Connecting IT to Broadcast

Miss something at the 2017 NAB Show?  Stay connected with post show reports, analysis and product coverage by the editors of The Broadcast Bridge - filtered by category.

The Benefits of an All-IP Future – a Standard Way of Thinking May 29th 2017 - 05:00 PM

Earlier this year I had the honor of taking office as the President of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), a position I will hold until the end of 2018. It is a truly exciting role; SMPTE has worked tirelessly to address the industry’s growth and to provide standards – in concept and practice – to enhance the current and future work of engineers, creatives and professionals. Its work has been highly influential, with the embrace of software-defined networking and media processing, and the rise of a fully connected world illustrating the extraordinary advances we have enabled in the evolution of TV and media.

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Moore’s Law Gets a Phone Call May 8th 2017 - 01:50 PM

The annual NAB Show is a notorious launching pad for real products and trial balloons. At the 2017 NAB Show, nearly every exhibitor proudly displayed 4K devices or products 4K ready. Viewed close-up, 4K UHD images are stunning. Will UHD fit local DTV broadcasting’s US business model?

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Is Technology Actually Solving Satellite Interference for the Broadcaster? April 26th 2017 - 03:00 PM

Several years ago, the broadcast industry came to satellite operators with one request – to solve the problem of satellite interference, particularly to satellite news gathering (SNG). To that end, Carrier ID was born, and many of us believed that would be the best fix for SNG transmissions.

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Future of NYC Broadcast TV Moving to 1 WTC April 10th 2017 - 01:00 PM

Local New York City TV stations expect the new central TV broadcast antenna spire crowning 1 WTC to be the pinnacle of a dynamic future.

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Antenna Selection for Repack and ATSC 3.0 March 31st 2017 - 01:00 PM

New technology and the FCC broadcast spectrum repack channel re-assignment process is driving many US TV stations closer to replacing their broadcast antennas.

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Dielectric Welcomes FCC’s ATSC 3.0 NPRM March 27th 2017 - 12:05 PM

Recent FCC announcement encourages broadcasters to make equipment decisions in preparation for Spectrum Repack and ATSC 3.0, including the benefits of vertical polarization for mobile TV reception.

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Dolby AC-4 Recommended For North American Broadcasters Migrating To ATSC 3.0 March 10th 2017 - 01:50 PM

After more than two years of technology development, subcommittee discussions and field tests, on February 23rd the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) recommended that North American broadcasters choosing to migrate to the next-generation ATSC 3.0 specification use the Dolby AC-4 codec for OTA transmission. The Dolby system was up against a group of companies that have developed a competing system known as MPEG-H Audio

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