Drones and fireworks: What better way to celebrate Independence Day

TV TECHNOLOGY NEWSBYTES   Trouble seeing this email?       Serving the Broadcast, Production, Broadband, Satellite and Mobile Markets     THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES - 07.03.15     Deborah McAdams - Executive Editor   Quote of the Day: "Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing." ~ Rollo May On this Day: In 1955, "The Lawrence Welk Show" premiered on ABC and ran for 27 years. Happy 4th from TV Technology! In honor of our nation's 239th birthday, we bring you two irresistible forces: Drones and fireworks!   San Francisco to Host Free Antenna Giveaway More than 300 indoor digital broadcast TV antennas will be given away this morning in San Francisco's Chinatown. Pro Video Monitors Run the Gamut of Features Broadcasters love technology (except when they hate it), and one sure way for equipment manufacturers to get their attention is to add value to their monitors, when it comes to multitasking. NEP Group Files for Public Stock Offering NEP Group is hitting the open market with a stock offering valued at up to $100 million. Cutting to Picture for Impact Editors have three great tools at their disposal: context, contrast and rhythm. Dave Lougee Elected NAB Joint Board Chairman Lougee, president of TEGNA Media, takes over the position from Charles Warfield, whose term had expired. Broadcasters Eye Digital Ad Insertion to Compete With Online DAI could be a boon for broadcasters wanting to level the advertising playing field with Google and other online digital media. Getting Social with Sports TV Too much, not enough, or just right? Avid Completes Orad Acquisition Avid describes Orad's product line as "highly complementary." ATSC Sounds Out 3.0 Audio Proposals Fraunhofer, Dolby compete for immersive audio standard. NewBay Launches Technology Leadership Cloud Summit This VIP, invitation-only event for technical executives and managers at TV stations, networks, and media and entertainment operations is scheduled for Aug. 5-6. Lodging and meals are covered for qualified attendees. more news »     NEWS & TECHNOLOGY     BUSINESS: Wireless Acquisition Launches New Transport Stream Processor KUDOS: ATEME Receives Frost & Sullivan Award PEOPLE: Roger Henderson Named TSL Systems CEO SPORTS: US Open Gets Remote Production Aid from Game Creek BUSINESS: Thomson Video Network Relocates Headquarters   Industry Roundup     U.S. approval of AT&T-DirecTV deal expected as soon as next week: sources (Reuters) What Hannibal's cancellation — and possible renewal — tells us about the future of TV (Vox) Doping Lithium-ion Batteries to Make Them Safer (IEEE Spectrum) 360Fly Could Do for VR What GoPro Did for Action Cameras (TWICE) When TV Was Daring and Radical, Sort Of (The Indypendent)   TV Technology Resource Center 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.   News Expertise Opinions Equipment Show News Resources Subscribe   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2015 NewBay Media, LLC

Manage Your Email Preferences/Unsubscribe Change Your Email Address To report abuse, click here. You have received this message because you previously gave your email address to NewBay Media LLC. © 2015 NewBay Media LLC, 28 East 28th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10016 | 212.378.0400