Dronecam Captures Tower Tech Changing Bulb at 1,500 Feet

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets Today's Top Stories - 01.08.15 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it." ~ Max Frisch On this Day: In 1982, AT&T agreed to break itself up. Dronecam Captures Tower Tech Changing Bulb at 1,500 Feet Drone footage continues to break new ground even as feds grapple with how to regulate the unmanned aerial vehicles. This time, some tower techs in South Dakota have created a viral drone phenomenon with footage of climber Kevin Schmidt changing a light bulb at 1,500 feet above ground. The footage depicts surreal perspectives of Schmidt from close-in, overhead, and right next to him. New Gear for Today's Well-Equipped VJ The term "one-man-band" has been an apt description of small-market video journalists, required to work both in front of and behind the camera. Since they were expected to do it all with equipment more optimized for a two- or more-man crew, these VJs have longed for the day they'd graduate to the larger markets where they could specialize in one side or the other of the camera. An Exercise in Vintage Hard Light ~ by Jay Holben I was reminded of this particular project recently while posting some tips on Instagram. In the not-too-distant past, I was the second unit director and director of photography on an HBO/Cinemax series called "Femme Fatales." I was also employed to produce, direct and photograph the opening title sequence for the series. 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 USER REPORT: BroadStream Provides Complete Playout Solution for Arkena USER REPORT: Avid Accelerates News Production At Tel Aviv's Channel 9 USER REPORT: R&S DVS Venice Server Is Key To Crawford's Operation USER REPORT: Dakota Media Access Goes HD With Tightrope eBOOK: Guide to Virtualized Video Infrastructure Industry Roundup Live@CES (TWICE) Drones Can Now Legally Film Real Estate for the First Time (engadget) CES 2015: Unleash the Drones! (MIT's Technology Review) The ESPN Streaming Deal and how TV is Becoming Entertainment for Old People (The Washington Post) NBC Says Super Bowl Is 95 Percent Sold Out (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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