From the Archive: Is It Time to Rethink EAS?

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets This Week's Top Stories - 12.26.14 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "Dance like it hurts; love like you need money; work when people are watching." ~ Scott Adams On this Day: In 1982, Time Magazine, made the personal computer "Man of the Year," or rather, "Machine of the Year." From the Archive: Is It Time to Rethink EAS? ~ by James E. O'Neal It's always the other guy's fault and/ or we can blame it on a machine. However, when lives and property are at stake, it's not really a good idea to assume anything and "just let George do it" for you. (April 30, 2014) FCC Clarifies Auction Pricing, EOBC Disputes It Organizers of the 2016 TV spectrum incentive auction said a pricing discrepancy in official documents represented a floor and a potential goal, not a vacillation. TabletTV Planning U.S. Launch on KOFY-TV TabletTV is now accepting pre-orders in the San Francisco Bay area. Repack Could Scatter UHF Stations in Wireless Band Unlucky stations could be anywhere in the 600 MHz band. SD Video Lives: A Q&A with Pat Johnston of AheadTek One of the critical parts of traditional SD recorders is its rotating video head. Group Pushes FCC to Standardize EAS Gear Response The FCC should consider standardizing how EAS encoders/decoders respond. FCC Rejects Arguments Against NFL Redskins Name The FCC says Washington "Redskins" does not violate broadcast indecency rules. 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 INT'L: Orad Upgrades Workflow for N1-Adria News UPDATE: New Forscene Goes Live DIGITAL: WideOrbit and TubeMogul Partner on Programmatic Platform FURNITURE: Custom Consoles Outfits Sheffield U eBOOK: Guide to Virtualized Video Infrastructure Industry Roundup Build Your Own Enigma Cipher Machine (IEEE Spectrum) Jaguar Land Rover Transparent Pillar, Ghost Car Navigation Research (YouTube) 4KTV Set Shipments Up 700 Percent (Advanced Television) Trends in Routing (Radio World) FCC Votes To Extend Public Files To Cable, Satellite (Multichannel News) 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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