Quote of the Day: "The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps." ~ Benjamin Disraeli
On this Day: In 2002, President George W. Bush signed legislation creating the Department of Homeland Security.
Thousand TV Antennas Given Away in Washington D.C. For those who are still skeptical about the American consumer's interest in free over-the-air TV, the long lines at Eastern Market on Nov. 23 should help dispel those doubts.
NAB Defends Incentive Auction Objections "We urge the commission to reject the arguments of parties urging an incentive auction that seeks only to repurpose spectrum, and to protect television broadcasters and their millions of viewers," the NAB said in reply comments aimed at parties opposing petitions to reconsider the Spectrum Incentive Auction
"The HTTP-Live-Streaming Success Guide" from Encoding.com examines HLS adaptive bitrate technology, HLS encoding parameters and a comparison of HLS platforms.
"Playout in the Cloud," from Imagine Communications highlights "an entirely new range of opportunities for media companies to evolve their operations, transform and transport content free of geographic or other historical channel boundaries, extend and expand their brands."
"Analyzing 4K Video Quality," from Video Clarity, examines how, as new 4K systems and products reach the market, the importance of video quality testing and evaluation will grow.
"Gaining Competitive Advantage from Switching and Extension," from ThinkLogical addresses changes in the post-production ecosphere and outlines best practices for the design of a future-proof, fiber-optic KVM signal management infrastructure.
"Selecting Next-Generation Video Servers," from Rohde and Schwarz examines the rapid pace of technology development and the incorporation of information technology into broadcast and the broadcast operating environment.