Y2K+20: The Polar Opposite April 24^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

TV stations refocus their creative talents and energies on staying healthy and on the air.

Audio Levels - Part 3 April 22^nd 2020 - 09:00 AM

The traditional level standards were based on electrical signals of specified power. When these signals are recorded on media, or transmitted in other ways, these definitions no longer apply.

Audio Levels - Part 2 April 7^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

The deciBel is a logarithmic ratio that happens to express quite well both the signal loss in transmission lines and the subjective sense of loudness in human hearing.

Audio Levels - Part 1 March 23^rd 2020 - 01:00 PM

Superficially, level seems to be a simple subject: just a reading on a meter. In practice, there’s a lot more to it. Level matters because if it is wrong, sound quality can suffer, things can get damaged or cause interference and listeners complain because they have to keep adjusting…

The V In TV Stands For Viewers March 23^rd 2020 - 09:00 AM

What’s the difference between a video and TV? A video without an audience is still a video. TV without an audience is a disaster.

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…

Engineers: The Final Filter February 19^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Want to prove your value to your employer? One audience complaint about a simple but crucial content detail that should have been caught by the traffic department or an engineer resulted in a $50,000 fine.

Effective Monitoring Strategies Today And The Path Forward February 13^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

The number of stream monitoring and data aggregation points continue to multiply, but there are increasingly efficient ways to proactively manage your QoS, QoE and compliance requirements.

A Step-by-Step Plan for Ensuring EAS Compliance April 2^nd 2018 - 01:00 PM

U.S. broadcasters are required to keep logs and, in some special cases, self-report to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prove compliance with FCC rules related to, among many other things, emergency alerting. Organizations failing to do so face increasingly significant fines. That’s why it’s so important for…

Applied Technology: Complex OTT Monitoring Simplified December 15^th 2017 - 11:00 AM

Television broadcasting has become more complex with the advent of OTT services. Playout is no longer the final point of quality control. CDN edge points, targeted ad-insertion, multi-language support, and event based channels require the expert scrutiny of broadcast engineers.