Quote of the Day: "Nature is not human hearted." ~ Lao Tzu
On this Day: In 1971, Apollo 14 landed on the moon, where astronaut Alan Shepard got in a little golf.
Bonded-Cell Vendors Cope With Changing Speed Limits ENG crews that use cellular live-shot gear in the field applaud or curse the cellular networks on which they rely on a day-to-day basis. Can we get connected? Will the connection hold? They collect anecdotal evidence about what worked yesterday, what didn't work today.
Wheeler Brings Down Net Neutrality Hammer The chairman of the FCC followed through on marching orders from the president to redefine broadband networks, essentially as utilities. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler proposed reclassifying both wired and wireless broadband networks under Title II of the '96 Telecom Act, which would allow the agency to impose network neutrality rules.
CNNgo Looks to Bring the Internet to Television The concept is both simple and revolutionary: "What if we let online viewers program their own CNN newscast, focusing on the stories that matter most to them?" This offering could be supported by the millions of hours of legacy CNN archive footage and stories, all neatly accessed via related links that appear automatically based on keywords. And it would all be available for free with a paid TV subscription.
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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.