Wireless used for HDTV Broadcast at Democratic National Convention
Obama,WiMAX and 1 Mbps HDTV at the 2008 Democratic National Convention (DNC).
The publication provides details and analysis of a first-time event
for the telecommunications industry: HDTV at 1 Mbps via WiMAX for the
first time by a
national level broadcaster, Denver ABC-affiliate, KMGH. The
broadcaster utilized WiMAX to solve a real-world problem which was to
remotely upload news events during the convention efficiently,
economically, and with a short set-up time.
Firstly, by using a one-pound WiMAX subscriber station, KMGH spared
itself the expense of a satellite or microwave truck to cover the DNC's
daily press
conference at the Colorado Convention Center.
The precedence set by the event is that any news gatherer needs only a digital video camera, an encoding
device to compress the video and a WiMAX connection to upload and
distribute that content via the Internet. This is potentially
disruptive to national
networks with billions of dollars invested in spectrum and infrastructure.
News truck with WiMAX radio mounted on top
