McAdams On: Our Clunky Tech

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets This Week's Top Stories - 11.28.14 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."~ John Andrews Holmes On this Day: In 1928, the Polaroid Land Camera went on sale, in Boston. McAdams On: Our Clunky Tech It's probably a form of sacrilege to refer to technology as "clunky" under the banner of a technology publication, but I refer primarily to what I use on a daily basis and how I've watched it evolve. Thousand TV Antennas Given Away in Washington D.C. For those who are still skeptical about the American consumer's interest in free over-the-air TV, the long lines at Eastern Market on Nov. 23 should help dispel those doubts. NAB Defends Incentive Auction Objections "We urge the commission to reject the arguments of parties urging an incentive auction that seeks only to repurpose spectrum, and to protect television broadcasters and their millions of viewers." Spectrum Clearing Target, Bid Reserves, Repack Logistics On FCC Meeting Agenda Potential bid prices, a spectrum clearing target, final channel assignments and other logistics will be put to vote. JVC, Red 4K Camera Systems to Hit the Market Red Digital Cinema and JVC are adding to the 4K options on the market. Historic KTLA Tower Comes Down A 160-foot broadcast tower on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles is being moved. Mike Huckabee to Deliver Closing Keynote at NRB Show Gov. Mike Huckabee is scheduled to speak at NRB 2015. News & Technology PEOPLE: Advanced Systems Group Adds Ed Chen To Sales Staff EVENT: HPA Demo Room Early Deadline Extended BUSINESS: Custom Consoles Reports Strong Demand in 2014 PEOPLE: Chris Lennon Flogs Pikes Peak in Vintage Porsche eBOOK: Guide to Virtualized Video Infrastructure Industry Roundup NTSB Decision Defining 'Aircraft' as Anything That Flies Lacks Common Sense (IEEE Spectrum) No Broadband Meant No CAP-EAS for Some (Radio World) Large-screen TV sales up 48 Percent (Advanced Television) 4K Shipments Top 3M In Q3: DisplaySearch (Multichannel News) TiVo Surpasses 5.1 Million Subs (B&C) TV Technology White Papers "The HTTP-Live-Streaming Success Guide" from Encoding.com examines HLS adaptive bitrate technology, HLS encoding parameters and a comparison of HLS platforms. "Delivering Online Video to the Broadcast Quality Generation" from Limelight Networks explores the broadcast-quality generation and how their expectations impact the way you need to deliver video. "Today's Reality for Moving Large Content Files" from Signiant examines the major trends driving the need for large and fast file transfer, ad hoc delivery methods and the benefits of SaaS. "To Simplify Video Delivery, Integrate the Workflow" from Limelight Networks addressed how to instantaneously deliver high-quality video worldwide to every screen. "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." "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. "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. "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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