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October 30, 2007

Interactive Advertising Bureau

IAB Resources and Research - Glossary of Interactive Advertising Terms

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October 22, 2007

Engineering Book

A Broadcast Engineering Tutorial For Non-engineers : Graham Jones

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October 21, 2007

Frame Accuracy and Broadcast Networks

Real-time media networks

Transcoding compressed audio and video, also sometimes referred to as format conversion, for multichannel delivery can be divided into two broad classes: real-time, on-the-fly (such as a simulcast to the Web) or delayed redistribution, where content is converted, stored and distributed. Before addressing real-time transcoding for multichannel distribution, there must be an understanding of networks and the factors that influence their performance.

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October 19, 2007

Tapeless News Production

KMOV-TV transitions to file-based workflow

KMOV-TV, the Belo-owned CBS affiliate in St. Louis, transitioned from a linear tape-based workflow to an IT file-based approach in August, leaving behind the six tape machines and heart-pounding chaos ENG control had to deal with on a daily basis.

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Ardendo

Broadcast Media Management

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FOX Bus Net on HD

News Corp. launches FOX Business Network in HD

News Corp. christened FOX Business Network (FBN) Oct. 15 in 720p HD after a 180-day marathon to integrate major new systems, including digital newsroom, storage, HD graphics and new studios, for the launch.

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October 18, 2007

Digital Libraries

Library of Congress Advances 2 Digital Projects Abroad - New York Times

PARIS, Oct. 17 — The Library of Congress announced an ambitious plan on Wednesday to digitize a collection of the world’s rare cultural materials — artifacts ranging from a photo collection of a 19th-century Brazilian empress to a crackly recording of the 101-year-old grandson of a slave.

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October 15, 2007

Discovery buys HowStuffWorks

Discovery Communications Acquires HowStuffWorks -- Discovery Channel -- InformationWeek

HSW's CEO Jeff Arnold will continue in his position as HSW becomes a subsidiary of Discovery Communications. He said the combination of HSW's articles and Discovery's video library of 100,000 hours of video programming will constitute a sort of "video Wikipedia" in which users can experience a multimedia experience in answer to their questions.

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October 12, 2007

Fission

FISSION: BROADCAST AUTOMATION SYSTEM

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October 11, 2007

EVS

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RadiantGrid

Enabling secure digital media transformation and distribution across any channel

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Tunestile

Digital Music Management and Distribution

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Society Broadcast Engineers

Society Broadcast Engineers

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Broadcast WhitePapers

online library of technical & business whitepapers in the broadcast industry

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October 09, 2007

Mobile TV platforms

Rapid TV News, Chris Forrester Editor, Telecoms, DTT, Mobile, Interactive Industry News

Mobibase launches mobile TV platform
Pascale Paoli Lebailly

In a move to offer an alternative to the platforms from historical operators like Orange or SFR, French content aggregator Mobibase says it will launch a ‘made for mobile’ bouquet composed of 20 ad-funded channels.

Mobibase currently manages the mobile rights from 540 content producers based into 45 countries, and works with 360 clients, either operators or mobile services editors, from 60 countries. Its 2006 turnover amounted to €3.38m.

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October 08, 2007

Digital Transmission Content Protection

Digital Transmission Content Protection (“DTCP”) technology protects high-value digital motion pictures, television programs and audio against unauthorized interception and copying in the home and personal environment (e.g., between a digital set top box and digital video recorder, or between a personal computer and a digital TV).

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October 01, 2007

Anevia IPTV at the BBC deployed by Siemens

Anevia powers BBC IPTV service

IPTV products from telecom equipment supplier, Anevia, have been deployed by Siemens Business Services to introduce an IPTV service for the BBC.

Siemens has installed Anevia solutions in BBC head offices in the UK, offering BBC staff contact with BBC and other channels output at their desktop and through IP set-top boxes.

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