Quote of the Day: "Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's how dogs spend their lives." ~ Sue Murphy
On this Day: In 1964, IBM launched the System 360 mainframe architecture.
NAB Signs Deal for New Headquarters on D.C. Riverfront The NAB found a new home. The organization said it entered an agreement with Washington-based developer Monument Realty and its investment partners, New York-based Angelo, Gordon & Co., to to buy a building in the D.C. Capitol Riverfront neighborhood, upon its completion. Move-in is expected by the fall of 2018.
NAB 2015 Show Floor Grows to More Than 1 Million Square Feet Organizers said the floor of the 2015 NAB Show has expanded to more than 1 million square feet of exhibit space. A total of 244 companies are set to be exhibiting for the first time.
NAB 2015 Audio Preview Looking at this year's previews, it's clear that the focus has shifted as audio-over-IP network supportincluding AES67, AVB, Dante, Livewire and Ravennais becoming increasingly commonplace. Interfaces to and bridges between disparate network and transport protocols are proliferating and file-based workflows are now standard operating procedure.
NAB 2015 Test & Measurement Preview Whether the problem is audio, video, or metadata, you need troubleshooting tools, and if you are a manufacturer, you need tools too. Everybody needs tools, and this is the tool department for the "fixers."
"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.
"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.