About Sam Matheny

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets This Week's Top Stories - 09.26.14 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then." ~ Bob Seger On this Day: In 1973, the Concorde made its first non-stop transatlantic flight, cutting the airspeed record from New York to Paris by half. What Tom Said: About Sam Matheny Nearly two decades ago… Sam Matheny, Internet operations manager Capitol Broadcasting was given an assignment: Assess a new website his employer was considering investing in. After conducting the customary due diligence, Sam recommended investing in the company, which at that time was called AudioNet, which eventually became broadcast.com, which Mark Cuban sold for $5.7 billion in 1999. Weather Channel Shoots for '4K in Four Years' "4K in Four Years": That's the slogan driving The Weather Channel team. New Generation of Sports Trucks Hits the Road This is a big year in the sports remote truck business. Managing Multiplatform Distribution The choice of where to watch TV has never been greater. Managing Production in the Cloud Using cloud-based workflows is among the key trends in 2014. BIA/Kelsey Forecasts '15 Local Media Revenues at $139.3 Billion BIA/Kelsey forecasts total local media revenues to reach $139.3 billion in 2015. News & Technology SPECTRUM: New Low-VHF DTV Stations Causing PSIP Problems 4KTV: LG To Present Tony Bennett And Lady Gaga Live In 4K USER REPORT: Lectrosonics Helps Resolve RF Challenges USER REPORT II: Cobalt Keeps Audio on Even Keel at Quincy USER REPORT III: VER Relies on TSL to Meet MADI Demand eBOOK: Guide to Virtualized Video Infrastructure Industry Roundup Evolution, Impact and Future of 4K (Light Reading) Fox Gives Tribune Termination Notice For Seattle Affiliate (B&C) What's a Broadcaster to Do When a Candidate Complains About an Attack Ad? (Broadcast Law Blog) Cirque du Soleil, ETH Zurich, and Verity Create Short With 10 Dancing Quadcopters (YouTube) Vizio Opens Pre-Orders for $1,000 4KTV (PC) TV Technology White Papers "Playout in the Cloud," from Imagine Communications highlights "an entirely new range of opportunities for media companies to evolve their operations, transform and transport content free of geographic or other historical channel boundaries, extend and expand their brands." "Gaining Competitive Advantage from Switching and Extension," from ThinkLogical addresses changes in the post-production ecosphere and outlines best practices for the design of a future-proof, fiber-optic KVM signal management infrastructure. "The Move to IP-Based Broadcast Infrastructure and the Impact of Object-Based Audio," from Linear Acoustic addresses how to select and deploy equipment that interoperates with multiple manufacturers as well as being sufficiently reliable to meet multiple requirements. "Analyzing 4K Video Quality," from Video Clarity, examines how, as new 4K systems and products reach the market, the importance of video quality testing and evaluation will grow. "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.   ©2014 NewBay Media, LLC

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