Drone Maker DJI Adds D.C. No-Fly Zone

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets Today's Top Stories - 01.29.15 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on!" ~ Samuel Goldwyn On this Day: In 1886, Karl Benz patented the Motorwagon, the first gas-powered automobile. Drone Maker DJI Adds D.C. No-Fly Zone The DJI Phantom will soon land itself in downtown Washington, D.C. if it happens to lose GPS contact long enough to get in. DJI, maker of the popular Phantom drones, added Washington, D.C. to its list of restricted flight zones after one of their devices landed on the White House lawn this week. Understanding Virtualization and Containers ~ by Al Kovalick Compute virtualization is a kingpin for cloud computing and the modern data center. Virtualization began in the 1960s for mainframe computers at IBM, but reemerged starting in about 2001 as reinvented by VMware. Basically, it is a method of logically dividing a server's resources for use across isolated applications. 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 STORAGE: Quantum Launches Q-Cloud XLIX: NBCU to Deliver Exclusive Spanish-Language Super Bowl Telecast FIELD: Panasonic Toughbook 31 Offers Up to 18 Hours Battery Life REVIEW: Steadicam's Curve Stabilization System eBOOK: Guide to Virtualized Video Infrastructure Industry Roundup Comcast Ghost-Writes Politician's Letters To Support Time Warner Mega-Merger (Slashdot) Obama Calls for Drone Rules After White House Incident (The Atlantic) Okada Shares HDRI Discoveries (ASC Magazine) AT&T Grows by 1.9 Million Connections, Many of Which Were Cars (GigaOm) YouTube Defaults to HTML5 on the Web (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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