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NAB Show exhibits always impress visitors, starting in the LVCC lobby. Photo courtesy NAB.

2022 NAB Show Review, Part 2May 2^nd 2022 - 09:00 AM

With fewer exhibits and smaller crowds, the 2022 NAB Show aisles were easier to navigate and exhibitors had more time to speak with visitors.

NAB exhibits opened at 10 a.m. on Sunday. It wasn’t the usual heathy 100,000+ crowd, but it was an excited and healthy 52,000. Courtesy NAB.

2022 NAB Show Review, Part 1April 29^th 2022 - 12:30 PM

Many annual NAB Shows have become milestones in TV broadcasting history. The presence of the 2022 NAB Show marked the first Las Vegas NAB Show since 2019.

If you find color bars more intriguing than talent on a set, you need to attend the SBE Ennes Workshop and BEIT Conference sessions.

NAB 22 BEIT Conferences Detail TV Engineering ProgressApril 20^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

People visit NAB Shows for many reasons. Some are there to investigate and examine new solutions. Some are shopping with a budget ready to spend. Others visit to gather ideas and figures for next year’s budget. Many visit to accomplish all this and make time to learn the latest relevant information from the industry experts at BEIT Conferences.

Broadcast Control Systems - Replicating Distribution Amplifiers In IP InfrastructureApril 8^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

It is a clear-cut requirement of IP infrastructures that all signal flows need to be conducted via an IT switch, or network of switches, providing an architecture that allows a virtually anything-to-everything routing environment.

Grass Valley’s NAB 2022 booth will be smaller than in years past, but will spotlight its GV Media Universe vision for cloud workflows.

Grass Valley’s New CEO Wants To Lead The Third Video Revolution (The Cloud)March 23^rd 2022 - 01:00 PM

After two years of virtual gathering, broadcasters convening in person for this year’s NAB Show in Las Vegas will see a lot of new faces due to management and staff changes at the various vendors. One notable “new” figure will be Dr. Andrew Cross, formerly with NewTek, Vizrt and now the new CEO of Grass Valley (GV).

NDI|HX transported a stuttering 720p30 video stream across the internet at 744 Kbps. The wind blowing the tree was the motion component.

Field Report: Comparing Live Remote Internet Video With: NewTek Spark & NDI 5… & Teradek Cube 600 March 22^nd 2022 - 09:00 AM

Philo T. Farnsworth’s reported first words upon seeing the first TV image, which happened to be transmitted wirelessly, were “There you are, electronic television!” Some 95 years later, TV broadcasters and viewers rely more on wireless electronics than ever.

Disney’s Mandalorian is being shot against a large LED screen on a soundstage with volumetric video capture and cloud technology.

Movie Studios Embrace The Cloud For Next-Generation Production WorkflowsMarch 18^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

A consortium of the five largest motion picture studios in the U.S. is developing the next generation of production and post workflows, using the cloud at its core, to save time and money and allow the best and brightest production teams to be located anywhere in the world yet collaborate and share files as if they were in the same room. Indeed, by the end of 2030, entertainment productions will be produced in very different ways, rearranging or inverting today’s workflow steps dramatically.

Standby for the 2022 NAB Show. Will it be as crowded as this 2019 NAB moment? Will you be there? Will everyone mask-up as NAB recommends?

Test & Measurement At The 2022 NAB ShowMarch 16^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

The central theme in the 2022 TV T&M market segment is better, faster, more reliable, simple and affordable.