Information: Part 1 - What Is Information? April 28^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

Although we are said to live in an information society, the more that is considered, the less likely it appears. A good place to start is to consider what information is.

Ensuring Live Streaming Achieves Broadcast-Grade: Part 2 - New Opportunities April 27^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

As specialist broadcast service providers and network operators look at the fast growing requirement for at-scale broadcast-grade streaming video, it is a big opportunity for them to address.

NAB 22 BEIT Conferences Detail TV Engineering Progress April 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 r

Electricity: Part 1 - Basic Principles April 13^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

In this new series, John Watkinson looks at all aspects of electricity.

Transforms: Part 3 - Superhet Analyzers April 7^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

Here we dip a toe into spectrum analysis. The water’s warm.

5G-MEC Helps Propagate NextGen TV Signals For Mobile Broadcasting And OTT In Korea April 5^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

With help from their U.S. counterparts at Sinclair Broadcasting Group (SBG), the second-largest television station operator in the U.S., South Korean broadcasters are working on a terrestrial ultra-high-definition (UHD) 4K broadcasting network to be deployed in 2023. It’s all part of a state project that is being funded b

As New Transmitters Turn On, NextGen TV Forges Into Uncertainty And Beyond March 29^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

On the morning of March 9th, Bill Macbeth, Chief Engineer at local Fox affiliate KBSI hit the switch on the station’s Rohde & Schwarz THU9evo liquid-cooled UHF transmitter and, in a video posted on social media, uttered the words: “Transmitter is on, we are making power.” Just like that,

Transforms: Part 2 - Fourier By Example March 2^nd 2022 - 09:00 AM

The Fourier transform is one of the most enduring and looking at the basics is a good place to start.