The FCC recently announced plans for national EAS tests. The first EAS test was on 9 November 2011 at 2 pm EST. The result was that approximately half the participants didn’t receive the test message for myriad technical reasons. It took the Commission five years to develop a better EAS plan. Is i…
Having considered all of the vital elements of moving image coding this final part looks at how these elements were combined throughout coding history.
Having looked at the traditional approach to moving pictures and found that the portrayal of motion was irremediably poor, thoughts turn to how moving pictures might be portrayed properly.
Quantum Computing is still a developmental technology but it has the potential to completely transform more or less everything we currently assume regarding what computers can and can’t do - when it hits the mainstream what will it do to broadcast?
Achieving ‘broadcast-grade-streaming’ sets a latency target of 5s - no easy task with current norms of about 30-60 seconds. We delve into the standards and cutting edge thinking involved in trying to reach this goal.
In an era of VC acquisitions and company mergers, Matrox Video remains a private company under the sole leadership of one of its co-founders, Lorne Trottier, who still exudes an entrepreneurial enthusiasm for the now multi-million dollar company he started in 1976. He built his first product, the ALT-256, for S-100…
Synchronizing is a vital process in all television systems and the use of compression adds extra constraints.
While fears abound about the ramifications of artificial intelligence and ChatGPT in society, there’s no doubt it is having a significant impact on the broadcast industry. AI is helping broadcasters make better decisions through data-driven analytics; it is also improving efficiency through automation; and it is creating enhanced experiences t…
The FCC has released a Third Report and Order and Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that addresses regulatory issues related to the ATSC 3.0 “NextGen TV” conversion. Among them, the agency has kept in place the current ATSC A/322 standard for new ATSC 3.0 transmissions until the year 2027.
Here we look at more recent developments in radar such as phased arrays and synthetic apertures.
