Latest articles by Bob Kovacs
2025 NAB Show: Sports Summit Goes for the Win
NAB Show Focused event will explore genre’s capacity for storytelling, examine distribution trends and address the impact of legalized wagering
What’s in Store for News Production at the 2022 NAB Show
More resolution, flexibility, speed and value
M&E Chessboard Jumps Content to the Next Level
Companies leverage technological advancements to grow audiences
Live Production Over IP Now Becoming the Standard
Could the days of SDI be numbered?
Making the Cloud Work for Broadcast
‘The meaning of virtualized playout has changed significantly in the last 12 months’
Production Switchers Ready for Streaming Reality
With a head start in IP capability, switchers thrive in the current climate of remote production
NextGen TV Receivers Not Ready for Consumers
While TV sets will hit retail floors soon, low-cost gear for the masses is still elusive
News: Live Feeds Have Never Been Easier
5G is making a lot of noise, but 4G and 3G still do the heavy lifting
Cable, Connectors and Water: Not a Good Mix
Don’t cut corners if your cables and connectors will be exposed to the elements
How IP Architecture Works for Live Production
New SMPTE standard improves interoperability.
Itʼs a SMPTE Century
The pace of technology change is rocketing at warp speed, and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, now celebrating its 100th anniversary, stands in the middle of that change.
NAB 2015 Portends Major Changes In the Air
It turns out that 2015 may be one of the more pivotal years in the broadcast industry, due to the accelerating pace of technology.
Gearing Up for the 2015 NAB Show
This may strike you as a bit early to be thinking about the 2015 NAB Show, but it’s been on our minds here in the editorial office for some weeks.
LG, GatesAir, Zenith to Conduct Six-Month OTA ATSC 3.0 Tests
A team from LG, Zenith and GatesAir will use an abandoned UHF transmitter at Tribune Media station WJW to conduct extensive on-air tests of its Futurecast ATSC 3.0 physical-layer technology proposal.
HEVC Audio: Based on the Past, Headed for the Future
When we discuss video compression such as MPEG-2 and H.264, most of us tend to think of the video aspects and don’t think much about the audio.
Doherty Amplifiers Push Efficiency
Although there have been many developments in amplifiers over the decades, some DNA from Doherty’s design is now making its way into modern television transmitters.
