Narrow-Band Video: The UPI "Newstime" Technology (1979)

By Glen Southworth, Colorado Video, Inc.

July 3, 1978, marked the beginning of a new era in visual communications. On that date United Press, International, inaugurated "NEWSTIME" programming which combined audio and slow scan television to provide a unique new information service to cable TV systems throughout the United States. In NEWSTIME, UPI effectively combined the elements of still images from wirephoto and slide sources, audio from remote feeds and studio production, plus information from many sources to produce a basic 15-minute news show, transmitted 24 hours a day, with frequent updates.

By clicking the "Download Paper" button, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions.

Similar Papers

Narrow-Band Video: The UPI "Newstime" Technology
By Glen Southworth, Colorado Video, Inc.
1979
Digital Video Servers: Storage Technology and Applications
By Richard F. Annibaldi, Pioneer New Media Technologies, Inc.
1994
Virtualizing Video Processing For Scale, Agility, And Performance
By Glen Griffith, Eric Rosier, and Brad Medford, Ericsson, Inc.
2015
A One-Inch Video Cartridge Recorder Designed For Professional CCTV And CATV
By Keith Y. Reynolds, International Video Corporation
1973
Using Narrow Band Data Transmission as an Information Delivery System for CATV Applications
By Emory McGinty, Scientific Atlanta
1986
What Technology Will Win In The Battle To Deliver Broadband Video To Customer Devices?
By Dave Lively, Cisco Systems and Marty Roberts, thePlatform
2008
Packet Network Topologies For Next Generation Video On Demand And Switched Broadcast Service Delivery
By John Amaral and Paul Pilotte, Artel Video Systems
2003
Receiving Auxiliary Services Via Satellite
By Thomas M. Keenze, United Video, Inc.
1980
The Advantages Of Baseband Video Synchronization
By Stanley R. Moote, Leitch Video Limited
1985
Video Quality Impairments 101 For MSO's
By Daniel Howard, VQLink, Inc.
2010
More Results >>