There is no reason the television industry cannot have a working mobile television standard by the end of 2008, Sterling Davis, vice president of engineering at Cox Broadcasting and member of the Open Mobile Broadcasting Coalition, said on the opening day of NAB2008.
Davis offered a report to a gathering of more than 400 broadcasters April 14 on progress the coalition has made testing competitive systems offered by Harris, Rhode & Schwarz and Thomson as part of its Independent Demonstration of Viability (IDOV) project aimed at birthing an ATSC-approved mobile TV standard by the end of the year.
According to Davis, field trials of the systems began in March and will continue in April in San Francisco and Las Vegas. During NAB2008, the Sinclair Broadcast and Telemundo stations in Las Vegas, are transmitting mobile TV as part of their digital stream. more
Although this was the seventh year Broadcast Engineering held its Excellence Awards contest, this was the first year that we held a ceremony to honor the winners.
The Excellence Awards have become the industry’s standard of measurement for new facilities, recognizing innovation, high-quality design and construction. Entries include those featuring telco, cable, broadcast and production facilities.
Broadcast Engineering presented the winners with a plaque at the Penton Media booth #SL8328. Following the ceremony, winners were treated to a champagne toast and fruit and cheese party.
If you’re interested in participating in the 2009 Excellence Awards contest, please contact Angela Snell for more information at angela.snell@penton.com.
At the stereoscopic projection systems session on Sunday, I learned that I apparently know very little, or at least very little about the specifics, challenges and technology that go into making 3-D movies happen.
Technology for 3-D is here, and the major movie studios are quickly getting onboard. According to Josh Greer, CEO of Real-D, a company that supplies 3-D technology to the movie industry as well as for military and airline applications, 1250 3-D systems from Real-D have been deployed in 25 countries worldwide since November 2005, and in 2008, 11 movies from major studios were released in 3-D.
“There’s no one way to do 3-D,” Greer said. He went on to describe that although there are various ways to do 3-D, the main concerns of those who want to implement these systems are cost, content and quality. But, according to Greer, most of the cost involved is for system maintenance, not the initial purchase. more
On Tuesday at 9 a.m., one of the RTNDA sessions is going to be on “Going Local…in a new direction.” The focus, according to the RTNDA Web site, is to “redefine what is news online and leverage technology to draw in new audiences and revenue.”
One of the panelists, Cory Bergman, is director of digital media for KING5.com and NWCN.com in Seattle. He’s also a Lost Remote blogger who I’ve been following for the last year.
One of the big things he’s going to be discussing is local aggregated blogs. He’s created one for Seattle called Citizen Rain. Local aggregated blog sites pull in the feeds from blogs done by people in the community who are writing about event and happenings within their communities. more
Broadcast Engineering and Telephony are teaming up with NAB to highlight the latest developments in IPTV technology and applications. At NAB there will be a new conference series and super session aimed at telecommunications and wireless industry professionals, along with a new IPTV Pavilion that will showcase new IPTV products and services.
As the official media sponsors of the event, Broadcast Engineering and Telephony have put together three handy resources:
1. IPTV Pavilion Web site
For all things related to IPTV, click here. The site is dedicated to offering complete coverage of IPTV events and a wide range of editorial content about the IPTV sector.
2. IPTV Pavilion e-newsletters
Get the scoop on what’s going on in the IPTV Pavilion plus news and product announcements. Visit the NAB Pavilion microsite to read the past newsletters and check back for new issues this Thursday and then the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday during NAB.
3. NAB Show IPTV Directory
The comprehensive guide will be distributed at the IPTV Pavilion and feature profiles of NAB Show exhibitors that serve the IPTV market, product descriptions and additional content and insight on the IPTV sector from the editors of Telephony and Broadcast Engineering. We hope the directory will provide attendees with a complete overview of the IPTV-focused exhibits and programs.
The BE-Roll is a collection of industry blogs gathered up by Broadcast Engineering and put in one spot for your convenience. On the BE-Roll, we’ve got news directors, photogs, editors and critics talking about their jobs, challenges in the industry and their lives.
Right now, one topic coming up a lot is NAB. For example:
It‘s Monday night and, besides plowing through Neil Young‘s exhaustive biography, I ain‘t doin‘ a whole lot. But in six short days, all signs of stagnation will evaporate as … I touch down in sunny Las Vegas. No, we‘re not going to count cards under the tutelage of Kevin Spacey (based on a great book, by the way); we‘re gonna rip the lid off NAB! more
Inside, outside and all around the NAB Show, Broadcast Engineering writers and editors will cover the show.
The Broadcast Engineering staff will be positing daily about the 2008 NAB Show. Come here to check out our pre-show postings for tips and not-to-miss happenings. Need help in planning your schedule? Need to know the what, when and where about that special party or NAB event? Here at BE@NAB, we‘ll have the answers. more
The editors and writers of Broadcast Engineering post live from the NAB Show in Las Vegas as the news happens. Check back throughout the day for the latest in industry news, reports from press conferences and product introductions.
Although this was the seventh year Broadcast Engineering held its Excellence Awards contest, this was the first year that we held a ceremony to honor the winners.
