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. […]
Facebook’s New Video Deals Show How Desperately It Wants to Be YouTube
By Mathew Ingram Facebook may be the world’s largest social media platform, but there is one significant place where it still falls short: video. YouTube still holds the record in […]
Cordcutting Hits an All-Time High as Cable TV Reaches New Lows in Popularity
By Rhett Jones According to pretty much everyone, we’re in the “golden age” of television. But new data shows a huge jump in people who are ready to ditch cable […]
Next-Gen TV Promises Immersive, Personalized Audio
By Dr. Richard Chernock When we look at where television audio standards stand today, it’s hard to reconcile the initial mono sound broadcasts from television’s infancy to where it has […]
GatesAir to Streamline UHF TV Channel Relocation for Chicago PBS Station
By Dimension PR CINCINNATI, May 23, 2017 — GatesAir, a global leader in wireless, over-the-air content delivery solutions for TV and radio broadcasters, announces that WTTW-TV—the primary PBS member station serving the Chicago market—has selected GatesAir to fulfill […]