NAB Hot Topics 2015

WRAL’s Pete Sockett, Cordillera’s Andy Suk and Nexstar’s Blake Russell talk about what’s on their minds and wish lists when they arrive at next week’s NAB Show. Among the topics and gear they’re interested in: the upcoming spectrum repack, ATSC 3.0, text-to-speech, master control, 4K and ENPS.

Vendors of production control automation for news are offering broadcasters ways to tackle new challenges, such as automatically repurposing individual news stories within a newscast for distribution to smartphones and tablets, and controlling complex studio setups with dozens of on-set monitors, entire video walls and sophisticated camera robotics. This is the latest installment of a special series on emerging tech trends, NAB Hot Topics, that will appear each week leading up to the NAB Show that runs April 11-16 in Las Vegas. Next up on April 9 is Master Control Automation, as well as a Tech Roundtable. Read the earlier installments here.

Together, audio over IP and ATSC 3.0 audio are likely to leave TV engineers attending this year’s NAB Show with new insights into just what is possible when it comes to television sound: an immersive, viewer-customizable experience that offers broadcasters lower costs, increased flexibility and fast and simple routing. This is the latest installment of a special series on emerging tech trends, NAB Hot Topics, that will appear each week leading up to the NAB Show that runs April 11-16 in Las Vegas. Next up on April 2 is Automation, followed by a Tech Roundtable on April 9. Read the earlier installments here.

IP transport will touch so many aspects of television that it is positioned over time to supplant most everything people know and understand about TV workflows — from origination and contribution to distribution and consumption. The latest developments will be on display at next month’s NAB Show. This is the latest installment of a special series on emerging tech trends, NAB Hot Topics, that will appear each week leading up to the NAB Show that runs April 11-16 in Las Vegas. The schedule: March 26: Audio; April 2: Automation. Read the earlier installments here.

TV stations are forced to deal with the arrival of new file formats at a dizzying pace. Fortunately for TV broadcasters, a number of vendors of broadcast editing systems have been at work on this problem, and some new approaches to grappling with it will be on display at the 2015 NAB Show. This is the latest installment of a special series on emerging tech trends, NAB Hot Topics, that will appear each week leading up to the NAB Show that runs April 11-16 in Las Vegas. The schedule: March 19: The IP Transition; and March 26: Audio. Read the earlier installments here.

IP transport for live news has until recently been looked upon by many broadcasters with skepticism because it couldn’t be counted on with certainty to deliver the critical live shot with the same reliability as point-to-point microwave and satellite shots.  However, attitudes toward IP newsgathering are rapidly changing. LTE connections have improved markedly over the past 12 to 18 months, which is only adding to the reliability of IP newsgathering, says Dejero’s Bogdan Frusina. “It is like we are living in a new world of connectivity.” This is the second installment of a special series on emerging tech trends  that will appear each week leading up to the NAB Show that runs April 11-16 in Las Vegas.

At this year’s NAB Show, broadcasters will see an increasing lineup of new cameras that support 4K acquisition for the future while delivering HD imagery for today. It’s reminiscent of the changes that took place when the industry prepared for the switch from NTSC to 1080i and 720p HDTV. This is the first installment of a special series on emerging tech trends, NAB Hot Topics, that will appear each week leading up to the NAB Show that runs April 11-16 in Las Vegas.