Drone Rules Tweaks Sought for Night Flight, Over Bystanders, Beyond VLOS

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets Today's Top Stories - 04.29.15 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: Moses dragged us through the desert for 40 years to bring us to the one place in the Middle East where there was no oil. ~ Golda Meir On this Day: In 1899, Duke Ellington was born, making the human race collectively cooler. Drone Rules Tweaks Sought for Night Flight, Over Bystanders, Beyond VLOS News organizations need to fly drones at night, over bystanders and beyond an operator's visual line of sight, among other things. That's according to joint comments filed by the NAB, NCTA and the RTDNA on the FAA's proposed rules for commercial drone flight. Agenda Releases for Annual ATSC Gathering in D.C. Agendas for ATSC 3.0 Boot Camp on May 13 and the ATSC Broadcast Television Conference on May 14 have now been released. Monthly 4K LCD TV Panel Shipments Hit Record High "Meanwhile, panel makers are aggressively introducing 4K resolution, wide color gamut, ultra-slim bezels and other new features, to improve panel shipment growth." News & Technology CAPTURE: TV-Film Adds Ikegami HDK-970A Cameras USER REPORT: BBS Area 48 Lights Illuminate New AJ+ Studio ZOOM: AJA Goes Off-Road for King of Hammer Broadcasts OB: Mobile TV Group Picks Lynx Technik Yellobrik Fiber INT'L: France Télévisions Goes with Nevion VideoIPath Industry Roundup HKT Demos 450MB LTE-A With Huawei (Light Reading) FCC Suspends Sept. 1 LPTV Digital Conversion Deadline (Broadcast Law Blog) Broadband Policy Could Decide Vote for 1 in 5 U.K. Residents (Advanced Television) News Outlets: Existing Laws Suffice for Drone Privacy (Multichannel News) 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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