We’re launching a new version of Informa that can be used upstream as a full screen CG and in digital signage applications (InformaDS). This new release provides users with an easy, yet sophisticated, solution for creating both simple and complex graphics projects. Informa is designed to help you create an Information Channel or similar messaging solution [...]
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Bulletin Board,
CG,
character generator,
Digital Signage,
Free Informa Demo,
Informa,
InformaDS
From TVTechnology Deborah D. McAdams April 15, 2013 WASHINGTON – It took a while to sort through the feedback on the November 2011 nationwide test of the Emergency Broadcast System, but the feds have finally issued their verdict on the results. As reported by multiple broadcasters immediately after the fact, there were problems with the [...]
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EAS,
EAS Test Failures,
FCC
Saw this on Twitter a few minutes ago… #NAB2013 is summarized in two characters “4K”. This is not very helpful if you are still trying to get to HD at your station. Don’t sweat it. If you need a migration path to HD with a broadcast automation system and hardware that works together [...]
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#NABshow,
Broadcast Automation,
cable automation,
NAB2013
If you are planning to slog the halls at #NABshow this year looking for a new broadcast automation system don’t limit yourself to the few vendors who will be there. Expand your options and include companies that don’t exhibit at #NAB because there are hundreds who do not make the pilgrimage. Before your make a [...]
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Broadcast Automation,
Cable Access,
cable automation,
community television,
VLM,
workflow
The NAB Show and Exhibits begins next week (April 8, 2013) as thousands of exhibitors and attendees will travel to Las Vegas for #NAB2013 to see what’s new in broadcast and new media. My memories of the #NABShow are seeing and reconnecting with great people, back pain, leg pain, feet that hurt followed by weight [...]
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Broadcast Automation,
channel branding,
Digital Signage,
Video On Demand,
video streaming
Last year Google announced a new product called Glass. It’s a wearable computing device using eye glasses as the basic form factor. The product will be released to developers in the new future and Google is asking the question, “what would you do with Glass?”. Here’s a post from Google about Glass Explorer: Last year [...]
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Google Glass,
Project Glass,
Use Case for Glass
There’s an old saying, “You can accomplish just about anything if you have enough time and enough money.” Time is a resource that is consistent and everyone has the same amount. 24 hours in each and every day. The question is, how do you use the time you have? It’s all about priorities. Money on [...]
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crowd sourcing,
Crowd Tilt,
crowdtilt,
fundraising,
time and money,
Triangulation
Broadcast Engineering: December 14, 2012 Article by Michael Grotticelli Will LPTV survive after spectrum auctions? An article outlining the current plight of LPTV (low power television broadcasters) translator operators asks the question, “Is there a future for LPTV?” There are more than 3000 LPTV stations in the U. S. that operate in the 700MHz [...]
Montgomery Community Media in Maryland is in the path of Sandy and like most organizations in the area they are closed while the storm moves through. They will likely lose power but that has not stopped them from providing updates to their local community. Below are a few of the updates they have posted on [...]