Video Will Comprise 82% of All Net Traffic in 5 Years, Says Cisco
By Troy Dreier Online video’s strong growth will continue for years, says Cisco. In 2021, 82 percent of all online traffic will be video, predicts the just-released Cisco Visual Networking […]
World’s TV Engineering Leaders Gather in Italy
By James O’Neal CAGLIARI, ITALY—More than 100 of the best minds in the field of television engineering have gathered here for the 2017 Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE) […]
Cable Broadband Providers: What Ever Happened to “The Customer is Always Right”?
By Kristine DeBry The concept that “The Customer is Always Right” has such resonance that it has been popular around the globe for more than 100 years, from Marshall Field’s […]
Lucrative TV Residuals Frozen Again in New Union Agreements
By Jonathan Handel As talks between SAG-AFTRA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers continue in advance of a June 30 contract expiration, one thing isn’t in doubt: […]
American Cable Association’s Polka tells C-SPAN cable TV business is failing
By Dade Hayes During a wide-ranging, even soul-searching conversation on C-SPAN, American Cable Association president Matt Polka said the business of providing TV service “isn’t what it used to be … […]
Drones Taking RF Testing To New Heights
By Phil Kurz Broadcasters typically think of unmanned drones in television as aerial newsgathering platforms, but as nearly 1,000 U.S. broadcasters prepare to relocate to new channel assignments some may […]
AT&T Executive on DirecTV Now’s First Six Months of “Disrupting the Market”
by Georg Szalai Telecom giant AT&T launched the DirecTV Now streaming service six months ago, on Nov. 30, with networks from all major entertainment companies, except for CBS Corp. The […]
ATBA Announces Yankee Communication Network’s WYCU-LD as 2017 Station of the Year
WYCU-LD, ATBA’s 2017 Station of the Year, showcases the qualities that make LPTV stations a hallmark in their communities. With so much going against Low Power TV in the current […]
Korean Operators to Start UHD Broadcast this Week
South Korean broadcasters MBC, KBS and SBS will start ultra high-definition (UHD) broadcasting later this week, Yonhap news agency reports, citing a statement from the Ministry of Science, ICT and […]
Netflix Is Being Underestimated by Wall Street
When Netflix (NFLX) went public in 2002 the notion that it would one day come any where near 100 million subscribers in the U.S. may have seemed like an impossibility. […]