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<Picture>Jack Schofield, in Hollywood, on the national TV network embracing the digital age 21st century Fox Rupert Murdoch's Fox network, one of America's four national TV broadcasters, caught up with the digital world last Saturday, when the first of its channels moved over to an all-digital system. Fox Sports began dummy runs of the system which is set to go live on January 1 from the network's digital control centre in California. The network's output is being run in parallel with traditional broadcasts in order to train staff and debug the system, but it's probably not being broadcast. "The crew doesn't know: they may have been on the air, they may not have been on the air . . . but after January, you can rest assured that everything you see on Fox will be coming out of this building," says a Fox spokesperson. The network's TV programmes will be stored on arrays of hard drives or on digital storage tapes that hold 165 gigabytes of data - 17 hours of programmes - on giant cassettes. Digital versions of programmes don't deteriorate like traditional tapes, which saves money on quality control. Fox claims the system can also deliver up to eight different commercials with the same programming, which allows it to sell regional advertising. Hard disk storage and playback obviates the need for a tape operator, but total automation is not part of the plan. "Unlike a local TV station, there's a lot of money riding on our advertising: it can be $1 million for 30 seconds in the Superbowl. When you're dealing with that kind of revenue, you really want a pair of eyes watching to make sure it's right," insists the spokesperson. Another advantage of the digital system's Tektronix Profile video file servers is that they keep recording all the time, even when they're being used to provide slow-motion replays. A videotape machine can't match that. The servers can also be set to provide a fixed delay before a "live" signal is transmitted from, say, a US courtroom or a TV chat show. 26 November 1997 <Picture>Jack Schofield, in Hollywood, on the national TV network embracing the digital age 21st century Fox Rupert Murdoch's Fox network, one of America's four national TV broadcasters, caught up with the digital world last Saturday, when the first of its channels moved over to an all-digital system. Fox Sports began dummy runs of the system which is set to go live on January 1 from the network's digital control centre in California. The network's output is being run in parallel with traditional broadcasts in order to train staff and debug the system, but it's probably not being broadcast. "The crew doesn't know: they may have been on the air, they may not have been on the air . . . but after January, you can rest assured that everything you see on Fox will be coming out of this building," says a Fox spokesperson. The network's TV programmes will be stored on arrays of hard drives or on digital storage tapes that hold 165 gigabytes of data - 17 hours of programmes - on giant cassettes. Digital versions of programmes don't deteriorate like traditional tapes, which saves money on quality control. Fox claims the system can also deliver up to eight different commercials with the same programming, which allows it to sell regional advertising. Hard disk storage and playback obviates the need for a tape operator, but total automation is not part of the plan. "Unlike a local TV station, there's a lot of money riding on our advertising: it can be $1 million for 30 seconds in the Superbowl. When you're dealing with that kind of revenue, you really want a pair of eyes watching to make sure it's right," insists the spokesperson. Another advantage of the digital system's Tektronix Profile video file servers is that they keep recording all the time, even when they're being used to provide slow-motion replays. A videotape machine can't match that. The servers can also be set to provide a fixed delay before a "live" signal is transmitted from, say, a US courtroom or a TV chat show. 26 November 1997 <Picture>Jack Schofield, in Hollywood, on the national TV network embracing the digital age 21st century Fox Rupert Murdoch's Fox network, one of America's four national TV broadcasters, caught up with the digital world last Saturday, when the first of its channels moved over to an all-digital system. Fox Sports began dummy runs of the system which is set to go live on January 1 from the network's digital control centre in California. The network's output is being run in parallel with traditional broadcasts in order to train staff and debug the system, but it's probably not being broadcast. "The crew doesn't know: they may have been on the air, they may not have been on the air . . . but after January, you can rest assured that everything you see on Fox will be coming out of this building," says a Fox spokesperson. The network's TV programmes will be stored on arrays of hard drives or on digital storage tapes that hold 165 gigabytes of data - 17 hours of programmes - on giant cassettes. Digital versions of programmes don't deteriorate like traditional tapes, which saves money on quality control. Fox claims the system can also deliver up to eight different commercials with the same programming, which allows it to sell regional advertising. Hard disk storage and playback obviates the need for a tape operator, but total automation is not part of the plan. "Unlike a local TV station, there's a lot of money riding on our advertising: it can be $1 million for 30 seconds in the Superbowl. When you're dealing with that kind of revenue, you really want a pair of eyes watching to make sure it's right," insists the spokesperson. Another advantage of the digital system's Tektronix Profile video file servers is that they keep recording all the time, even when they're being used to provide slow-motion replays. A videotape machine can't match that. The servers can also be set to provide a fixed delay before a "live" signal is transmitted from, say, a US courtroom or a TV chat show. 26 November 1997 Jack Schofield, in Hollywood, on the national TV network embracing the digital age 21st century Fox Rupert Murdoch's Fox network, one of America's four national TV broadcasters, caught up with the digital world last Saturday, when the first of its channels moved over to an all-digital system. Fox Sports began dummy runs of the system which is set to go live on January 1 from the network's digital control centre in California. The network's output is being run in parallel with traditional broadcasts in order to train staff and debug the system, but it's probably not being broadcast. "The crew doesn't know: they may have been on the air, they may not have been on the air . . . but after January, you can rest assured that everything you see on Fox will be coming out of this building," says a Fox spokesperson. The network's TV programmes will be stored on arrays of hard drives or on digital storage tapes that hold 165 gigabytes of data - 17 hours of programmes - on giant cassettes. Digital versions of programmes don't deteriorate like traditional tapes, which saves money on quality control. Fox claims the system can also deliver up to eight different commercials with the same programming, which allows it to sell regional advertising. Hard disk storage and playback obviates the need for a tape operator, but total automation is not part of the plan. "Unlike a local TV station, there's a lot of money riding on our advertising: it can be $1 million for 30 seconds in the Superbowl. When you're dealing with that kind of revenue, you really want a pair of eyes watching to make sure it's right," insists the spokesperson. Another advantage of the digital system's Tektronix Profile video file servers is that they keep recording all the time, even when they're being used to provide slow-motion replays. A videotape machine can't match that. The servers can also be set to provide a fixed delay before a "live" signal is transmitted from, say, a US courtroom or a TV chat show. 26 November 1997 Jack Schofield, in Hollywood, on the national TV network embracing the digital age 21st century Fox Rupert Murdoch's Fox network, one of America's four national TV broadcasters, caught up with the digital world last Saturday, when the first of its channels moved over to an all-digital system. Fox Sports began dummy runs of the system which is set to go live on January 1 from the network's digital control centre in California. The network's output is being run in parallel with traditional broadcasts in order to train staff and debug the system, but it's probably not being broadcast. "The crew doesn't know: they may have been on the air, they may not have been on the air . . . but after January, you can rest assured that everything you see on Fox will be coming out of this building," says a Fox spokesperson. The network's TV programmes will be stored on arrays of hard drives or on digital storage tapes that hold 165 gigabytes of data - 17 hours of programmes - on giant cassettes. Digital versions of programmes don't deteriorate like traditional tapes, which saves money on quality control. Fox claims the system can also deliver up to eight different commercials with the same programming, which allows it to sell regional advertising. Hard disk storage and playback obviates the need for a tape operator, but total automation is not part of the plan. "Unlike a local TV station, there's a lot of money riding on our advertising: it can be $1 million for 30 seconds in the Superbowl. When you're dealing with that kind of revenue, you really want a pair of eyes watching to make sure it's right," insists the spokesperson. Another advantage of the digital system's Tektronix Profile video file servers is that they keep recording all the time, even when they're being used to provide slow-motion replays. A videotape machine can't match that. The servers can also be set to provide a fixed delay before a "live" signal is transmitted from, say, a US courtroom or a TV chat show. 26 November 1997 Jack Schofield, in Hollywood, on the national TV network embracing the digital age 21st century Fox Rupert Murdoch's Fox network, one of America's four national TV broadcasters, caught up with the digital world last Saturday, when the first of its channels moved over to an all-digital system. Fox Sports began dummy runs of the system which is set to go live on January 1 from the network's digital control centre in California. The network's output is being run in parallel with traditional broadcasts in order to train staff and debug the system, but it's probably not being broadcast. "The crew doesn't know: they may have been on the air, they may not have been on the air . . . but after January, you can rest assured that everything you see on Fox will be coming out of this building," says a Fox spokesperson. The network's TV programmes will be stored on arrays of hard drives or on digital storage tapes that hold 165 gigabytes of data - 17 hours of programmes - on giant cassettes. Digital versions of programmes don't deteriorate like traditional tapes, which saves money on quality control. Fox claims the system can also deliver up to eight different commercials with the same programming, which allows it to sell regional advertising. Hard disk storage and playback obviates the need for a tape operator, but total automation is not part of the plan. "Unlike a local TV station, there's a lot of money riding on our advertising: it can be $1 million for 30 seconds in the Superbowl. When you're dealing with that kind of revenue, you really want a pair of eyes watching to make sure it's right," insists the spokesperson. Another advantage of the digital system's Tektronix Profile video file servers is that they keep recording all the time, even when they're being used to provide slow-motion replays. A videotape machine can't match that. The servers can also be set to provide a fixed delay before a "live" signal is transmitted from, say, a US courtroom or a TV chat show. 26 November 1997 Jack Schofield, in Hollywood, on the national TV network embracing the digital age 21st century Fox Rupert Murdoch's Fox network, one of America's four national TV broadcasters, caught up with the digital world last Saturday, when the first of its channels moved over to an all-digital system. Fox Sports began dummy runs of the system which is set to go live on January 1 from the network's digital control centre in California. The network's output is being run in parallel with traditional broadcasts in order to train staff and debug the system, but it's probably not being broadcast. "The crew doesn't know: they may have been on the air, they may not have been on the air . . . but after January, you can rest assured that everything you see on Fox will be coming out of this building," says a Fox spokesperson. The network's TV programmes will be stored on arrays of hard drives or on digital storage tapes that hold 165 gigabytes of data - 17 hours of programmes - on giant cassettes. Digital versions of programmes don't deteriorate like traditional tapes, which saves money on quality control. Fox claims the system can also deliver up to eight different commercials with the same programming, which allows it to sell regional advertising. Hard disk storage and playback obviates the need for a tape operator, but total automation is not part of the plan. "Unlike a local TV station, there's a lot of money riding on our advertising: it can be $1 million for 30 seconds in the Superbowl. When you're dealing with that kind of revenue, you really want a pair of eyes watching to make sure it's right," insists the spokesperson. Another advantage of the digital system's Tektronix Profile video file servers is that they keep recording all the time, even when they're being used to provide slow-motion replays. A videotape machine can't match that. The servers can also be set to provide a fixed delay before a "live" signal is transmitted from, say, a US courtroom or a TV chat show. 26 November 1997 techstocks.com |
