FCC Upholds $1.4 Million EAS Fine Against Viacom, ESPN

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets Today's Top Stories - 01.21.15 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out, it's the grain of sand in your shoe." ~ Robert Service On this Day: In 2000, twitter.com was registered.­­­­­ FCC Upholds $1.4 Million EAS Fine Against Viacom, ESPN The FCC is upholding $1.4 million in fines against Viacom and ESPN for misusing the Emergency Alert System warning tones. The commission said the cable networks transmitted EAS warning tones for several days in 2013 to promote the movie "Olympus Has Fallen." NBCU was also fined, but paid up. DisplaySearch: Quantum Dot TVs Are Coming Quantum dot TVs are coming on strong, according to DisplaySearch. LCD TVs, using quantum dot technology will become available this year, DisplaySearch said, with 1.3 million shipping worldwide. Shipments of quantum dot TVs are expected to grow to 18.7 million in 2018. Broadcast Advice for Audio Content Creators ~ by Jay Yeary Most episodic television shows are still created, shot and finished in Los Angeles, since a great many production companies and top-end talent live and work there. But without broadcasters, cable networks and their many avenues of distribution, much of this content would never make it to homes. 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 INT'L: Alarab News Channel Automates With Imagine Communications PEOPLE: Work Microwave Appoints Andreas Lermann Director of Sales and Marketing CLOUD: Broadpeak Upgrades Cloud-PVR Platforms EVENT: NABEF Accepting Entries for Celebration of Service to America Awards eBOOK: Guide to Virtualized Video Infrastructure Industry Roundup 'Powers,' the First PlayStation TV Show, Launches March 10 (engadget) Tennis Channel Launches on Apple TV (Multichannel News) BBC Debuts Digital-First News Program (Advanced Television) Overstock.com Getting Into Content Business (B&C) NBCU Will Use Super Bowl XLIX Free Live-Stream to Promote Pay-TV Online Services (Variety) 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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