ATSC Looks to Future With Mobile DTV
11.02.2009
Following a final vote of approval from the ATSC membership on October 15, the long process to develop a comprehensive standard to address the need for a mobile digital television service has reached completion. More...

First ATSC DTV Standard Ballot Closes
07.07.2009
Approval of a standard in ATSC requires at least two levels of balloting: first, the Technology and Standards Group (TSG) and second, the ATSC membership itself. More...

ATSC Highlights Recent Published Standards
04.28.2009
ATSC Mobile DTV is being developed to support a variety of services including free television and interactive services delivered in real-time, subscription-based TV, and file-based content download for playback at a later time. More...

Mobile Gets App Happy
12.17.2009
In one rarefied moment, the future of broadband beckoned: it's mobile, it's hip, it's socially connected. More...

Genachowski Wades into Net Neutrality Debate
10.13.2009
His stated mandate is no different than that of his Republican predecessor: "To ensure that every American has access to open and robust broadband." More...

Ad Slump Demolishes Broadband Also-Rans
08.03.2009
Internet ad revenues in the first quarter of 2009 dropped a hefty 5 percent from the same period last year, from $6.1 billion to $5.5 More...

Speeding Ahead for Mobile Video
01.27.2009
Count on Rupert Murdoch's empire to hedge its bets, or more precisely to be ready for whatever happens in the emerging "mobile video" world. More...

Syndicaster, YouNewsTV Offer Online Alternatives
12.03.2008
After countless exhortations to re-think "mass" media in a "class" media environment, broadcasters are finding their place in online video, and making money in the process. More...

Finicky Young Viewers, Funky Online Video Data
10.01.2008
In the National Retail Federation's annual survey of back-to-college spending, college students collectively shelled out more than $11 billion for electronics gear, compared to $7 billion for clothing. More...

Testing SFNs for ATSC Reception
07.13.2010
Could an SFN support our ATSC standard, or would we have to change our DTV standard to embrace COFDM and thereby obsolete millions of receivers? More...

Will SFNs Work in North America?
06.22.2010
The FCC suggests that by adopting a Single Frequency Network topology, the present minimum distances allowed between DTV transmitters could be substantially reduced. More...

Spectrum Repacking Looms for TV Broadcasters
03.26.2010
Reducing the distances between transmitters on the same channel would increase DTV-DTV interference if each transmitter continued to operate at its present power and height of its antenna. More...

RIAA Shifts From One Wreck to Another
02.24.2009
The RIAA announced recently it has abandoned the mass lawsuits it has been bringing against Internet users who it claims steal music. More...

Obama to Expand Internet Access
01.05.2009
Though his plate will be full on many fronts including the economy, two wars and health care, the president-elect has promised to bring quick and major change to American communications technology. More...

Computers, the Internet And the Economic Crisis
12.12.2008
When I went to college in the late 1960s, there were no mobile phones, personal computers or Internet. Though I made far less money in those days, I had more spending power than today. Most of the time, I actually felt wealthy. More...

Do We Expect Too Much From Automation?
06.03.2010
Is SOA the answer? More...

IPTV Looks at IPTV
02.16.2010
Integrating a hybrid real-time video over IP platform creates its own set of challenges More...

Shedding Light on HyperGamma
09.09.2009
Ensuring film-like quality in digital video More...

OLED TV: Not Ready for Primetime?
03.29.2010
It is still difficult and expensive to manufacture large-screen OLED displays. More...

Are Viewers Rediscovering Over the Air TV?
01.27.2010
These people obviously don’t read my column, do they? More...

The Changing Face of the Television Industry
01.06.2010
Who knows what is going to happen next in the television industry? Certainly I don't. For several decades now, I have been watching the More...

Copyright Protection: Be Careful What You Believe
07.13.2010
It’s one thing to inflate piracy figures, but the MPAA and RIAA have far more dangerous ideas for the future. More...

Apple's iPad and the Future of Video Media
06.23.2010
I suspect it is the first step in a grand design that will offer a new multimedia distribution platform that could reinvent the journalism business. More...

The 'Next Big Thing' for Videographers
04.28.2010
There are many people with professional video skills who are out of work and looking for new opportunities. If you're one of them, read on. More...

About That Loudness Thing...
06.22.2010
It's about A) the ability to make the audio comply with specific laws and specifications; and B) to make it sound nice. More...

Mario Recognizes 'Best & the Brightest'
06.01.2010
You may not have noticed, but I’m a pretty spiritual character. And I’ve just returned from a retreat. More...

Wha’ Happened to the FCC?
02.17.2010
It appears that the Commish doesn’t much care about broadcasting anymore. More...