Hooray for the Digital Transition ???

Some of the Tribune newspapers are running an article
by Baltimore Sun technology writer Mike Himowitz titled "Those who don’t
convert will slip into dark ages." Undoubtedly first of many over the
next fifteen months.

Snipe Update

Snipes have gotten soo bad that even the New York Times has devoted space to the problem.
(And see my original blog post “Woo ! Swish ! Snipe !” from February ‘06.)

Bohrman’s Bus Beats B’casters w/ BGAN

(Sorry, I couldn’t help myself – just had to write that headline.)

Actually, the BIG news is that CNN is the first out of the gate with an HD
election
bus. With all the talk about the Convention Pool being in HD, you
would think that some other network would have made a similar
announcement.

Or maybe one of them has something totally different up their sleeves?

UPDATE: See what Bohrman came up with next: http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/68876

No Sax Metaphor

Sorry, the headline is a cheap shot, but Mark Turner used it as a
subhead in his article
called Digital TV, Sax and Violins in the September 19th issue of
TV Technology. As you know, one of my pet peeves is broadcast IT people
crowing about how great it is that ubiquitous computing has made it
possible for many separate devices (like CGs, still-stores, video
switchers and audio consoles) to be combined into a time-line centric
single (keyboard and mouse controlled) device.

Now I have nothing against the Ross Video Overdrive and the Thomson
Grass Valley Ignite – they are great at automating repetitive tasks. But
I have racked-up some flight time on Ignite’s predecessor and you have
keep in mind that when the excrement hits the fan (like truly breaking
BIG news), you really want to have a couple of those old fashioned
’single button per function’ devices and some warm bodies to run them in
your control room. Otherwise you might be able to characterize your
coverage as "no sax radio."