The Impresario Who Invented the Movie Theatre
A long time ago, I worked on a television show featuring opera star Luciano Pavarotti singing at the Spectrum arena, home of the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team. The concert […] More
Mark Schubin
Mark Schubin ranks among the best of the best television engineers today. He brings more than 40 years experience to every production along with a wealth of television history and lore. A consultant now to many large communications companies both here and abroad he took time out from his busy schedule to talk to us about the production of an opera produced in 720p with the Panasonic production truck, the same one used for many of the ABC produced Monday Night Football games. Mark talks about some of the characteristics of HDTV which differ from the older standard.
Recent Posts by Mark Schubin
"The Technology Year in Review," 2017 HPA Tech Retreat, Hyatt Regency Indian Wells, CA, February 22
“Introduction and Technology Year in Review,” HPA Tech Retreat, Hyatt Regency Indian Wells, 44-600 Indian Wells Ln., Indian Wells, CA 92210 More
Call for Proposals for Presentations at the 2017 HPA Tech Retreat
Welcome back from Labor Day! It’s time to get back into the grind and to consider the Hollywood Professional Association’s upcoming technology event. The 2017 HPA Tech Retreat will […] More
Rossini, Fax Pioneer
A version of this was originally posted in Media-Technology and Opera History on Rossini’s 54th birthday, February 29, 2016. Gioachino Rossini, composer of such operas as Il barbiere di […] More
Rossini's little piece in honor of Giovanni Caselli, transmitted 1860 January 22
Correction to the 2016 Technology Year in Review
Correction: In the video of the Technology Year in Review, a modified version of what was presented at the HPA Tech Retreat, the Polaroid Snap camera shown starting about […] More
Help Fund a Book About Henry Sutton, Television Pioneer
In 1890, Henry Sutton, of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, published the diagram above (minus the annotations) in The Telegraphic Journal and Electrical Review. It was, conceivably, the first viable proposal for […] More
Great Scots!
With the Olympic Games opening in Brazil this week, it might be worth noting that the first to feature television cameras took place in Germany 80 years ago. But […] More
It's the End of an Era, But Which?
The day after the 100th anniversary of the first meeting of the society that became SMPTE, The New York Times reported on July 25, 2016, on the front page […] More
Wow or Woe?
Today, July 24, 2016. as this image from page 13 of the July 25, 1916 issue of The Evening Star in Washington, D.C. indicates, is the 100th anniversary of the first […] More