Selecting A Content Creation Laptop March 16^th 2020 - 01:00 PM

Computer marketing departments typically do not promote all company products. Rather they focus on high margin products.

Differentiating Between Cloud And Virtualization March 13^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

There’s usually a bit of confusion when people talk about going to the cloud vs. virtualizing. While most cloud providers use virtual machine configurations to optimize their offerings, that’s not the same thing.

NAB Has Been Cancelled Due to the Coronavirus March 11^th 2020 - 07:30 PM

The NAB show has been cancelled. This announcement was made by NAB president, Gordon H. Smith.

Blockchain Is Not A Cloud Service March 10^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

As cloud and cloud words become common in the media lexicon so has the term blockchain. Let’s take a closer look at blockchain. Not all technologies work everywhere or should they! Each time one industry sector introduces a new concept or technology, all the other market sectors latch on a…

A New Generation Of TV Pioneers March 9^th 2020 - 01:00 PM

The 2nd generation of local broadcast TV professionals is retiring. Who will replace them and where will they lead local TV?

The Road From CES Leads To NAB March 6^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Following the myriad of transitions in media production and distribution, is a combination of new technologies that create media and ones that support the consumption of media. Since the creation of media is mostly intended for the audience, the technologies needed to create the media are pretty important even while…

Data Recording and Transmission: Part 17 - Error Correction II March 5^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Here we look at one of the first practical error-correcting codes to find wide usage. Richard Hamming worked with early computers and became frustrated when errors made them crash. The rest is history.

The Sponsors Perspective: HDR and WCG Drives The Need For New Production Tools and Workflows March 3^rd 2020 - 09:00 AM

Within broadcast there has always been a quest for higher and higher resolution with improvements in wider color fidelity. The quest has always been to deliver what we see to the audience, often this is limited by technology or cost of production, but today there is the possibility to increase…

More AI Acronyms & Buzzwords Explained March 2^nd 2020 - 09:00 AM

So many buzzwords & acronyms and so little time! I thought this was a better title than Understanding the Differences Part 2.

The Beginning Of A New Decade February 28^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

While I am not one to wax nostalgic, the last decade was a pretty exciting one in media technology. HD-SDI came into its own in the early aught (00) years, mobile and wireless media, OTT and streaming all became mainstream. IP and file based media production was introduced and standardized (SMPTE…