Jordan Radio and Television turns to Grass Valley for upgrades January 8^th 2015 - 10:00 AM

Jordan broadcaster upgrades infrastructure with new Grass Valley gear.

Dish Offers “Chord-Cutters” Sling TV January 7^th 2015 - 12:30 PM

After much discussion over the past year, Dish Network has joined the over-the top (OTT) fray by unveiling at the CES Show this week a new OTT service that, unlike others, includes sports outlets ESPN, TBS and TNT and will cost about $20 monthly for about a dozen TV channels.

ATSC 3.0 Demo at CES 2015 Shows Promise of Next-Generation TV Broadcast Standard January 6^th 2015 - 05:41 PM

Although there continues to be some debate about whether the industry as a whole will embrace a next-generation television broadcast standard, dubbed ATSC 3.0, due to a number of technical and financial hardship hurdles (for both broadcasters and the consumer), several live demonstrations of the proposed standard’s capabilities continue to b

The future of media: What lies ahead for 2015? December 31^st 2014 - 09:24 PM

Thirteen industry experts offer their thoughts on technology for 2015.

Applied Technology: Cloud Technology for TV Broadcasters December 19^th 2014 - 08:25 PM

Cloud computing and broadcasters—they are made for each other. Cloud computing enables global scale of operations, brings tremendous cost savings and enables the worldwide distribution of content.

Ericsson’s new multi-language real-time caption system December 17^th 2014 - 10:38 AM

Ericsson recently unveiled its real-time platform that supports live captioning in multiple languages. The system relies on speech-to-text intelligence, newsroom integration, and rapid offline content preparation. The live platform is a key part of Ericsson’s Broadcast and Media Services portfolio following the acquisition of leading media services company Red

Blonder Tongue announces new MPEG-2 HD to IP encoder December 16^th 2014 - 09:00 AM

Blonder Tongue Laboratories HDE-8C-QAM/IP MPEG-2 HD encoder brings increased reliability, efficiency, and affordability to HD video delivery.

Field Report: Effortless streaming December 12^th 2014 - 06:15 PM

The goal in world-class powerboat racing is to fly down an open water race course without leaving the surface, faster than anyone else. At this year’s Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks race, the winner blasted through the finish-line at 244 MPH, setting a new event speed record.

Rai Way’s New Terrestrial Contribution Network November 28^th 2014 - 07:44 AM

Rai Way is Italy’s DTT transmission tower operator, a unit of the state broadcaster Rai, which has just gone public. It operates a Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial (DVB-T) distribution network serving thousands of transmitter locations via terrestrial and satellite infrastructures. But it also owns the country’s national terrestrial contribution netwo

Applied Technology: The Hidden Limitations of FEC November 21^st 2014 - 11:47 PM

Packet loss is part of the “normal” behavior of packet networks and in particular of unmanaged networks like the Internet. Even so, there are effective ways in which to resolve the missing data.