Spectrum Clearing Target, Bid Reserves, Repack Logistics On FCC Meeting Agenda

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets Today's Top Stories - 11.24.14 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what cannot be done." ~ Henry Ford On this Day: In 1963, Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of President Kennedy. Spectrum Clearing Target, Bid Reserves, Repack Logistics On FCC Meeting Agenda Potential bid prices, a spectrum clearing target, final channel assignments and other logistics of the Spectrum Incentive Auction will be put to vote next month when the FCC considers a Public Notice seeking comment on the finer points of the auction. Aereo Files for Bankruptcy Aereo has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy less than three years after launching. The company was litigated into the ground for reselling TV station signals to subscribers without securing contractual agreements. Nextstar to Acquire KLAS-TV for $145 Million The proposed acquisition will expand the Nextstar portfolio to 110 television stations serving 58 markets in 23 states, reaching approximately 20.3 million television households or 18 percent of U.S. television households. News & Technology SPORTS: ChyronHego Partners With Fraunhofer on GoalRef INTEGRATION: Encompass Deploys Playout With DigitalGlue REMOTE: TNDV Simplifies Fiber Transport With MultiDyne AUDIO: Video Clarity RTM, ClearView Now Include Dolby Digital Audio Decoding eBOOK: Guide to Virtualized Video Infrastructure Industry Roundup A TV Network Should Buy Aereo; Here's Why (Time) FCC Moves to Bring Contest Rules Out of the '70s (Radio World) Round 24: AWS-3 Tops $31 Billion (B&C) STELAR Passes Senate (Multichannel News) Watching TV is the No. 1 Leisure Activity in the United States (Stastica) 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. "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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