Quote of the Day: "Imagination is more important than knowledge." ~ Albert Einstein
On this Day: In 1987, Motor Trend named the Ford Thunderbird Car of the Year, the first automobile to be a two-time winner after having won the title 29 years earlier.
HEVC and the Future of 4K Distribution With ultra-high definition TV rolling out this year, viewers will see a sharper picture with better color depth, but delivering 4K to the viewer will require deploying the HEVC compression standard.
Akamai Reports on the State of the Internet As broadcasters advance farther into the connected digital environment, they become more dependent on fast, reliable Internet and mobile connections. Ironically, these are links in the chain over which they have little control.
Aaron LaBerge Succeeds Chuck Pagano at ESPN Aaron LaBerge has been named ESPN's executive vice president and chief technology officer, just the second CTO in the company's 35-year history.
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."
"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.