Maintain Your Tower Lights
The FCC recently issued a $1.13 million fine to (or, more specifically, entered into a “Consent Decree” with) a broadcast group for not properly monitoring and maintaining the lighting on a number of its towers. [...]
UNC TV Exploring the Capabilities of Next Gen TV
Fred Engel is a seasoned technology leader in the Broadcast Industry, and CTO at UNC-TV. He is an expert in system design, project implementation, IT strategies and governance, and operations management for broadcast and [...]
The FCC Technological Advisory Council – Sharp as a TAC
The Federal Communications Commission’s Technological Advisory Council (TAC) might be one of the most interesting groups you’ve never heard of. In fact, it's been around for 21 years as an official advisory committee to the [...]
EBU Studying 5G Broadcasting Feasibility
The EBU has been active in evaluating 3GPP based wireless solutions for broadcaster use cases. In 2014, EBU published a report, Delivery of Broadcast Content over LTE Networks, on the efficacy of LTE eMBMS technology [...]
Car Radios at the 2019 Automobility LA Show
The 2019 Automobility LA Show was held just before Thanksgiving, with thirty-four car manufacturers (in auto parlance, original equipment manufacturers or OEMs) displaying the latest and greatest in automobiles. While this show focused primarily on [...]
FCC Provides Guidance on Updating IPAWS EAS Security Certificate
As all U.S. broadcasters should know by now, one of the security certificates used by FEMA’s IPAWS CAP feed (i.e., one issued by Federal Bridge Certification Authority) expired on November 8, 2019. Section 11.56 of [...]
Hollywood of the Middle East
Recently, NAB CTO Sam Matheny and I had a rare opportunity to visit Egypt Media Production City (EMPC), a 700+ acre site that many consider “the Hollywood of the Middle East.” The facility, located just [...]
Innovation Is About People, Not Shiny Objects
Innovation. It’s a simple word with quite a bit of implication. Just mentioning “innovation” in a conversation jumpstarts thoughts about new technology, creative thinking and disruption to rolling eyes at just the sound of what [...]
Security and Content Protection Are High Priorities for ATSC 3.0
Early in the ATSC 3.0 development process it became readily apparent that for prevention of content piracy or unsanctioned signal retransmission, and to enable the capability to run auxiliary subscription services, the broadcast signal would [...]
Be Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
Sean Branagan is a serial entrepreneur, evangelist for startups and innovation, and educator. He is the Director of the Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University [...]