30 Years Later, the Max Headroom TV Hackers Remain at Large
For 25 seconds in 1987, in the middle of WGN-TV anchor Dan Roan’s sportscast, thousands of Chicagoans’ feeds were…
I Was There When a GoPro Rig Completely Changed the X Games
If you're watching the X Games on ESPN this weekend you'll get to see the new GoPro POV system in action. I'm at the…
This Is the First Weekend in America With No Saturday Morning Cartoons
Saturday morning American broadcast TV was once animation's home field. Filling a cereal bowl with artificially…
What's the Best Digital TV Antenna?
We've been testing a handful of indoor digital TV antennas over the past few weeks. So far, they're all complete…
A News Broadcast Reenacted Olympic Highlights with Lego
Because showing highlights of the Olympics can be quite the political mess of air rights and restrictions and…
Porn Video Sneaks Into Nokia N8 Chinese Announcement Broadcast—UPDATED
Make this a lesson in how to drum up some much-needed interest in a should-be-obsolete phone: ensure your Chinese…
We Are a Nation of Time-Shifters
You have a hard time remembering an age when you didn't DVR shows to watch later. But that's never been true for the…
Europe's First 3D Channel, Sky 3D, Will Go Live October 1st
Having dabbled with 3D broadcasts during the World Cup, Sky will be rolling out the extra-dimensional service from…
First White Spaces Broadband Trial Spreads Wi-Fi Via Broadcast TV
The NAB has been battling white spaces networks for years, but the technology that repurposes unused TV spectrum as a…
3D TV: Blu-ray Looks Great, But What's Next?
3D TV hardware still has a ways to go, but Panasonic's vision is starting to congeal: It will require glasses, and—at…
The Aliens of the Star Iota Horologii Are Just Watching Captain Kangaroo Now
When our broadcasts leave Earth, they slowly travel into space. There is, however, a sizable delay between what we…
Advertising During The Simpsons More Expensive on Hulu than TV
We'll laugh at this headline in the not so distant future, but for the first time, buying a 30-second ad during a Fox…
Goodbye, Analog Static
With the DTV transition happening today and analog broadcasting going away, what happens to this classic static that…
SprintCam V3 HD Shoots Breathtaking Full HD Video at 1,000 FPS
Sure, the Casio EX-F1 shoots great slow-mo footage for a consumer camera. But it can't touch the footage that the…
Color TV Would Not Exist Without the Test Pattern Pillow
We hear that before the days of modern camera calibration, broadcasters fine-tuned their pictures with giant patterned…
Digital TV Change Over Date Moved to June 12
It's official: The digital TV change over date is now June 12. [B&C]
Obama Wants to Delay Analog TV Shutdown to June 12
More on the proposed delay of the digital TV switchover: Obama's transition team co-chair sent a letter to Congress…
How to Get the Best Free HDTV Reception
If you upgraded to HDTV over the holidays, you should consider dumping cable for totally free broadcast HD. AntennaWeb…
Flixwagon Broadcasts Video from Any iPhone
Developers in the Flixwagon lab created the first-ever mobile client that can broadcast live high-quality video from…
Dish's Surprise 700MHz Win Means What?
Dish Networks, sat TV provider, has won a block of the 700MHz band in the FCC's recent auction. Given Dish's primary…