FCC Drills Down Into Auction Items

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets Today's Top Stories - 10.01.14 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "I was a senior research scientist that changed the accepted view of the structure of the universe. I disproved one of the then widely accepted 'laws' of physics—the conversation of parity—by proving that identical nuclear particles do not always act alike." ~ Chien-Shiung Wu On this Day: In 2013, the U.S. federal government went on partial shutdown over a budget stalemate. FCC Drills Down Into Auction Items Regulators issued several rules and proposals related to the 2015 TV spectrum incentive auction. Wireless mics, channel repacking and white spaces were addressed in the regular monthly meeting of the FCC held Tuesday. The sports blackout rule was also eliminated and satellite licensing rules were amended. RW Virtual Roundtable: Trends in Microphones Radio World Gear & Technology Editor Brett Moss asked representatives of several leading microphone manufacturers about the state of the broadcast microphone industry and what might be in the future. NRB Announces 2015 Show Theme The National Religious Broadcasters has adopted the theme of "Proclaim" for its 2015 International Christian Media Convention. News & Technology UPGRADE: Purdue U Deploys Digital CATV With Blonder Tongue USER REPORT: Avid Tools Sweeten 'The Voice' Audio Mixes SOCIAL: WorldNow Announces Twitter Player Cards KUDOS: HPA Announces 2014 Winners of Engineering Excellence Awards eBOOK: Guide to Broadcast Management Solutions Industry Roundup OLED Inventors Are Up for a Nobel Prize (Advanced Television) Ranking the Most Important Trends in the Broadcast Industry… (Devoncroft) CableLabs Gets Real About Network Virtualization (Multichannel News) Wheeler: FCC Is 'Kicking Around' Idea of Making Some OVDs MVPDs (B&C) All-Digital AM Testing Begins Oct. 2 in Seattle (Radio World) 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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