By Skip Pizzi|April 12, 2016|Blog|
In conjunction with several worldwide organizations, NAB Technology will present three sessions at the 2016 NAB Show (April 16-21, 2016, Las Vegas, Nev.) of broad interest to the media technology sector. Called All-Badge Access Sessions, [...]
By Skip Pizzi|April 8, 2016|Blog, Digital, Radio, Television|
Futures Park is a special section of the NAB Show exhibition that is reserved for presentation of media-related research and development projects from around the world. NAB supplies complimentary exhibit space to all organizations accepted for participation. [...]
By Skip Pizzi|February 23, 2016|Blog, Television|
This year’s Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Tech Retreat, held last week in the Palm Springs area, presented its usual array of top-notch media-technology presentations, provocative panels and intriguing demonstrations. Curated and led by the [...]
By Skip Pizzi|November 4, 2015|Blog, Television|
HDR and Immersive Audio Dominate SMPTE Conference The 2015 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) drew record crowds to the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, [...]
By Skip Pizzi|August 19, 2015|Blog, Radio|
Momentum Grows for FM in Smartphones There’s been good news recently for advocates of activating FM radio receivers in smartphones. First came the announcement by AT&T Wireless—the #2 wireless carrier in the U.S.—that it [...]
By Skip Pizzi|May 4, 2015|Blog, Radio|
One of the most notable technology issues in the radio industry recently regards the consistency in performance of Nielsen Audio’s (formerly Arbitron’s) Personal People Meter (PPM) TM audience ratings system across various radio formats and/or different listening environments. Broadcasters have [...]
By Skip Pizzi|May 4, 2015|Blog, Television|
First HDR/WCG Television Ecosystem Established At the 2015 NAB Show, Dolby Laboratories announced that it had established the first video high dynamic range and wide color gamut television ecosystem, combining content creators with a content [...]
By Skip Pizzi|May 4, 2015|Blog, Radio|
Teardown analysis of the Apple Watch by ABI Research shows that—like most smartphones—the device includes a connectivity chip that incorporates WiFi, Bluetooth and FM radio capabilities. As in the iPhone, however, the FM capabilities of the connectivity chip are not implemented on the device.
