Automation Enhances Budgets, Workflows

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets Today's Top Stories - 04.02.15 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "Intimacy is being seen and known as the person you truly are." ~ Amy Bloom On this Day: In 1968, "2001: A Space Odyssey" premiered in Washington, D.C. Automation Enhances Budgets, Workflows Big or small—whether you're in rural market 100 or in the nation's top 10—there are always two tantalizing results that come from revamping a station's automation capabilities. The first, most often, is cost. NAB 2015 Switchers & Routers Preview We've all heard the commonplace adage about putting power in the palm of your hand. But how about putting it within reach of your little finger? That's the premise behind many of the production solutions being touted at this year's NAB Show—via a switcher, router or integrated production systems, you've got the ability to access and manipulate content by just clicking a button. NAB 2015 Automation Preview The common feature that links together the disparate technologies of automation, asset management, traffic and newsroom automation? Connectivity, and ensuring that those connections are seamless, cohesive and unified. This year, automation and media management technologies are branching out to include hybrid IP video workflows, applications that target mobile vehicles and cloud-based management tools. Hitachi Kokusai Closes U.S. Office Hitachi Kokusai America has closed the broadcast division of its U.S. office in Elgin, Ill., in what Sean Moran, vice president of sales of broadcast and professional products for the company's U.S. broadcast division, called a "consolidation." TOMORROW is the Last Day to Nominate a Technology for NewBay Media's 2015 NAB Best of Show Award! The awards will recognize outstanding technologies exhibited at the 2015 NAB Show in April. News & Technology PRODUCT: Pasternack Introduces New 75 Ohm Test Cables ENG: TVU Networks Beefs Up ENG Gear PEOPLE: NBCUniversal's Alison Moore to Speak at 2015 NAB Show INT'L: CueScript Adds Alphatron to Expand Reach in Middle East PEOPLE: ChyronHego Names Carl Blandio as Chief Financial Officer   TV Technology Publishes Joint IP Transition Study with Grass Valley TV Technology and Broadcast Engineering Extra magazines conducted a survey in December, 2014 that gathered over 1,500 qualified responses. The results indicated a strong current level of IP technology deployment and a trend toward increasing utilization. Industry Roundup Radio and TV Martí, U.S. Broadcasters to Cuba, Emerge From Cold War Past Facing Uneasy Future (The New York Times) BIA/Kelsey: KIIS Is Top-Earning Station (Radio World) Update: Wireless Mic Coordination Provision of Incentive Auction Order Now in Effect (CommLawBlog) Weather Channel Parent Is First Partner in IBM $3B IoT Venture (Multichannel News) Patent Reveals GoPro's Working on a 'Square Profile' (engadget) TV Technology White Papers "Video Dropouts and the Challenges they Pose to Video Quality Assessment" from Interra Systems explores various kinds of video dropouts, the source of these errors, and the challenges encountered in detection of these errors. "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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