On-Air Operations and Cyber Security
On-Air Operations and Cyber Security As most everyone is aware, there have been a number of instances of cyber breaches (or hacks) in the broadcast Industry. Some well known examples are the French National Network TV5 Monde breach, the Public Radio station RDS hack, and of course, the now infamous Zombie attack incident. Because [...]
Connected Car Panel – More Competition is Coming!
Connected Car Panel – More Competition is Coming! Two panels on the “connected car” at this week’s Radio Show (September 30-October 2, 2015, Atlanta, GA) offered attendees an insightful look into what’s coming down the road and what the competition is up to in the all-important automotive space. One of the most helpful and [...]
A New Partnership Formed
A New Partnership Formed We’re excited to announce that NAB Labs has joined 1776 as a corporate partner. 1776 is an incubator for startups with two campuses: one in DC and another in Crystal City. Over the past two years, they’ve helped nurture over 250 companies including aquicore, a startup that provides real time energy data [...]
Field Test Results for Layer Division Multiplexing Presented at IBC 2015
Field Test Results for Layer Division Multiplexing Presented at IBC 2015 Efficient use of spectrum resources is a necessity for modern wireless communications systems. Regulators are not interested in authorizing, and service providers are not interested in launching, new services that would use spectrum inefficiently, given the unquenchable thirst for bandwidth and resource scarcity [...]
New Video Compression Scheme Challenges HEVC
New Video Compression Scheme Challenges HEVC In the past few years, the ISO/MPEG High Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC, also known as MPEG-H Part 2 or ITU-R H.265) has established itself as the de facto next-generation video compression standard in virtually all television standards development organizations (SDOs) around the world, including ATSC in the US. Recently, [...]
DTS to acquire HD Radio developer iBiquity
DTS to acquire HD Radio developer iBiquity Yesterday the radio industry awoke to a surprise with the announcement that audio solutions company DTS, Inc., is acquiring digital radio pioneer iBiquity Digital Corporation for approximately $172 million. iBiquity, the developer of HD Radio technology for the AM and FM radio bands, has seen its technology [...]