Harris Broadcast opens a six-week road show on February 5. Harris representatives will explore technology trends and current engineering challenges in the radio broadcast industry and discuss revenue generation through MaxxCasting, the company's new joint initiative with Geo-Broadcast Solutions to maximize FM signal coverage.
Details on the first two weeks of the road show:
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GatesAir Webmaster (01/30/2013, 12:00 AM) •
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Harris Broadcast and Geo-Broadcast Solutions (GBS) are touting a solution based on GBS' ZoneCasting strategy that allows radio broadcasters to maximize market-wide signal penetration and revenue opportunities today — even as the industry awaits FCC approval for ZoneCasting.
The MaxxCasting solution uses a network topology similar to the ZoneCasting architecture for targeted, over-the-air radio broadcasting, but instead focuses on simulcasting content to improve coverage.
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GatesAir Webmaster (01/24/2013, 12:00 AM) •
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One of the most significant impacts on U.S. television broadcasters by the National Broadband Plan (NBP) will be the repacking of the UHF television spectrum. There are still many details to be settled, but one can assume that many television broadcasters will be forced to relocate to another channel even though they are not participating in the reverse spectrum auction process.
Click on the following link for an in-depth analysis by Jay Adrick, published in Broadcast Engineering, on how the issue impacts Transmission systems: http://broadcastengineering.com/site-files/broadcastengineering.com/files/uploads/2012/12/InDepthFocus_TransmissionSystems_2012.pdf [Editor's note: Previous link is currently dead. Please use this one instead, but note that it is a paid archival service.]
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GatesAir Webmaster (01/03/2013, 12:00 AM) •
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