Drone ENG, ATSC 3.0, Auction All Progress

Brought to you by: TV Technology Magazine serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets Today's Top Stories - 05.11.15 Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you." ~ Nancy Astor On this Day:In 1997, IBM's chess computer Deep Blue beat world chess champion Gary Kasparov. Q&A: Mark Richer on ATSC 3.0 Progress What remains to be completed in the standard? E.g., how many components, and of what function are they? Q&A: Ron Futrell on ArrowData's ENG Drone Waiver "Our pilot is a former B-29 and F-16 pilot who also flew for the U.S. Air Force in the unmanned Predator program." Drone ENG Approved for Las Vegas ArrowData scored an FAA waiver to do electronic newsgathering with a drone, the first waiver of its type and one that comes with several conditions, including operation of a specific model of drone by a licensed pilot. FCC Upholds Incentive Auction Framework The FCC has completed its consideration of more than two dozen petitions to reconsider its initial broadcast incentive auction framework, released last June, and with the exception of a handful of technical, nonsubstantive, changes, has reaffirmed that decision and framework as is. NewBay Media and Blackmagic Launch Creative Video Revolution Tour The Creative Video Revolution Tour, sponsored by Blackmagic Design and NewBay Media, will make its first of three stops in Nashville, Tenn., on June 2, where visitors can get firsthand experience on a range of Blackmagic Design products. News & Technology PEOPLE: Antony Harris Joins Monroe Electronics as Director of Software Development EDIT: New Adobe Creative Cloud Release to Come with Matrox Support SPORTS: Green Bay Packers Score Vitec EZ TV for Lambeau Field AUDIO: iZotope Releases RX Loudness Control Plug-In REVIEW: Fostex's RM-3 Stereo Rack Monitor Industry Roundup Filming the Aftermath of the Nepal Earthquake, Pete Pattisson Shoots for 'The Guardian' on the Sony a7S (News Shooter) CEA and Carriers Team Up for IPv6 Plugfest (Radio World) SES, Samsung Demo UHD DVB (Advanced Television) DirecTV TVE App Optimized for Apple Watch (Multichannel News) FAA Will Let Some Drones Fly Beyond Line of Sight (IEEE Spectrum) 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. "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. TV Technology and Broadcast Engineering Publish IP Transition Study with Grass Valley The results indicated a strong current level of IP technology deployment and a trend toward increasing utilization.   ©2015 NewBay Media, LLC

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