Incentive Auction Application Process to Open Early 2015

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets This Week's Top Stories - 02.03.14 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking." ~ John Kenneth Galbraith On this Day: In 1995, Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle. Incentive Auction Application Process to Open Early 2015 The FCC will start accepting TV spectrum incentive auction applications in early 2015, according to Gary Epstein, chief of its Incentive Auction Task Force. He said a Report & Order detailing the structure of the incentive auction would be issued in the spring, followed by a comment period and a procedures Public Notice as well as "increased robust outreach and education for broadcasters." FCC Probes TV-Cell Interference Under Variable Band Plan Rather than a fixed separation distance, the commission is proposing predictive analysis based on the Longley-Rice model now used for estimating potential interference between TV signals in OET Bulletin No. 69. Sony Invests $343 Million to Expand CMOS Production Capacity The stacked CMOS sensors will eventually be incorporated into a "wide range of products across its core imaging and mobile businesses," Sony said. Fox NE&O Demos Uncompressed Video-Over-IP "Transporting uncompressed live HD video over an Ethernet infrastructure can deliver greater flexibility and cost-savings for broadcasters. We carried out this proof-of-concept in conjunction with Nevion to test some of the video processing requirements of professional media networks." TiVo to Acquire Cloud TV Provider Digitalsmiths for $135 Million TiVo is buying cloud TV enable Digitalsmiths for $135 million to accelerate its migration from hardware-based digital video recorders to software-as-a-service. Digitalsmiths serves iOS, Android, Roku, Xbox, PlayStation, Kindle and multiple set-top boxes. News & Technology ENG: Australia's Nine Network Taps Dejero 4KTV: Orad Launches Morpho 4K for Video Walls INT'L: Ibrarn Television Goes to Air With PlayBox USER REPORT: The ARRI Alexa XT Plus Cinema Camera Industry Roundup Hear Without Being Heard: First Nonreciprocal Acoustic Circulator Created (Science Daily) IT's Losing Battle Against Cloud Adoption (ReadWrite) Is Local TV Making a Comeback? (Pacific Standaard) CableCARD Deployments Top 45 Million (B&C) What Every News Organization Needs to Know About Copyright Law (WileyOnMedia) 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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