Wristband Drone Prototype Unveiled

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets Today's Top Stories - 09.30.14 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "Life need not be easy, provided only that it is not empty." ~ Lise Meitner, who first documented nuclear fission, for which her colleague, Otto Hahn, won the Nobel Prize On this Day: In 1980, the first Ethernet spec was released. Wristband Drone Prototype Unveiled "Let's just build a flying wristband that can do aerial photography, too," inventor and Nixie found Christoph Kophstall says in the team's YouTube demo. GoPro Rolls Out 4K Hero GoPro has unveiled a 4K version of its point-of-view camera. The Hero4 is available in two editions; the $499 4K Black and the $399 Silver. New features of the Black include 4K@30 fps, 2.7K@50fps, and 1080p@120fps video capture, while the Silver has built-in touch display. Sinclair Syndicates, Adds Western Athletic Conference to American Sports Network Sinclair's Networks division has entered into syndication agreements with 41 companies for distribution of its American Sports Network, extending the network to 67 non-Sinclair TV markets. The combined footprint for ASN is now projected to reach approximately 83 million households for select games. News & Technology OB: Fujinon Lenses Capture U.S. Open Action in F&F's GTX-17 Debut PROGRAMMING: Revolt Gets Verizon FiOS Carriage EDU: AES Educational Foundation Announces Awards for 2014 PEOPLE: Lundquist, Raftery to receive Leader of Herd Lifetime Achievement Award USER REPORT: RTL Nederland Deploys Media Excel to Expand VOD, Streaming USER REPORT: Guide to Virtualized Video Infrastructure Industry Roundup Backhaul Strategies, Looking to 2015 (Light Reading) Murdoch Reels In $29.2M in FY2014 (Multichannel News) The Odd Effects of Being Struck by Lightning (Advanced Television) Programmatic Ad Buying to Reach $21 Billion (WSJ Blog) Verizon Adds 10 Channels to Mobile App (B&C) 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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