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The Future of Television Part 4

Thursday, February 07, 2008

Image of a bank of monitors in a TV control room.

Cutting-Edge Technology

In the final part of this series about the impact technology and competition are having on America's favorite medium, NBR New York bureau chief Scott Gurvey looks at media company efforts to continue to advance video technology, services, and applications.

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External Links/Articles*

  • Adobe
    This links to information about Adobe's Visual Communicator software, which Scott Gurvey mentions. The software allows users to combine graphics, music clips, and special effects into a video presentation.
  • Comcast
    Comcast is a cable services company. Its vice president of new media, Charles Cerino, is interviewed in Scott Gurvey's report. This links to the "Products & Services" section of Comcast's corporate website.
  • Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 (PDF Document)
    This links to a copy of the law that lays the foundation for for transition of most television broadcast stations from analog to digital transmission in February of 2009.
  • Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
    The FCC is an independent U.S. government agency "charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable." The commission's chair, Kevin Martin, is interviewed in Scott Gurvey's report. This links to the page of the FCC website titled, "Digital Television (DTV): Regulatory Information."
  • HBO
    HBO is a premium television programming subsidiary of Time Warner. David Baldwin, the executive vice president of HBO/Cinemax, is interviewed in Scott Gurvey's report. This links to information about HBO's On Demand service.
  • Post-Broadcast Democracy
    This is the book authored by Markus Prior of Princeton University, who is interviewed in Scott Gurvey's report. The book's subtitled is "How Media Choice Increases Inequality in Political Involvement and Polarizes Elections."
  • Second Life
    Second Life is the alternate reality website Scott Gurvey mentions in his report. It was created by Linden Research. This links to the "What is Second Life?" section of the website.

    • *Clicking these external links will take you off the NBR web site on PBS.org. NBR has no affiliation with these sites.
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