Changing The Paradigm In Paradise December 8^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

During the DTV transition, we chief engineers in the Kansas City market joked about broadcasting the most popular cable channels on our new ATSC 1.0 digital subchannels and running the local MVPDs out of business. Station owners weren’t interested because ATSC 1.0 had no provisions for subscriber broadcasting. ATSC 3.0 does.

NextGen TV Looks To 2021 November 23^rd 2020 - 09:00 AM

Broadcasters are famous for adjusting to changing circumstances during live broadcasts without missing a beat. Live radio DJs roll with the punches. Live TV news reporters, newscast directors, engineers and technicians move or cut away as fast as possible. It comes with the territory and it’s in our DNA. T

Is Gamma Still Needed?: Part 6 - Analyzing Gamma Correction In The Frequency Domain November 19^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

To date, the explanations of gamma that are seen mostly restrict themselves to the voltage or brightness domain and very little has been published about the effects of gamma in the frequency domain. This is a great pity, because analysis in the frequency domain produces interesting results.

Is Gamma Still Needed?: Part 5 - Processing Gamma Corrected Signals October 22^nd 2020 - 09:00 AM

It is unwise to pretend that gamma corrected signals can successfully be multiplied, added and subtracted in a matrix as if they represented linear light. Yet in television it is done all the time.

Maintaining Digital Integrity With IP Test & Measurement October 1^st 2020 - 09:00 AM

TV test and measurement gear and instrument solutions also facilitate remote production and monitoring.

Is Gamma Still Needed?: Part 4 - The Weber Fraction, Distortion And Noise September 17^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Now the CRT is history, we have to justify the retention of gamma on its performance as a perceptual compression codec. That requires its effect on human vision to be considered.

Local TV Looks Beyond TV September 10^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Local broadcasters are used to mission-critical because everything is mission-critical. Moving critical data may be the right move.

Will NextGen TV Change Local News? August 28^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Tests in Washington D.C. ABC and FOX affiliate newsrooms will reveal the first data on new NextGen TV systems and workflows.