The Future Of American Television? August 5^th 2025 - 05:00 PM

To maximize the “wow factor,” a new technology must be undeniably better, faster and/or cheaper. It must also have sufficient impact to knock everyone’s socks off, like flat-panel HDTV compared to a NTSC 19” Trinitron TV. NextGen TV technology is learning to crawl before it knocks everyone’s socks off, and …

Local TV In The U.S.A – 1967 Style June 24^th 2025 - 09:00 AM

Our very own TV pioneer shares recollections of local TV in the US from his start in 1967.

BEIT Conference Sessions At NAB 2025 Report - Part 2 May 13^th 2025 - 09:00 AM

The BEITC conference sessions at the 2025 NAB Show were varied and fascinating. Here our transmission specialist Ned Soseman concludes his review of his personal pick of the sessions of most relevance to the US broadcast market.

BEIT Conference Sessions At NAB 2025 Report - Part 1 May 7^th 2025 - 03:00 PM

The BEITC conference sessions at the 2025 NAB Show were varied and fascinating. Here our transmission specialist Ned Soseman summarizes his pick of the sessions of most relevance to the US broadcast market.

Authenticity And Trust In Media May 6^th 2025 - 03:30 PM

Our resident digital philosopher Dave Shapton asks us all to consider whether we know what is real and how much we value authenticity.

IP Monitoring & Diagnostics With Command Line Tools: Part 1 - The Command Line Interface April 28^th 2025 - 09:30 AM

Being faced with an IP and file-based broadcast environment can be daunting if you are not already an experienced Information Technology systems administrator. This series of articles will help you acquire the skills one-by-one to monitor and diagnose problems from the UNIX command line. Then you can build more sophisticated…

BEITC At NAB 2025: Conference Sessions Preview - Part 2 March 14^th 2025 - 09:00 AM

Once again in 2025 The Broadcast Bridge is proud to be the sole media partner for the BEIT Conference Sessions at NAB. They are not free, but the conference sessions are a unique opportunity to engage with very high quality in-person technical learning. Here is the second part of our summary…

BEITC At NAB 2025: Conference Sessions Preview - Part 1 March 7^th 2025 - 12:45 PM

Once again in 2025 The Broadcast Bridge is proud to be the sole media partner for the BEIT Conference Sessions at NAB. They are not free, but the conference sessions are a unique opportunity to engage with very high quality in-person technical learning. Here is the first part of our summary…

The Ultimate Compression Technology? February 28^th 2025 - 09:00 AM

Our resident provocateur Dave Shapton speculates on the nature of compression and its potential future evolutionary path.

5G Broadcast Update 2025 February 19^th 2025 - 09:00 AM

After some trials of varying success, European broadcasters are most interested in exploiting 5G Broadcast as part of their hybrid offerings with hopes of reaching mobile devices. The key missing ingredient is support by the major device makers.