sE Electronics (Companies)

By defying convention, we push the boundaries of what a piece of recording equipment can accomplish.By devoting more of our resources to quality components - and less of them to advertising - we take huge steps to increase the

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Moving to the Middle (Featured / Editorial)
June 27th 2019 - 08:00 AM

There was a time when broadcasting was split into two distinct disciplines – production and engineering. Both focused on their area of expertise, engineering and technical operators on one hand making the best professional broadcast pictures and sound possible, and the production team on the other delivering content for cutting edge news, sport, entertainment, and educational programs.

For Many Stations, Moving To ATSC 3.0 Is Not An Easy Decision To Make (Featured / Editorial)
August 17th 2017 - 08:00 AM

ATSC 3.0 broadcasting will soon become an established standard in North America and elsewhere. American broadcasters await the FCC's ruling (expected by end of the year) that U.S. broadcasters can legally use ATSC 3.0. Even so, a debate remains over the economics and practical value of migrating from the current 1.0 standard, which many HD stations are happy with, to a new and, less familiar, OFDM-based technology which brings with it uncertainty and added cost.

Living In An Analogue World (Featured / Editorial)
October 3rd 2019 - 01:30 PM

Even with all this digital and IP television, it’s worth remembering that we still live in an analogue world. Our light and sound transducers, otherwise known as eyes and ears are analogue, and we live in an infinitely varying environment. So what is it about analogue that makes it so attractive to producers and creatives?

Learning From Video Conferencing (Featured / Editorial)
May 12th 2020 - 04:15 PM

As interview guests are finding it nearly impossible to visit television studios, many broadcasters are turning to video conferencing to interview them from their own homes. Although the results are “acceptable”, given the circumstances, this clearly results in a significantly reduced technical quality, but has video conferencing now paved the way for a new method of working?

ATSC 3.0 or 5G - the TV of Tomorrow? (Featured / Editorial)
January 21st 2019 - 08:00 AM

ATSC 3.0 proponents continue to remind the industry of coming new capabilities, opportunities and advantages. Yet, the consumer electronics industry remains quiet on implementing such features in new consumer televisions and related products. This article reviews the options and benefits 3.0 offers, and compares this with the emerging 5G technology.

IBC 2018 To Highlight 5G Broadcast Debate (Featured / Editorial)
June 25th 2018 - 08:00 AM

The hype and discussion about next generation telecom systems - most notably 5G - has hit the mainstream, partly because of the promise of faster and more widespread mobile broadband services for smartphones and other devices. It is also something that is being debated seriously in broadcast circles as a possible alternative - if not replacement - for digital terrestrial transmission in both radio and television, as well as cable and satellite.