NBC Resets With New Tech for Super Bowl XLIX

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets Today's Top Stories - 01.28.15 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: Yesterday's QotD was attributed erroneously and ironically to "Edith Stillwell," rather than Dame Edith Sitwell, who also gave us, "The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten." The editor humbly begs your pardon. On this Day: In 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart after lift-off, killing all seven astronauts on board. NBC Resets With New Tech for Super Bowl XLIX NBC will put its broadcast sports prowess to the test on Feb. 1 when it takes on the task of covering Super Bowl XLIX, and it will do so with a new slate of production trucks, 4K cameras and graphics technology designed to showcase the sport's biggest moment of the year. It all begins with numbers. Small Wonders: Reviewing Portable Video Recorders Multiformat/frame rate flexibility and massive storage capacity all crammed into small packages: That's the story of portable video recorders in 2015. With options such as 4K, eight-channel audio I/O and timecode generation, these devices have gone far beyond simple record/playback. Acoustic Design for Multichannel Audio Control Rooms~ by Mary C. Gruszka As the shift to 5.1 and beyond surround sound mixing rooms continues—with the potential for immersive audio on the horizon—there have been some new thoughts on the internal acoustical design. 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: Shaanxi TV Captures Live Journey on Silk Road With Aviwest PEOPLE: ASG Add Tim Gross To Technology Team NAB2015: Oscar Nominee and 'Boyhood' Editor Sandra Adair to Speak at 2015 NAB Show BUSINESS: Bitcentral Expands Into Latin America eBOOK: Guide to Virtualized Video Infrastructure Industry Roundup Why the Time Seems Right for a Space-Based Internet Service (MIT's Technology Review) High-Resolution Printing of Quantum Dots For Vibrant, Inexpensive Displays (IEEE Spectrum) Netflix Wants 20 Original Series a Year (Advanced Television) Twitter Launches Ability to Share 30-Second Videos (Variety) Do Not Strap Roman Candles To Your Drone (Digg) 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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