2014: A Year Not Unlike Others

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets Today's Top Stories - 12.31.14 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   NewsBytes will resume Jan. 2. Get down with your bad self tonight! Quote of the Day: "When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice." ~ Marquis de la Grange On this Day: In 1997, Microsoft bought Hotmail. 2014: A Year Not Unlike Others Every time I see that baby with the top hat standing alongside the old dude with the hourglass, I cringe. Their iconic presence means we're gonna insert a hard stop in the smooth continuum of time, and try to carve out a single, 12-month portion, like slicing a small square of lasagna outta the center of the pan. And we're gonna study and analyze that little portion like it's not part of something bigger. It's not natural, but we do it anyway. The Legacy of the 'CBS Sunday Morning' Moment in Nature The year was 1979 and veteran producer Robert "Shad" Northshield had created a new kind of show for CBS. It was to air on Sunday mornings and embody the slow, relaxing pace that viewers would want to savor along with a cup of coffee. TV Technology's 'Guide to Closed Captioning' TV Technology takes a look at several important deadlines as well as new solutions to ensure compliance with FCC rules and enhance closed captioning services. News & Technology EVENT: 2015 HPA Tech Retreat Schedule Unveiled GRAPHICS: ChyronHego Powers Tinker Bell and Other FX in NBC's 'Peter Pan Live!' PEOPLE: John Ross Awarded Honorary IABM Membership REVIEW: Red Giant Universe Post-Production Software eBOOK: Guide to Virtualized Video Infrastructure Industry Roundup Cox Places WiFi Bet In Las Vegas (Multichannel News) TiVo: Time-shift and Binging Proliferate (Advanced Television) We Now Conclude Our Broadcast Day (The New York Times) Above and Beyond Responses on What May Happen by 2025: Part 2 (Pew Research) DirecTV Begins Soft Launch of Ya Veo (B&C) TV Technology White Papers "Video Quality Testing for the IP and Internet Domains" from Video Clarity examines a new methodology for measuring video quality in the IP domain. "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." "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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