Resolving to Innovate in Local TV News When You Don’t Have the Energy for Resolutions
As 2022 begins, the Reinventing Local TV News Project at Northeastern University is optimistic about the state of local television news and we’re doubling down on our research findings that revealed a potential pathway for building a bigger audience, both on-air and online. Our not-so-secret formula? Prioritizing animation and enhanced graphics in local TV news storytelling.
The $6 Billion Problem for Production Engineers
Downtime on set is an issue that keeps production engineers awake at night...literally. They’re often stuck in the studio fixing technical issues to get productions back on-air while everyone else stands around or is asleep. There is always a worry that a critical piece of the production workflow will cut out in the middle of a shoot causing the production to come to a halt. Backup systems, redundancy and additional engineers on set are deployed to help reduce downtime, but we all know that every year there will inevitably be a few sleepless nights for engineers.
Broadcast Technology Predictions: Looking Ahead at 2022
We wanted to know what technologists in our industry are excited about and expect (or hope) to see in 2022, so we asked the NAB Technology staff and a few other luminaries in the industry if they had anything to share. They did. This compilation of predictions is our way to wrap up 2021 by looking forward to 2022.
Get Up to Speed on the 2021 NAB BEIT Conference As the 2022 Conference Revs Up
NAB has issued the Call for Presentations for the 2022 NAB Broadcast Engineering and IT Conference (submissions are due by January 14) at the NAB Show (April 23-27 2022), which will be here before you know it so get your proposals in early! But presentations and the Proceedings of the 2021 NAB Broadcast Engineering and [...]
BEIT 2021: Discussing Reception of All-Digital AM Radio in Electric Vehicles
Electric vehicles (EVs) are the way of the future but this could spell trouble for AM radio. More than a few EVs have eliminated the AM radio from the infotainment system citing the increased interference created by the electric motors which diminishes the user experience. An example infotainment screen taken from the popular Volkswagen ID.4 [...]
Be Next Gen TV Ready: PILOT Sponsoring Seminars on ATSC 3.0 Physical Layer
In 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorized U.S. television broadcasters to use ATSC 3.0 transmission standard (or Next Generation TV) on a voluntary basis. Today, 43 markets are broadcasting using Next Gen TV and over 70 receiver models are commercially available. Each month, tens of thousands of consumers are purchasing Next Gen TV-capable TV [...]