Weather Channel Shoots for ‘4K in Four Years’

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets Today's Top Stories - 09.24.14 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "Exploring the unknown requires tolerating uncertainty." ~ Brian Greene On this Day: In 1968, "60 Minutes" debuted on CBS. Weather Channel Shoots for '4K in Four Years' "4K in Four Years": That's the slogan driving The Weather Channel team's ambitious plans to fully convert to 4K content acquisition, production and distribution by 2018. And this slogan isn't just marketing hype; The Weather Channel has already purchased Sony PXW-Z100 4K professional camcorders for ENG use, field-testing one of the cameras at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. 'Book 'Em, Danno': A/V Fingerprinting ~ by Mary Gruszka Audio and video are about to get fingerprinted. Despite much success and many valiant efforts to keep them aligned, often enough these miscreants head off at their own speed, drift apart and cause lip-sync problems. News & Technology INT'L: Scripps Networks Interactive Taps Globecast BUSINESS: Simulmedia and Nielsen Partner on Metrics for Unmeasured Cable Networks CABLE: Rovi Hits Deployment of More Than Half-a-Million DTA Guides USER REPORT: DPA Mics Rev 'Counting Cars' Audio Engine eBOOK: Guide to Broadcast Management Solutions Industry Roundup Google Wants Internet Broadcasting Drones, Plans To Run Tests In New Mexico (Forbes) iOS 8 Users Report Slow Wi-Fi, Battery Drains (PC) Sony to Begin Selling PlayStation TV Set-top in October (Bloomberg Business) New Reversible USB Connectors Will Carry Audio and Video, Too (engadget) Reflections on the Game Changers Conference (The Business of Sports) 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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