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Is Gamma Still Needed?: Part 2 - The CRT & The Hurter And Driffield S-Curve June 24th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Here we look at some of the origins of gamma in imaging and move on to introduce the peculiar characteristics of the cathode ray tube.

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Android TV Gains Ground Around Asia June 23rd 2020 - 09:00 AM

Taiwan Broadband Communications (TBC), one of the country’s leading cable TV operators, is the latest recruit in the region for Android TV, following deployments of the platform at Kbro in the same country, as well as KT Skylife and CJ Hello in South Korea. There have also been recent deployments by Bahrain Telecommunication Company, Russian operator Beeline and Telekom Malaysia.

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OTT (Or Is It ABR?) - Part 1 - The Challenges To Be Solved June 22nd 2020 - 09:00 AM

Over-The-Top (OTT) started life as a means to deliver file-based assets for on-demand viewing, and most of its key characteristics echo that origin.

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Broadcasters Ready For 5G Adoption June 18th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Broadcasters are far more upbeat about the impact 5G mobile networks will have on their services than they were in the case of 4G when that was introduced around a decade ago.

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Creative Analysis: Part 2 - Penny Dreadful From The Cinematographer June 17th 2020 - 09:00 AM

For anyone who’s seen the first series to bear the title, the name Penny Dreadful will conjure up images of occult happenings in a shadowy, late-Victorian world. After twenty-seven episodes across three highly successful seasons, Showtime aired the last episode of Penny Dreadful in June 2016. By November 2018, the network had ordered a successor: Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, which premiered in April 2020 and looks very different to its gothic predecessor.

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Audio Levels - Part 5 June 16th 2020 - 09:00 AM

There is level and then there is loudness. Neither can be measured absolutely, but by adopting standardized approaches it is possible to have measurements that are useful.

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Sinclair Broadcast Group is one of three US networks to start ATSC 3.0 commercial broadcasts from their Las Vegas stations. © Jam

ATSC 3.0 Goes Live At Full Power In Las Vegas June 15th 2020 - 09:00 AM

The ATSC 3.0 digital terrestrial standard has passed a major milestone with the first US deployment of a multi-station service exploiting the full scope of the new technology.

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When the 2020 NAB Show became NAB Show Express the 2020 NAB BEIT Conference became a Show component called BEIT Express.

Honing Advanced Television’s Leading Edge June 11th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Top TV engineering technologists update the current status of ATSC 3.0. The cloud is the unifier.

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