Quote of the Day: "It is never too late to be what you might have been." ~ George Eliot
On this Day: In 1967, the Association of North American Radio Clubs held its first convention in Chicago.
Crowding Out Broadcasters? "I don't have any idea until the last moment what wireless microphone or IFB frequency is going to be used by the host broadcaster. We may coordinate things a week in advance and then I find out that the vendor shipped different equipment, and then we have to throw away our coordination plan and start all over again with different frequency blocks."
Multiviewers Address Remote Possibilities Outside of the master control environment, whether on a truck or at remote facility, issues such as power consumption, heat and access to devices need to be overcome. In these situations multiviewers need to be compact yet still offer specific features
AT&T Offers Nationwide TV & Wireless Combo Shortly after the FCC gave its approval of the AT&T and DirecTV merger, AT&T announced it will package TV and wireless services, with HD and DVR service for up to four TVs, unlimited talk and text for four smartphones, and 10 GB of shareable data.
"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.