Broadcast Industry News:

Broadcast Engineering: Program Control from Encoda Systems to Make ASP Debut

Broadcast Engineering: Vela and Insight Communications Implement RapidAccess for Local Cable Origination

WBE Online: ViewSonic Introduces its First 50-Inch Plasma Display

WBE Online: BBC News Online Chooses Telestream FlipFactory

BE Radio: Access Broadcasting Names Key Board Members

BE Radio: Taylor Joins Sonic Solutions

DTV Professional: FOCUS Ships QuadScan Elite Line Quadrupler and Video Scaler

DTV Professional: Barco Signs Agreements With Eight Major Cinema Dealers

Codecs: A Complete Remote Studio in a Box
By Steve Fluker
Remote broadcasts for radio stations have always been challenging. It's easy to show up at a location on time. Fancy promotional aids such as prize wheels, large inflatable balloons and logos, vans, trailers and booths make the appearance look great, but getting quality sound on the air is a different story. Are you in range for the remote-pickup transmitter? Will another station be on your frequency and cause interference? Can you park the van in a location where you can put the mast up without fear of trees or powerlines overhead? Can you get the antenna above the roof of the building? These questions are always overlooked when a broadcast is booked. more

Monitoring broadcast transfers: The format challenge
By Tony Cloarec
As one of the largest post-production houses in the UK, Oasis Television has grown and expanded over the past 11 years to provide a highly regarded and comprehensive post-production environment, including linear and nonlinear editing, audio dubbing, graphics production and multimedia production. Its wide range of clients includes broadcasters, production companies and program distribution companies. In 1999, Oasis further broadened its capabilities by launching a duplication and standards conversion division, O2 Duplication. more

Killing the killer ap
By Skip Pizzi
The US transition to digital broadcasting is in trouble. It's probably not news to you that both the TV and radio conversions to digital transmission are mired in confusion and conflict. North American DTV has a format standard that is dying on the vine. The United States doesn't have a DAB format standard, nor even any spectrum to work with. This is certainly not the future that anyone would have predicted for broadcasting a decade ago. So what happened? more

NAB 2001 Preview
Going to NAB in Las Vegas this year? Here's a growing list of some of the companies you'll see, along with previews of their new products that will be on display. Also, find out about the special exhibit areas at NAB. more

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