European cable operators are ending 2016 in good health but reliant on broadband subscribers to maintain modest revenue growth as TV business stagnates or declines. This is a key finding of the 2016 European Broadband Cable Yearbook published by analytics group IHS Markit and Cable Europe, the European cable trade association.
European countries, especially the UK, Ireland and Spain, are leading a global explosion in online sports viewing via mobile devices, including tablets and smartphones. This has been confirmed by Australian Telco Telstra’s Q3 2016 Global Video Index based on analysis of online viewing by 220 million people around the world.
Today, video and still cameras, tablets and even laptop computers often rely on memory cards for data storage. Each electronic device specifies a unique kind of memory and choosing the right card for the application can be challenging.
While some cloud-first post services are developing a solid business, many conventional facilities remain reluctant to remote host some or all of a client project. Leading facilities share their input into whether cloud is having an impact on their investments and workflow.
Dolby Laboratories said that its Atmos immersive audio technology is now installed in 2,000 suitably equipped cinema screens and that more than 500 titles have been mixed in Dolby Atmos. In addition, Dolby Atmos multi-channel mixing technology is now deployed in more than 60 countries and more than 150 post-production facilities.
For most people working in pro audio, phantom power is fed through a mic cable from a mixer to bring electricity to condenser microphones. That’s what they know — period. However, working pros in the audio field know there is much, much more to this “phantom” power flow. It pays to know…
Killing unwanted noises when using a microphone requires the knowledge and skill to know the type of noise and have the available tools to suppress it. Here’s a guide to the basics of removing noise when using microphones for recording.
GatesAir recently filed comments with the FCC asking to keep US taxpayer money spent on repack in the US.
Italy has finally given up digital terrestrial transmissions at frequencies which caused interference in neighboring countries after 30 years of dispute and prevarication. This follows pressure both from the ITU (International Telecommunications Union) and nearby countries including France, Switzerland, Malta, Croatia and Slovenia.
In Part 2, of John Watkinson’s series of articles on loudspeakers, the critical time-domain operation of human hearing was considered. In Part 3, he explains how the frequency domain interacts with the time domain and why they are a crucial concern in any accurate loudspeaker design.
