Intel’s new Neural Compute Stick 2 might bring science fiction technology to life The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. — Arthur C. Clarke Sometimes the news is so big, a guy has to stop what he’s doing and write an…
Fourth of July question: Shoot for the clouds or keep transcoding on the ground? I watched some amazing fireworks this past Fourth of July weekend, with powerful rockets screaming skyward to burst among the clouds and fantastic fountains erupting brilliantly at ground level. After the excitement, I found myself musing on the show’s parallel to…
There are some who say, and I believe them, that this is the golden age of content. There are more fabulous, smash hit new Broadway musicals than I can remember in my lifetime. Networks, cable channels, and over the top services are delivering new and innovative content all the time. Consumers have instant, easy access…
The next great production invention may already be in hand I recently attended a meeting, held in a conference room dedicated to Chester Floyd Carlson. It’s unlikely that you ever heard of him, but he changed your life. His invention is perhaps third behind only the printing press and the Internet in its revolutionary impact…
Innovation and productivity begins with programming and connecting with audiences You could not turn on the business news channels in the past month without hearing that wages have finally started to rise. In the next breath, you’ll learn about the growing divergence between employee earnings and business profit in the U.S. and across the…
Five years ago, my very first blog entry explored how cloud-based asset management might change television production. Now, on the heels of NAB 2016, it’s a great time to revisit this topic. You could not attend the NAB show without being blown over by the exploding number of purported solutions for content creation and distribution…
FCC’s #unlockthebox proposal is too little too late You would need a crystal ball to see what the FCC has in mind with its recent 3-2 vote to proceed with the chairman’s #unlockthebox proposal. Certainly the words in this proposal have just the right feel-good tone, with lots of focus on consumer choice and promoting…
Companies should be prepared to operate with a nonlinear mindset On any given day, I encounter some version of truly remarkable statistics about the rise of video on-demand as a percentage of the total amount of viewing. At the recent NextTV Summit ,Jay Samit of Seachange proclaimed that 50 percent of all U.S. viewing…
With so much to choose from, why is it so hard to find something to watch? Sometimes too much of a good thing is not a good thing. My wife and I recently wanted to watch a movie when we found ourselves with about two hours between car pool sessions. I was interested in…
Broadcast positioned to catch up with consumer tech, finally Video over Ethernet is coming to production facilities and I’m excited. For years I’ve been telling anyone who’d listen that the broadcast production/distribution model needs to become more flexible if it is going to keep pace with changes underway in consumer electronics. A consumer can…