Quote of the Day: "Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself." ~ Rabbi Abraham Heschel
On this Day: In 1914, the first transcontinental phone call took place between San Francisco and New York.
Getting Ready for ATSC 3.0 ~ by Doug Lung Broadcasters in each market will have to share their bandwidth to make an ATSC 3.0 transition possible. Before looking at the complications, here are some scenarios I think could work.
Consumer Virtual Reality to Gross $21.8B by 2020, Tractica Predicts Virtual reality is about to explode on the market. Tractica predicts that with the upcoming releases of Oculus Rift and Project Morpheus in 2016, consumer virtual reality revenue is set to grow rapidly, reaching an estimated $21.8 billion by 2020.
All You Engineers! Don't Be Left Out of the Cloud Summit. Register now for the Aug 5-6 Technology Leadership Cloud Summit in Raleigh, N.C., featuring WGBH-TV CTO Stacey Decker and Capitol Broadcasting's Jimmy Goodmon. Meals are free. Lodging is free. The off-site data center tour is free. The networking is free. All you have to do is get there and bring your questions.
"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.