HDR and Immersive Audio Dominate SMPTE Conference
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, CA, 26-29 October 2015. A packed agenda of presentations from the industry’s leading experts was dominated by Ultra HD topics, [...]
NAB Labs Joins Dingman Center Angels
NAB Labs Joins Dingman Center Angels As part of our commitment to innovation and incubation, NAB Labs has joined the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship as an angel investor in the Dingman Center Angels program. The Maryland based incubator invests in early stage companies and startups in the Mid-Atlantic Region, and we will be on the [...]
NAB Labs Seeks Broadcast Technologies at 1776’s DC Challenge Cup
NAB Labs Seeks Broadcast Technologies at 1776’s DC Challenge Cup DC based incubator 1776 is in the midst of their International Challenge Cup where startup companies compete through three rounds to win over a million dollars in funding. The first round of the Cup spans 45 cities across the globe. On October 29th, at 1776’s [...]
50th Anniversary of the First FM Master Antenna Commemorated at 139th AES Convention
50th Anniversary of the First FM Master Antenna Commemorated at 139th In today’s radio broadcasting world, it is not uncommon for multiple FM stations to share an antenna system. This arrangement, called a multiplexed or master FM antenna system, provides a more economical way to build FM facilities and is especially popular for stations [...]
Broadcast TV and Second Screen Apps
Broadcast TV and Second Screen Apps According to Nielsen, 47% of global respondents say they engage with social media while watching TV programming and 58% say they browse the Internet. A recent Accenture study reports as many as 87% of consumers use a second screen while watching TV. Moreover, Facebook recently announced new APIs that [...]
David Layer Receives IEEE BTS Matti Siukola Memorial Award
David Layer Receives IEEE BTS Matti Siukola Memorial Award Guy Bouchard, IEEE BTS Awards Committee chair, presents Matti Siukola Memorial Award to David Layer, Senior Director of Advanced Engineering. Each year the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society bestows the Matti Siukola Memorial Award, recognizing the best paper presented at the Annual Broadcast [...]