Meet the Boy Wonder
If the 24/7 Telos Alliance Support team could be viewed as superheroes (and they do possess special powers, after all), Addison Burnside would take the role of Boy Wonder. Addison joined the Support team at the ripe old age of 18, and is in his third year with The Telos Alliance. So how does an 18-year-old high school kid from Arizona land a job with Telos Alliance 24/7 Support? Meet our resident engineering prodigy and find out!
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Apple HLS with Greg Ogonowski
In our quest for better Internet audio streaming we’re looking closer at Apple’s HTTP Live Streaming - or Apple HLS. Greg Ogonowski joins me, Kirk Harnack, to take a deep dive into how Apple HLS adaptive streaming works at the encoder end, server, and for the end user.
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The Empire State Building: Where It All Began
New York City’s iconic Empire State Building’s prominent place in the history of FM and television transmission might have never come about unless someone’s idea for the top of the building turned out to be one of the wackiest proposals since the Atlantic tunnel between New York and Europe.
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The Birth of a Flamethrower!!
Back when I was in grade school (a time long before electricity), the tallest building in the world was the Empire State Building in New York City. The majesty of that building has always held a special place in my heart; that’s why, in the summer of 1983, it was even more special that I got involved with a project that was to add a twelfth FM radio station to Master FM Antenna System at Empire.
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Adaptive Streaming with Tim Pozar
Online video - like Netflix and YouTube - have used adaptive bitrate streaming for a few years now. The same tech is becoming available to audio streamers like radio stations and other online audio broadcasters. Tim Pozar, Streaming Director for Fandor.com joins Chris Tobin and Kirk Harnack to teach us about adaptive streaming technology.
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Live from New York!
This is it! The live broadcast - a block away from the Empire State Building where we have a terrific view of the light show. We’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Master FM Antenna operation; the first of its kind allowing a dozen FM transmitters to use the same transmitting antenna. Tom Silliman, David Layer, David Bialik, and Scott and Lisa Fybush join Chris Tobin and me.
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Things are Looking Up to the Max at IMS Productions
Today, they're shooting at the Barrett-Jackson Auto auction in Reno, NV. On other remotes they are filming Lakers games or global rally cross racing. IMS Productions has a busy schedule. Located across the street from the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the company does studio work, field production, post production and Indy car footage. Even though they are affiliated with the Speedway, they cover a variety of events.
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Audio over IP and the Future of Television
Video and audio were handled separately for years before SDI video with embedded audio came into use. Embedded audio appeared to be a step forward. The reality is that embedded audio has not reduced lip sync issues and metadata is still easily separated from the audio that it describes. This is particularly unfortunate because metadata will become more essential with new audio services. Audio embedding and de-embedding was never perfect and it remains limited. SDI is, at heart, a video format and it cannot support the future of audio. Channel based audio is heading for replacement by carriage of the objects that make up the channels. Multiple languages, emergency audio, and services for the blind are all competing for space in broadcast services. These expanded audio services provide flexibility and enhanced consumer experiences for broadcast and OTT services and even handheld devices. AES67, Livewire+ and related standards offer a path to making all of this work – including lip sync! AES and SMPTE are working together, and the results will enable the sub-sample accurate linking of Audio over IP (which has existed in radio for over a decade and is growing in TV) and video, all without requiring it to be glued together until final delivery.
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Who is the Media Networking Alliance?
The Media Networking Alliance is a trade association formed following the ratification of the AES67 Audio Networking standard in 2013. The purpose of the MNA is to promote the adoption of AES67 so that pro audio and broadcast equipment can easily exchange AoIP audio.
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