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BroadcastEd's View - Hail to the Glitches!By Ed Milbourn • Jan 23 2008, 9:17pmThe digital/HDTV transition now in pregress by the television industry is arguably (certainly by that industry) the most complex ever experienced, though likely not since the evolvement of radio communications from Morse coded pulses to commercial broadcast radio.
That took about 15 years and with a lot of glitches along the way, But they were overlooked and corrected as the... MarketplaceEd's View - HDTV's 9-11By Ed Milbourn • Nov 30 2007, 3:30pmTo most of us the term "9-11" connotes the terrible events surrounding the infamous date of September 11, 2001.
However, to all of us who salute HDTV, the date of September 11, 2007, is one of celebration.
For on that date the FCC adopted a significant ruling affecting not only HDTV but also the digital transition in general.
In short, the FCC (unanimously) ruled that... General InterestEd's View - CNBC HD + No CigarBy Ed Milbourn • Nov 12 2007, 6:04pmReams of paper have been devoted to writings by technical historians in argument as to the "inventor" of television.
In truth, there was no single "inventor" of television such as recognized by seminal technical advances such as the light bulb, airplane and the telephone.
Several individuals representing many generations of scientific discoveries and enabling technologies serially combined to give us the technical miracle we identify with "television." But there is one individual we can arguably identify as the "father" of the television system.
That is John Logie Baird, a Scotsman who vir ... Technology • BroadcastEd's View - The Demise of BroadcastingBy Ed Milbourn • Nov 1 2007, 12:46pmThis provocative article from our Ed Milbourn will echo forward for a long time to come.
While broadcasting is still a robust business the cracks in its business model are severe.
Analog technology once dictated the business model for telecasting, but that is now remade beyond recognition with the advent of digital technology.
What lays ahead for the use of broadcast spectrum? Let Ed Milbourn open your mind to an exciting and creative future.
_ Dale Cripps __________________________________________________ Don't panic! This may be a very good thing for HDTV. Sometimes it takes a seminal ... Technology • Technology • Marketplace • Global & Worldview • Gaming • Business & InvestmentEd's View - SHDTV (Part Duo)By Ed Milbourn • Aug 14 2007, 5:33pmBy the end of 2007 more than 5000 North American movie screens will be capable of showing digitally distributed motion pictures, some of which are produced in 3D.
The distribution medium, however, remains mechanical, i.e.
the actual digital data are stored as encrypted files on hard discs.
Downloading of the files via satellite has been successfully demonstrated internationally, and undoubtedly will replace the ferrying of hard drives soon. The key to this high quality, economical motion picture distribution system is... More Articles ...Ed's View - SHDTV
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