FAA Eases Drone Rules, Opens Door for Newsgathering

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets Today's Top Stories - 03.26.15 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself. Nature does it for you." ~ Frank Wilczek On this Day: In 1999, the first widespread email virus, "Melissa," was released into the wild, reaching as many as 250,000 computers within three days. FAA Eases Drone Rules, Opens Door for Newsgathering The FAA this week eased the process for getting a commercial drone-use waiver by establishing a temporary blanket exemption for operations at or below 200 feet. NBC Sports Scores 42 Sports Emmy Nominations NBC Sports Group said it earned 42 Sports Emmy Award nominations for 2014, highlighted by 15 nominations for its coverage of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia—the most of any single program this year—and 12 nominations for its NFL coverage. 2015 NAB Show's 'Cocktails and Conversations' to Feature Mel Karmazin Mel Karmazin, the former head of SiriusXM, CBS and Viacom, will headline the general session "Mel Karmazin Totally Unplugged: Cocktails and Conversation" at the 2015 NAB Show. NewBay Media's Best of Show Awards Returns for 2015 NAB Show The awards will recognize outstanding technologies exhibited at the 2015 NAB Show in April. News & Technology CAPTURE: Cobham's SOLO7 HD Transmitted Live Footage of Eagle's Flight PEOPLE: Quantel and Snell Name Neil Maycock Vice President of Marketing WORKFLOW: Three News Stations Partner with Bitcentral PRODUCTION: Broadcast Pix Anchors HD Upgrade for Faith Chapel Christian Center PEOPLE: SeaChange Appoints Rafael Castillo Vice President of Latin America Sales Industry Roundup India's Mega Spectrum Sale Garners $17.5 Billion (Light Reading) Reaction to $325,000 Indecency Fine Mixed (Radio World) CNN Regains Russia License (Advanced Television) Path to Better OLEDs, Organic Solar Cells Found (IEEE Spectrum) L.A.'s KFI-AM Outfits Reporters With Drones (NTS Media) TV Technology White Papers "Preparing for the 4K Content Workflow Transition" is an ebook from Quantum that discusses the challenges of building a 4K workflow and how Quantum technology can contribute. "High Speed Bridge to Cloud Storage" is a new ebook from Signiant that introduces Signiant Flight (previously known as SkyDrop), a SaaS solution for accelerated transfer of content to and from cloud storage. "Using Cloud Playout to Simplify Your Disaster Recovery Plans" from Imagine Communications describes how using its Cloud Disaster Recovery system can provide private or public cloud-based disaster recovery for broadcast and video playout operations. "Controlling and Monitoring Studio Displays" from Orad describes the implementation of the Orad TD Control studio display in The Weather Channel's new Atlanta studio. "The HTTP-Live-Streaming Success Guide" from Encoding.com examines HLS adaptive bitrate technology, HLS encoding parameters and a comparison of HLS platforms. TV Technology's 'Guide to Closed Captioning' takes a look at several important deadlines as well as new solutions to ensure compliance with FCC rules and enhance closed captioning services. "Guide to Virtualized Video Infrastructure" is an ebook from Harmonic that takes a closer look at how its virtualized video infrastructure technology is redefining the future of video production and delivery.   ©2015 NewBay Media, LLC

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