http://media-visions.com/media_reports Media trade news reports by Ken Freed Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:12:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Broadcasters increasingly are moving to lower-cost disc drives and shared storage while solid-state flash memory is slowly gaining ground. Broadcasters wanting the most cutting-edge solutions for digital video storage can consider solid state “flash” memory, yet spinning disk drives and digital tape remain the most cost-effective solutions for the majority of ... http://media-visions.com/media_reports/discs_drive_video_storage/ Improvements in weather graphics systems are enabling stations to meet the challenge of hurricanes and other severe events. [caption id="attachment_30" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Hurricane Gustav"][/caption] Bill Quinlan will never forget the 2004 hurricane season. As the chief meteorologist for ABC affiliate WCJB-TV20 in Gainesville, Fl, he reported three major hurricanes hitting the Florida ... http://media-visions.com/media_reports/weather-graphics-in-the-eye-of-the-storm/ After years of legal delays from community opposition, the consolidated tower facility on Lookout Mountain is finally constructed and broadcasting digital TV to metro Denver. By Ken Freed Correspondent, TV Technology It took an act of congress, but the long-delayed consolidated DTV tower on Lookout Mountain at the western edge of metropolitan Denver ... http://media-visions.com/media_reports/denver-supertower-now-broadcasting/ The Republican Party is preparing the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul for their 39th national convention. By Ken Freed Correspondent, TV Technology When the Committee On Arrangements for the 2008 Republican National Convention took over the Xcel Energy Center in Minneapolis-Saint Paul on July 21, they kicked off six weeks of intense ... http://media-visions.com/media_reports/gop-ready-for-2008-convention/