Will UHD Content Take Off in 2015?

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets Today's Top Stories - 01.12.15 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "The important thing is not to stop questioning." ~ Ed Gardner On this Day: In 1968, AT&T announced the designation of 911 as a universal emergency number. Will UHD Content Take Off in 2015? DirecTV's new satellite will be the first commercial bird to use the "Reverse Band Direct Broadcast Satellite" spectrum, giving it the capacity to deliver ultra high-definition video-on-demand programming across the contiguous 48 states as well as Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. DirecTV also plans to offer live 4K programming sometime in 2015, it said. Placid Video Packet Streams~ by Wes Simpson Delivering video over packet networks requires a certain amount of discipline to ensure the receiver is neither overwhelmed by bursts of excessive amounts of data, nor starved by inadequate flow rates. For constant bit-rate streams, a good analogy is a placid stream of water—a smooth, constant flow without ripples or waves. NewBay Media Releases Product Innovation Awards Nominations Guide The guide details the 27 nominees. Congratulations to all the award winners and nominees whose innovation and dedication to technical excellence continue to drive our industries forward. 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: Sewald Named President of Nevada Broadcasters Association CES 2015: JVC Rolls Out 4K Streaming Cameras CES 2015: Shure Unveils New Motiv Digital Product Line of Plug & Play Mics PEOPLE: ChyronHego Appoints Rickard Öhrn as Chief Operating Officer OTT: Harmonic Optimizes Multiscreen Security With Microsoft PlayReady DRM eBOOK: Guide to Virtualized Video Infrastructure Industry Roundup Mark Schubin on UHD: Beyond the Hype (YouTube) The Chips Fall for DOCSIS 3.1 (Light Reading) AT&T to Test LTE Broadcast at College Football Championship (Donohue Report) Long-Awaited FCC Streamlined Wireless Facilities Siting Rules Finally Published (Wireless Estimator) Breakthrough Quantum Hard Drive Holds Data 100 Times Longer (Gizmodo) 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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