Repack Could Scatter UHF Stations in Wireless Band

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets Today's Top Stories - 12.23.14 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo." ~ Robert Byrne On this Day: In 1986, the first non-stop, around-the-world flight was completed by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager. Repack Could Scatter UHF Stations in Wireless Band Reading through the FCC's tome, I noticed the procedures proposed could assign certain stations to frequencies in the 600 MHz band that are either shared with wireless carriers or in the duplex gap, which is supposed to provide needed spectrum for white space (TV band devices) and wireless microphones. While that was expected, what I was surprised to read was that the actual spectrum assigned to these 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. Subject to wear and tear, heads fail over time and need to be replaced. AheadTek, located in San Jose, Calif., remanufactures old video heads, bringing new life to recorders that may have cost $25,000 just 15 years ago. 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 SPORTS: Fox Sports, Evertz, Game Creek Video Launch IP Routing for Trucks TRUCK: Game Creek Adds Eight Grass Valley Kayenne K-Frame 3G Switchers INT'L: Grass Valley Upgrades JRTV's Broadcast Infrastructure GRAPHICS: Ross Video Releases Streamline Media Asset and Order Management eBOOK: Guide to Virtualized Video Infrastructure Industry Roundup How Netflix Transformed Television (WWLP) BBG Gets Two New Governors (Radio World) T-Mobile Pushes LTE to the Outskirts of Four Cities (GigaOm) Sixty-eight Percent of Twitter Convos Happen During Live Broadcast (Lost Remote) MoviePass' New Subscription Lets You Watch Any Flick in Any Format (engadget) 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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