The Sharper Image(r)

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets This Week's Top Stories - 01.02.15 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves." ~ Henri-Frédéric Amiel On this Day: In 1995, the most distant galaxy yet discovered was found by scientists using the Keck telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii. 8C 1435+63 was estimated to be 15 billion lightyears away. The Sharper Image(r) When you visit a movie theater or watch a television show today, the imaging technology behind what you're seeing is the result of the coordinated efforts of some of the brightest minds in our industry. Few have been more influential than Laurence J. Thorpe. GatesAir CEO Takes the Long View The new CEO of GatesAir spent two decades of his career in the oil and gas industry. The Legacy of the 'CBS Sunday Morning' Moment in Nature Robert "Shad" Northshield had created a new kind of show for CBS in 1979. 2014: A Year Not Unlike Others Every time I see that baby with the top hat standing alongside the old dude with the hourglass, I cringe. The Versatile Production Switcher What type of production switcher do we buy, or how many? Pushing the Limits of 3D and 4K Getting ahead of the technology curve is tough enough under the best of circumstances, let alone 37,000 feet under the sea... 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 PEOPLE: Biamp Systems Appoints Alex Kalejs to Growing Global Sales Team INT'L: Videocon d2h Implements Grass Valley's iTX Playout REVIEW: Marshall Lynx 702 Dual 7-Inch LCD Monitor PEOPLE: Kelly Fair Named Wohler Vice President of Sales eBOOK: Guide to Virtualized Video Infrastructure Industry Roundup Best of 2014: First Graphene Audio Speaker Easily Outperforms Traditional Designs (MIT's Technology Review) EE's U.K. network tests push LTE speeds to 410 Mbps (GigaOm) Google Fiber Delays Expansion Decision (Multichannel News) Moving Radio Public Files Online Takes Next Step (Radio World) Comcast Free Taste of 4K (Advanced Television) 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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