More Than Just a ‘Channel in a Box’

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets Top Stories - 11.25.13 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything." ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe On this Day: In 1948, KING-TV commenced broadcasting in Seattle. More Than Just a 'Channel in a Box' Facing state and federal funding cuts, local PBS station group Commonwealth Public Broadcasting in Richmond, Va., had to make some tough changes. The group had switched from analog to digital in 2007, but was still operating on a tape-based workflow. By 2011, the workflow was no longer working. Commonwealth concluded that to survive, it had to do more with less. Squash Anyone? Pick Your Platform If you missed the U.S. Open Squash Championship tournament in Philadelphia last month on "Squash TV," the Professional Squash Association's global real-time, paid, video-streaming service, you could see it on ESPN3.com, provided you're an authenticated ESPN subscriber. News & Technology PEOPLE: SMPTE Announces New Officers and Governors Elected to Serve in 2014 and 2015 PEOPLE: Forbidden Technologies Appoints Brian Boring as General Manager in North America HISTORY: 'TV on Wheels: the Story of Remote Television Production' Gets Update SPORTS: University of Minnesota Slows Motion With Tightrope ZePlay USER REPORT: Plura Monitors Power New DMH TV Facility Industry Roundup ESPN Not Straying From Sports Brand Despite FiveThirtyEight Acquisition (Connect 2 Media & Entertainment) Report: Comcast Weighing TWC Bid? (Multichannel News) SNL Kagan: Station Retrans Fees To Reach $7.6 Billion in 2019 (B&C) Sony Shifts From Film to TV (Advanced Television) Comcast Develops Method for Dynamically Extending Wireless Broadband Reach (FierceCable) TV Technology White Papers "Hybrid Software as a Service," from Signiant discusses how businesses of all sizes are capitalizing on new modes of computing and software delivery—including software as a service and hybrid SaaS—that let them achieve a new level of results with less technology investment. "Beyond CALM," from Linear Acoustic offers a comprehensive, beginning-to-end approach to measuring and controlling loudness. "Efficiency is the Key Factor When Choosing a High-Power Broadcast Transmitter," from Rohde and Schwarz discusses the pros and cons of energy-conserving transmitter technologies.   ©2013 NewBay Media, LLC

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