Quote of the Day: "Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either." ~ Gore Vidal
On this Day: In 1960, PBS station WGTE received a full broadcasting license, transitioning from broadcasting as a LPTV on the University of Ohio's Toledo campus.
Virtualizing the Growth of Metadata ~ by Karl Paulsen With a growing need to retain all sorts of data applicable to media and entertainment content, where and how all the variances will be kept is a continuing question that storage vendors, enterprise media asset management providers and equipment manufacturers continue to address.
3D Lives! ~ by Jay Ankeney Proclaiming "3D Is Dead!" has become a popular parlor game among broadcast and film industry pundits; so let me commit professional heresy by replying "Poppycock and Balderdash!"
NAB: Shutdown Can't Affect Political File Availability While television stations cannot update their online files that are maintained on the commission's database, stations should "find other means of making political file information available to the public until the FCC's website is restored."
New York City Television Week Kicks Off Oct. 28 The event kicks off on Monday, Oct. 28, at the WaldorfAstoria, where the Annual Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame will be celebrated that evening. On Tuesday, Oct. 29, the action moves to the Metropolitan Pavilion.