Broadcast Industry News:

Broadcast Engineering: Parkervision To Unveil Scalable Production Automation At NAB

Broadcast Engineering: Zenith Deploys Digital Set-Top Boxes For PBS DTV Trials

WBE Online: Red Creates Identity Package for Wellbeing Network

WBE Online: Two Way TV to Launch in Portugal

BE Radio: FCC Releases EAS NPRM

BE Radio: Cumulus Agrees to AP Contract

DTV Professional: TANDBERG Introduces Multi-Channel, Bit-Rate Changing Solution at NAB 2001

DTV Professional: TechTrends Report Shows FOX Viewers Have Strongest Interest in iTV Services

Sonifex Courier
by Alan Van Zelfden
The Sonifex Courier is a portable hard disk-based recorder that is a beauty to behold and a cinch to use. Introduced in late 1998, the Courier has been used by broadcast news departments and independent sound recordists across the United States as a replacement for portable DAT and cassette recorders. more

Now hear this: The word on wireless microphones
by John Luff
Just when everything is going well in a production, the audio operator often becomes the center of unwanted attention. One moment the singer on stage is moving freely around, belting beautiful sounds into a microphone. The next moment errant taxi calls are as clear as the singer. more

The new flavors of MPEGs
by Peter Symes
New MPEG standards set up rules for an object-oriented approach to encoding, methods for describing metadata, and a structure for management and use of digital assets. more

Television Broadcasters Petition FCC to Clear 700 MHz Spectrum
Paxson Communications Corp. just announced that a group of television station licensees and industry executives have joined together to file a Petition for Clarification and Reconsideration of the FCC's Third Report & Order which covers the rules for the 700 MHz spectrum auction. more

Gearing up with new products from NAB2001
The hub of the NAB convention is the equipment on the show floor. While you mesh your plans and synchronize your schedule with clockwork precision, sink your teeth into some of these new products. more

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