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Joda Media Presents New Transmitter Site and Building Security Solutions for US Broadcast Industry May 29th 2023 - 10:00 AM

Joda Media is excited to announce the launch of a new cloud-native door access and surveillance system & service for broadcasters in the USA. This new solution has the ability to dramatically increase the awareness, monitoring, control, and overall security of often vulnerable and remote transmitter sites and other broadcast facilities. With these new tools, Broadcasters will be able to see and control their buildings from any browser or smartphone, without the need for on-premises servers, NVRs, or other traditional infrastructure.

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Waves: Part 9 - Propagation Inversion May 25th 2023 - 09:00 AM

As a child I came under two powerful influences. The first of these was electricity. My father was the chief electrician at a chemical works and he would bring home any broken or redundant electrical parts for me to tinker with, dismantle and occasionally repair.

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Multiple independent timing sources provide redundancy.

BEITC Session Report - Using TV For GPS Backup In The USA May 4th 2023 - 09:30 AM

China and Russia have back-up GPS systems. The USA has no GPS backup, although politicians have been talking about the need for 20 years. ATSC 3.0 stations have the hardware in place to provide nationwide backup. The US Department of Transportation is responsible for GPS. If The Office of Transportation Policy (TRA/OTP) develops and coordinates an ATSC 3.0 GPS backup policy, work and funding can begin. With planning and coordination, ATSC 3.0 broadcasters are positioned to be the future GPS backup in the USA.

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Waves: Part 8 - Shock Waves April 26th 2023 - 10:00 AM

Shock waves are interesting phenomena that take place in a number of different media. For an arcane physical process, they have done quite well to be adopted by the mainstream media as one of their clichés, along with Mae West life jackets and aircraft black boxes (which are orange).

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Vendor Spotlight: Dielectric April 7th 2023 - 09:30 AM

Dielectric eases the transition for broadcasters.

Founded over 80 years ago, Dielectric has supported radio and TV broadcasters, from low to high power, through their respective transitions from analog to digital and beyond. Based in Raymond, Maine, the company’s products address everything in the broadcast chain from the transmitter output to the tower top.

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Anywave Brings NextGen TV To Central Pennsylvania April 4th 2023 - 09:35 AM

Anywave supplies ATSC 3.0 lighthouse transmitter and ATSC 3.0 translator to bring nextgen TV to Central Pennsylvania.

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TV RF At 2023 NAB Show - New Technology For NextGen TV Transmission April 3rd 2023 - 09:30 AM

Ned Soseman presents his highlights of the transmission technology that will be at the 2023 NAB Show.

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Waves: Part 7 - Reflection And Refraction March 30th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Here we look at reflection and refraction, which figure highly in the cameras and lighting equipment used by broadcasters, to say nothing of the real word in which images are captured.

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