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By Michael Grotticelli On Aug. 15, Southern Methodist University (SMU), a private university in University Park, TX, began producing its first soccer game for TV, in-venue, and online coverage from [...]

With corporations, schools, government agencies, and others utilizing an increasing amount of networked devices to manage, schedule, and distribute AV media and other commands, the need for an AV control [...]

The debate over compression schemes, which began in the early days of digital videotape, continues to rage in today's high-definition (HD) file-based world. At issue currently, as it was in […]

In real estate it's said that the three keys to success are location, location, location. For video production professionals dealing with high-definition video and 2K and 4K resolutions now handled […]

It's clear that the potential for the widespread adoption of distributing video to cell phones, iPods and other compact portable devices is huge. That's why everyone wants in on the […]

WHEN THE SUBJECT OF DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT comes up, do your eyes glaze over with that tell-tale look of confusion mixed with dread? It's understandable. You've heard the horror stories, […]

Art Donahue, a veteran field producer and photographer at WCVB-TV, the ABC affiliate in Boston, is well known throughout the New England production community for his 18 years of documentary-style […]

The often unpredictable production style of many of today's reality TV shows, as well as the endless variety of corporate video and independent productions, all point to one thing: Agile […]

PANASONIC AG-HVX200 DVCPRO HD P2 CAMCORDER WHAT'S COOL: True variable frame rates, like the VariCam; SD/HD switchable; being able to record 1080/24p (and 30p and 60i) HD--all for under $6,000 […]

Americans love television sports, and broadcast and cable providers are giving it to them in ever increasing amounts. That's good news for the mobile production companies that supply the trucks [...]

So you're in the market for an affordable edit DV system that can handle a wide variety of multi-layered projects. How about a closed system with a proprietary operating system […]

A compelling new documentary traces the history, mile after excruciating mile, of one of the world's most infamous road races across Mexico, The Baja 1000, and the human toll it […]

Byline: MICHAEL GROTTICELLI Sometimes the most complex problems require simple solutions. That was the practical thinking of John Ross, chief engineer at Los Angeles-based production company Associated Television International (ATI), [...]

Byline: MICHAEL GROTTICELLI Remotely controlled cameras and widely dispersed intercom communications have played a key role for different types of production and live broadcast applications for many years based on [...]

Byline: MICHAEL GROTTICELLI For the video production department at Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants - known as SFG Productions - the game is so much more than balls and [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) has introduced legislation to implement new ethics rules for members of the FCC, including preventing commissioners from accepting a job at a company [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli In a case of company in fighting, Miranda Technologies, a supplier of production and distribution equipment, issued a press release stating that several of its main shareholders [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli LightSquared has asked the FCC to confirm its right to use the spectrum licensed to the company by the federal government and to confirm that commercial GPS [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli Former FCC chairman Reed Hundt has warned Congress to leave the FCC alone when it comes to auctioning spectrum. 'If there is one thing that all should [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli Nevion, a Sandefjord, Norway-based provider of video transport and fully managed and controlled video networking technology, has named Geir Bryn-Jensen as its new chief operating officer. Bryn-Jensen [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli This failed merger cost AT&T a lot. Deutsche Telekom, the owner of T-Mobile in the United States, will get the entire $3 billion fee AT&T is paying [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli The U.S. Senate has removed a broadcast spectrum auction provision out of end-of-the-year economic legislation, delaying it until at least next February. The spectrum section was taken [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli The various versions of the TC Electronic Radar Loudness Meter originate from the same basic algorithm, and are designed for the exact same purpose a delivering the [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli Telestream (www.telestream.net), a Nevada City, CA-based based provider of video transcoding and digital media software systems, has agreed to be acquired by private equity investment firm Thoma [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli Engaging customers online is becoming an increasingly challenging task for advertisers, a new study conducted by Forrester Consulting has found. The study, conducted on behalf of Autodesk [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli When Blackmagic Design, based in Milpitas, CA, recently announced that it had acquired the technology assets of Teranex and then proceeded a a week later a to [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli Netflix, the online movie service, is backing legislation in Congress that would allow it to disclose a clientas private movie and television viewing information to social media [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli Mark Burnett, a major producer of reality television programming with hit shows including 'Survivor' and 'The Apprentice,' is teaming up with ACTV8, a technology company, to integrate [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli As a follow up to story we published at the end of November, hard disk supplies a dried up due to the severe flooding in Thailand a [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli Sometimes the oddest things provide a boost to new technology. This year, the new technology is live streaming media for news. Last Christmas, a major storm allowed [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli New Jersey residents that subscribe to Verizon Wireless cell service had a modern-day 'War of the Worlds' moment on Monday, Dec. 12. The telco was testing its [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli As expected, the FCC has defined new rules, enforceable within a year, to ensure consistent audio levels for programs and commercials distributed by broadcasters and subscription TV [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli P+S Technik, designers and manufacturers of a variety of camera rigs, including those for stereoscopic 3-D production, has opened up new sales, service and support offices in [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli In a curious claim after the $100 million dollar failure by Logitech for its ill-fated attempts to sell Google TV, Google chairman Eric Schmidt said last week [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli Despite increased competition and a tough economy, CBS is doing just fine, thank you. In fact, better (financially) than it has performed in many years, according to [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli At the 7th Annual Digital TV Summit in London (Dec. 6-7), it was clear that 3DTV is still a technology to be reckoned with. During a Keynote [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli In a potential end-run around the U.S. Senate, the House Republican leadership is considering attaching its subcommittee-approved broadcast spectrum auction bill to a 'must-pass' end-of-the-year legislative package [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli The NAB has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a single media company or organization to own newspapers and television and radio stations in urban markets. [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli NBC's owned television stations announced a series of partnerships with nonprofit news groups this week as part of an agreement Comcast made with the FCC last year [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli The 2012 edition of Nielsen's 'Television Audience Report' finds that the total number of U.S. households with TV sets declined year to year for the first time [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli Blackmagic Design continues to expand its product and patent portfolio and aggressively grow the company through new acquisitions where they make sense. In its latest move, Blackmagic [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli A new survey from Frank N. Magid Associates finds that more than half of all viewers who watch online video are now watching TV episodes and movies [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli Sportvision, a provider of digital sports content, broadcast enhancements and motion tracking data aggregation, has teamed up with TruMedia Networks, a sports analytics technology firm, to offer [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli Over the years, Getty Images has accumulated a large library of images and clips for news and documentary clients to license. Now, the library has expanded its [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli The Republican-controlled House subcommittee last week approved its version of legislation to authorize spectrum auctions for broadcasters and create a nationwide mobile network for emergency use. The [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli The world is one step closer to all-digital over-the-air broadcasting. On Nov. 29, 2011, terrestrial SECAM (or Sequential Color with Memory) broadcasts in France were shut down [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli In the world of broadcasting, there's nothing worse than loosing the main program feed and going off air. In fact, to the viewer, there's nothing, period. For [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA), representing most U.S. cable operators, told the FCC this week that this is not the time to impose new regulations [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli The NAB came out in support of the House Republican legislation, failing to mention the Democratic version in a statement. The NAB's president, Gordon Smith, a former [...]

Byline: Michael Grotticelli Washington, D.C., the House and Senate, and even the House itself are all politically divided these days. The stalemate continued this week as both the Democrats and [...]