Buffalo Stations Weather Record Snows

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets Today's Top Stories - 12.01.14 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "O, what may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side!" ~ William Shakespeare. On this Day: 1998, Exxon announced a $73.7 billion deal to buy Mobil. Buffalo Stations Weather Record Snows TV news: 1, Blizzard: Zero. That's the score in the wake of the freak November 2014 snowstorm that dumped up to seven feet of snow onto Buffalo and surrounding areas. Despite impassable roads and manpower shortages, local TV stations succeeded in delivering 'round-the-clock comprehensive coverage thanks to hard work, creative thinking, and help from their smartphone-using viewers. ATSC 3.0: Where We Stand It has become clear that to adapt to consumers' changing habits and demands, a new system is needed by broadcasters to support new viewing behaviors. Such a system must include the capability to evolve with consumer demands, and thus provide extensibility that permits future adaptation. News & Technology PEOPLE: PESA Promotes Christopher Thomas to President MULTIFORMAT: Archimedia Upgrades Master Player and Changes Name to Atlas INT'L: Switzerland's Auviso Adopts Grass Valley LDX Première Cameras PEOPLE: Marc Mulgrum Joins Worldnow As Vice President Of Sales eBOOK: Guide to Virtualized Video Infrastructure Industry Roundup CNN Cameraman Pits the iPhone 6 Against His Standard Issue Broadcast Camera (PetaPixel) Why 5G Is a Different Beast (Light Reading) Google Glass Failed, but Here's the Path Its Successors Will Take (MIT's Technology Review) Amazon Prime Subs To Get Some Free 4K Fare (Multichannel News) 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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