Quote of the Day: "Art is either plagiarism or revolution." ~ Paul Gauguin
On this Day: In 1944, the Supreme Court upheld the relocation of Japanese-Americans into internment camps.
Sony to Debut Smart Glass Clip-on Sony is making glasses smart. The technology giant announced the development of "an attachable single-lens display module that can turn eyewear of varying designs into smart devices." Sony said it will show a concept version at CES and expects to start mass production of the device within the coming year. Next Fake EAS Alert Could be More Malicious, Warns NAB After "The Bobby Bones Show" incident in October, in which a recording of a real alert using the EAN event code was used, triggering an alert that was transmitted by stations in several states, the FCC asked broadcasters how to prevent "unauthorized" alerts. The agency also sought comment on how to authenticate alerts going forward.
O'Rielly Confirmed for New, Full FCC Term As lawmakers look to get out of Washington this week to end the 113th Congress, the Senate took care of some business related to the FCC and voted to approve Michael O'Rielly for a full, five-year term as an FCC commissioner.
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.
"The HTTP-Live-Streaming Success Guide" from Encoding.com examines HLS adaptive bitrate technology, HLS encoding parameters and a comparison of HLS platforms.
"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.
"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.