Making Room for UHDTV

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets This Week's Top Stories - 01.27.14 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything." ~ Sydney Smith On this Day: In 2010, the Apple iPad was introduced. Making Room for UHDTV ~ by Bill Hayes As I look forward to implementing UHD, even at a relatively small facility, the laws of physics and the laws of economics seem to be conspiring against the concept of the uncompressed backbone. Gear for the Journalist on the Go The news shooter's video tools may be a long way from a Hollywood movie crew's collection of equipment. But the run and gun style has its own particular needs, and vendors are constantly reinventing and improving what news folk carry into the field. The Effects of ACI on UHF Channel Allotments ~ by Charles W. Rhodes Our laboratory testing of both NTIA-approved converter boxes and modern DTV receivers shows that ACI is due to the sideband splatter radiated in the D channel by a DTV transmitter operating on either channel adjacent to the D channel. It is not due to third-order distortion products generated in receivers. News & Technology 8KTV: NHK Reports Successful 'Super Hi-Vision' Terrestrial Transmission ENG: Dejero to Provide Wi-Fi Hotpots for its Customers at Winter Olympics SPORTS: Channel One Selects Elemental for Winter Olympics INT'L: BSkyB Moves Broadcast Support Systems to .NET with Firefly Migration BUSINESS: Fujifilm Group Debuts New Corporate Slogan Industry Roundup Comment Deadlines Set in Sports Blackout Proceeding (Comm Law Blog) BBG Establishes Interim Management (Radio World) The Original Mac is Still the Archetype of Innovation (NPR) Fox Broadcasts Super Bowl Across Europe (Advanced Television) H-Block Spectrum Auction Crawls Past $300 Million in Bids in Six Rounds (RCR Wireless) TV Technology White Papers "Understanding the ROI of Media Asset Management Systems," from Avid explores how much time and money a MAM system can save a business. "Selecting Next-Generation Video Servers," from Rohde and Schwarz examines the rapid pace of technology development and the incorporation of information technology into broadcast and the broadcast operating environment. "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.   ©2014 NewBay Media, LLC

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