Broadcast Positioning System Q3 Progress Report: How We Spent Our Summer
In our last update on the Broadcast Positioning System, we detailed the progress we made in the spring, installing and testing BPS at WHUT in Washington, D.C. Frome June through August, a season known for taking time off, the BPS team had their own twist on summer vacation.
Call for Technical Papers and Panels Now Open for the 2025 NAB Broadcast Engineering and IT (BEIT) Conference at NAB Show
Committee Chaired by Sun Sachs, SVP, Product, Design and Engineering, Townsquare Media Special Call for Student Paper Submissions: Best Student Paper Author Awarded Travel and Recognition at NAB Show Washington, D.C. — Proposals for technical papers and panels are now being accepted for the 2025 NAB Broadcast Engineering and IT (BEIT) Conference, part of the [...]
Learning from NIST at the Time and Frequency Seminar
Sam Matheny had the great opportunity to attend the NIST Time and Frequency Seminar in Boulder, Colo. in August. This was a tremendous gathering of subject matter experts, and Sam considered it a “mini master's degree" in the basics of time delivery and synchronization techniques.
Experiencing the Olympics in 8K in NAB’s Lab
NAB collaborated with Intel to bring a demonstration of glass-to-glass 8K content originating from the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris to the PILOT Innovation Lab at NAB’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.
HDR Accentuates the Highs and Lows of the Olympics
NBC is offering advanced audio and video formats, including HDR, in select markets. In Washington, D.C., HDR (in the form of Dolby Vision) and advanced immersive audio (in the form of Dolby Atmos) were added to the NBC O&O station WRC on the ATSC 3.0 lighthouse hosted by WHUT just days before the Olympics Opening Ceremonies.
Brazil and ATSC 3.0: Goooooooaaaalll!
In the Broadcast Olympics, Brazil takes the Gold Medal with ATSC 3.0’s Physical Layer The “About” section of the ATSC home page describes ATSC as “an international (emphasis added), non-profit organization developing voluntary standards for digital television.” While ATSC 3.0 has already been adopted in the U.S., Korea, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago, and is [...]