Data Recording and Transmission - Part 10: The Hard Disk Drive – Increasing Density July 10^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

The hard disk drive rapidly converged on the concept of one head per surface with all of the heads moving together on a common positioner.

NextGen TV: What’s In It For Me? July 8^th 2019 - 10:00 AM

TV is changing, again. Color, hi-fi, stereo, VCRs, DTV, HDTV and flat panel displays were all significant technology achievements, affordable for all TV viewers, with obvious benefits and near-overnight popularity. Viewer and station benefits of moving to the incompatible ATSC 3.0 system and NextGen TV are interesting, but a bit less…

ADA Captioning Court Actions July 5^th 2019 - 11:00 AM

Choosing to not caption content not exempted by the FCC is asking for serious legal trouble. Wouldn’t you think state lawmakers would know better?

Color and Colorimetry – Part 2 July 3^rd 2019 - 11:00 AM

At one time the only repeatable source of light on Earth was the sun. Later it was found that if bodies were made hot enough, they would radiate light. Any treatment of illumination has to start with the radiation from heated bodies.

Compressed IP Video Transport Report, Part 2: Tweaking Internet Video with RIST July 2^nd 2019 - 09:00 AM

Internet packets can be occasionally dropped, primarily due to instantaneous congestion in routers. Dropped packets need to be recovered for glitch-free video. Given enough time, any losses can be recovered, but contribution applications are typically latency-sensitive and can not ‘wait forever’.

Broadcasters Now Need To Care About Quality Viewing Experiences June 25^th 2019 - 01:00 PM

Thanks to Over-the-Top (OTT) streaming video, content owners and broadcasters have a very different relationship with the end consumer – often a direct one.

Data Recording and Transmission: The Hard Disk Drive - Part 9 June 19^th 2019 - 01:00 PM

We call them hard disks to distinguish them from floppy disks. As the latter have practically died out as a result of progress in solid-state storage such as flash memory, it is probably not necessary to specify that disks are hard anymore, but tradition is a powerful thing.

2019 Closed Captioning Update June 17^th 2019 - 01:00 PM

The CVAA and FCC go hand-in-hand. A review of their latest rules and rulings is preventive maintenance.

ATSC 3.0 in Mobile Devices June 14^th 2019 - 08:00 AM

The push for integrating NextGen TV receiver chips into popular mobile devices picks up momentum at the 2019 NAB Show.

Unified Cloud-Based Platforms: Bringing Increased Cost Savings, Efficiency and Agility to Live Sport June 11^th 2019 - 01:00 PM

In the media industry, speed has become a critical workflow requirement even more than ever, especially for delivering live sports. Today, consumers have a large number of avenues for watching live sports, including traditional broadcast TV channels, OTT services and a growing assortment of apps and video services. Facing a…

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