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Lead author Venkat Arun in front of the RFocus smart surface prototype. Photo by Jason Dorfman, MIT.

RF Signals May Get Major Boost From MIT’s New “Smart Surface” Technology March 20th 2020 - 01:00 PM

MIT researchers have developed RFocus “smart surface” antenna technology that can work as both a mirror and a lens to increase the strength of WiFi signals or 5G cellular networks by ten times.

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Selecting A Content Creation Laptop March 16th 2020 - 01:00 PM

Computer marketing departments typically do not promote all company products. Rather they focus on high margin products.

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Differentiating Between Cloud And Virtualization March 13th 2020 - 09:00 AM

There’s usually a bit of confusion when people talk about going to the cloud vs. virtualizing. While most cloud providers use virtual machine configurations to optimize their offerings, that’s not the same thing.

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NAB Has Been Cancelled Due to the Coronavirus March 11th 2020 - 07:30 PM

The NAB show has been cancelled. This announcement was made by NAB president, Gordon H. Smith.

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Essential Guide:  Practical SDI and IP March 11th 2020 - 11:30 AM

SDI has been and continues to be a mature and stable standard for the distribution of video, audio and metadata in broadcast facilities. From its inception in the 1989 to the modern quad-link 12G-SDI available today, it has stood the test of time and even with the advent of IP and Ethernet, it shows no sign of waning.

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Blockchain Is Not A Cloud Service March 10th 2020 - 09:00 AM

As cloud and cloud words become common in the media lexicon so has the term blockchain. Let’s take a closer look at blockchain. Not all technologies work everywhere or should they! Each time one industry sector introduces a new concept or technology, all the other market sectors latch on and claim they do it too. IoT allows you to speak to the shower and tell it what temperature you like and wake up your house before you get home. That doesn’t mean it works in professional media!

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The original TV broadcasters didn’t air a commercial for 13 years. The first paid TV commercial was this :10 second Bulova spot in 1941.

A New Generation Of TV Pioneers March 9th 2020 - 01:00 PM

The 2nd generation of local broadcast TV professionals is retiring. Who will replace them and where will they lead local TV?

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The Road From CES Leads To NAB March 6th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Following the myriad of transitions in media production and distribution, is a combination of new technologies that create media and ones that support the consumption of media. Since the creation of media is mostly intended for the audience, the technologies needed to create the media are pretty important even while the consumer has no idea what it takes.

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