Channel Sharing Found Feasible, Limited

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets This Week's Top Stories - 03.31.14 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow." ~ Woodrow Wilson On this Day: In 1999, "The Matrix" was released and we all checked the back of our necks. Channel Sharing Found Feasible, Limited Channel-sharing between two TV stations is feasible but limiting, according to a report from KLCS and KJLA. The two stations recently completed a channel-sharing pilot project,​ which they presented as a potential "baseline assessment of sharing." The stations tried out combinations of ​HD and SD​ channels, but not mobile broadcasting with ATSC M/H. (Editor's Note: The following ran last week in Doug Lung's RF Report newsletter. We're running it here for its important analysis.) Broadcasters Flag Problems FCC Wireless Interference Plan ~ by Doug Lung The wireless operator can determine exactly what interference will be caused by a TV station at any point as the TV station's location, antenna pattern antenna height and operating power level are all known. A TV station can't accurately determine what viewers would be impacted by LTE interference because the analysis, as proposed, is based on hypothetical LTE base stations that, as the FCC admits, are positioned on a large grid to ease computation time, and, as NAB's comments show, don't come close to matching real world deployments. News & Technology GRAPHICS: Reality Check Systems Tees Off With Golf Channel and CBS Sports SOUND: Calrec Callisto Renamed 'Summa' BUSINESS: Quantel and AV SYS Announce Reseller Partnership AUTOMATE: NVerzion Addresses Data Protection With NGenius BUSINESS: Applied Electronics Adds to Lawo Distribution in Canada Industry Roundup What's Unified About Unified Storage? (Connect 2 Media & Entertainment) FCC Proposes $40,000 in Pirate Fines (Radio World) End of an Internet Era: Television Without Pity Gets Shuttered (The Wire) Andre Marriner Debacle Highlights FIFA Aversion to Video Technology (The Guardian) Are Millennials Leaving Television Sets Behind? (Paste) TV Technology White Papers "Achieving Maximum Accuracy in Video Quality Measurement," from Video Clarity is a white paper focused on helping content originators and distributors understand a method to ensure that viewers get the best quality of experience, advertisers are satisfied, and regulations are met. "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.   ©2014 NewBay Media, LLC

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