transmitters

A suspect who broke into a transmitter facility on Sandia Peak near Albuquerque, N.M., remains on the loose, and it appears the individual brought enough fuel to literally blow every broadcaster off the mountain. It is an attempted act of domestic terrorism and had the efforts been successful, all broadcast television and radio stations in the Albuquerque metro area could have been knocked off the air.

Rohde & Schwarz says its new THU9evo liquid-cooled UHF high-power transmitter represents the next step toward minimizing operating costs. Rohde & Schwarz was able to leverage its many years of […]

GatesAir says it has completed the second phase of a three-phase national DVB-T2 digital TV network rollout across the Middle East nation of Kuwait. The transition from analog to DVB-T2 digital TV now covers approximately […]

Broadcasters are keenly interested in understanding their transmitter options to satisfy the requirements of the TV spectrum repack and positioning themselves for an easy transition to ATSC 3.0 if and when that becomes a reality. Dick Fiore, CEO of Hitachi-Comark, discusses both as well as total cost of ownership, SFNs in a 3.0 world and the importance of broadcasters supporting 3.0 as the FCC considers authorization.

Equipment vendors say that the recent FCC ruling that clears up whether the commission will reimburse TV station owners for relocation expenses before or during the two-part spectrum auction process should mean broadcasters can move forward with engineering studies in advance of the spectrum repack. And those studies can also aid broadcasters in making ATSC 3.0 business decisions.

The latest broadcast transmitter and antenna technology is built to see broadcasters through the upcoming repack and beyond by offering new flexibility and efficiency. New UHF transmitters are able to achieve power efficiencies of up to 50% for high-power operation. The broadband antennas will be able to handle many flash cut scenarios during the repack. For a resources guide to the companies mentioned in this story, click here. Read all the 2016 NAB Hot Topics stories here.

GatesAir has been awarded a contract to provide turnkey equipment and services associated with Ethiopia’s national digital TV network. In support of the contract, GatesAir will design, supply, install, test […]

Rohde & Schwarz extends its energy-efficient R&S Tx9 transmitter generation with low-power UHF transmitters that support the DVB-T, DVB-T2 and ISDB-Tb digital standards. The company says its new R&S TLU9 […]

New high-power solid-state transmitters can provide a superior alternative to first-gen digital units. They are more efficient, cheaper to run and will be paid for by the government. (Photo: Rohde & Schwarz)

Coming on the heels of the TV spectrum repack will likely be ATSC 3.0, the next-generation TV standard that will, among other things, allow stations to deliver HDTV to mobile […]

Many broadcasters assigned new channels as part of the FCC’s TV band repack may need more transmitter power than they think, the RF experts say. It’s all a matter of […]

What issues are likely to keep engineers, managers and other tech types awake at night in 2016? TVNewsCheck’s Phil Kurz offers his predictions of next year’s trends that range from ATSC 3.0 to a serious rethink of how to define the business of television.

GatesAir, a global provider of wireless, over-the-air content delivery solutions for radio and TV broadcasters, will demonstrate the latest advances to its solid-state Flexiva radio and Maxiva TV and DAB […]