GatesAir CEO Takes the Long View

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets This Week's Top Stories - 12.29.14 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "The trouble with America is that there are far too many wide-open spaces surrounded by teeth." ~ Charles Luckman On this Day: In 1949, KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Conn., became the first UHF TV station to operate on a daily schedule. GatesAir CEO Takes the Long View The new CEO of GatesAir spent two decades of his career working as an executive in the oil and gas industry, where companies face billion-dollar decisions and where time "from concept to delivery"— from drilling an exploratory well to producing oil—can take more than a decade. The Versatile Production Switcher One thing that still complicates the process of allocating capX dollars though: What type of production switcher do we buy, or how many? Just a decade ago, the question was limited to: Which company do we go with and how many ME's? While those two questions are still valid, there are more variables in the equation in today's market. 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 COMMS: Clair Broadcast Selects Wisycom for T-Day Parade UPGRADE: KEXP-FM Adopts Dalet MAM PRODUCT: Pasternack Expands In-Stock RF Amplifiers SOUND: Biamp Systems Brings Digital Audio to Colorado Courtrooms eBOOK: Guide to Virtualized Video Infrastructure Industry Roundup HDR: The Next Big Video Thing (Light Reading) IAB Says Internet Ad Revenues Reached New High (Radio World) Sony Releases More Details About the F5 4K Internal Recording Option (News|Shooter) Carry: Dish 'Lied' To Its Subs About Fox News Disconnect (Multichannel News) TV Ad Spending Growth Slows in Third Quarter (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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