When broadcasters began co-habiting with the computer industry in the late 1960s, it was evident that both parties were risking their long-term sanity if not their health. First came a wholesale shift from analogue to digital signal processing, then a switch from tape-based to file-based post-production and playout, next a flurry of new high-definition standards, and now...

Huawei, provider of next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, was recently presented the award for “Outstanding vendor of the year” at the inaugural World Vendor Awards 2010, held at the prestigious Globe theatre in London.

Our 1985 accommodation had been pre-booked by a colleague because (a) it was cheap and (b) it claimed to possess 'The world's largest piano bar'. This turned out to be a best-before-1950 motel on the perimeter of McCarran airport.

National broadcasting shows such as SATIS continue to survive, not that the exhibition organisers are having an easy time.