC suggested, yet another reduction in the BAS allocation could be in the offing.
What’s New in Routing?
IP technology adds features, flexibilityRouters are not particularly glamorous or exciting, but since they are in most cases the foundation to the audio and video signal flow through the plant, I tend to want them to be simple, stable and dependable.
The Importance of Timbre in Assessing Audio Quality
Timbre is an interesting audio characteristic.
Electronic Field Production: The Good, The Bad, The Useful
The pros and cons of a nonlinear environment
