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The History of ENG, Part 3: Camera Advances Push ENG Into the Modern Era

By James E. O'Neal published

ENG HISTORY Newsgathering gear got lighter, more compact and more reliable

ENG HISTORY
Triangle Publications used this modified Chevrolet panel truck in their ENG trialing some 60 years ago at its Altoona, Pa., property, WFBG-TV. In addition to a rooftop hatch, the van was also equipped with a “24-volt battery box,” a 1-kilowatt DC-to-AC inverter and a second generator coupled to the vehicle’s engine. The vidicon camera used in the project was a Sylvania industrial model with a small TV set mounted on top, as the camera had no electronic viewfinder.

The History of ENG, Part 2: Turning ‘You Are There’ Into Reality

By James E. O'Neal published

Eng History ENG moves into true electronic journalism with the Triangle experiment

Eng History
‘Ground zero’ for ENG appears to be ‘on-the-scene’ coverage in August 1928 of New York Gov. Al Smith announcing his candidacy for U.S. president. The event was televised over General Electric’s Schenectady station, WGY. Ernst Alexanderson (right), who headed up GE’s early television research and was responsible for the live event coverage, is seen here with assistant Ray Kell, examining a 48-line mechanical scanner used in his TV broadcasting initiative.

The Origins of Electronic Newsgathering

By James E. O'Neal published

Tracing the beginnings of television news’ most essential ingredient

Remote Production
Sinclair

Sinclair Accelerates Newsgathering With Avid, Sony and Marquis

By Ernie Ensign published

USER REPORT Fundamental to Sony’s C3 Portal news workflow is the automatic preservation and enrichment of metadata from the point of origination

USER REPORT
Sinclair

Sinclair Taps Avid, Sony and Marquise to Upgrade News Gathering

By George Winslow published

Sinclair is adopting an innovative cloud-based workflow integrating Avid MediaCentral, Sony Electronics’ C3 Portal gateway service and Marquis software

Production
Dejero

Dejero to Launch 5G EnGo Mobile Transmitters with Next-Gen RF and Antenna Design at 2022 NAB Show

By TVT Staff published

EnGo 3 and EnGo 3x feature a completely redesigned RF and antenna architecture to unlock the full potential of 5G connections

Events
Dalet

What’s in Store for News Production at the 2022 NAB Show

By Bob Kovacs published

More resolution, flexibility, speed and value

Events
Pixabay

Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband Coming to 100M People in Jan. 2022

By George Winslow published

The announcement dramatically accelerates the availability of the much faster 5G broadband service to stations and news organizations using cellular-bonding technologies

Business
TVU Networks

Somoy TV Deploys Additional TVU Tools

By George Winslow published

The 24-hour news channel in Bangladesh has added new cloud-based newsgathering tools from TVU Networks for its remotes and country-wide coverage

Remote Production
Sinclair Broadcast Group drones

Drones Now an Essential Part of TV Broadcasting

By James Careless published

Know the rules before you fly

Production
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