George Winslow

Oregon

Freelance Writer and Editor at Freelance

Senior Content Producer at TV Technology

Senior Content Producer, TV Tech

Articles

22 Republican U.S. Senators Urge FCC to “Modernize” Ownership Rules

5 days ago | tvtechnology.com | George Winslow

WASHINGTON—Twenty-two U.S. Senators have sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr urging him to “modernize” ownership caps that are limiting broadcasters' ability to compete in a media landscape increasingly dominated by large tech companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon.
T‑Mobile Demo Sets a 5G Uplink Record

5 days ago | tvtechnology.com | George Winslow

SEATTLE—T-Mobile has announced that it set a new uplink speed record of 550 Mbps in sub-6 GHz spectrum using cutting-edge 5G Advanced tech. The live demo with Nokia and MediaTek took place in a real commercial site in Seattle. The demo was the first in the world to set a speed record using Release 17 UL Tx Switching. The news is notable because the broadband industry has traditionally focused on download speeds.
Samsung Ads Debuts the Samsung Television Network

5 days ago | tvtechnology.com | George Winslow

NEW YORK—During the IAB NewFronts 2025, Samsung Ads announced the debut of STN, the Samsung Television Network, a FAST channel with live content that will be available exclusively on Samsung TV Plus. STN offers an extensive slate of live sports, music, movies, and late-night programming, It's launch illustrates the growing interest in live streaming content in the CTV ad space.
Netflix to Rollout New More Flexible UI Starting May 19

5 days ago | tvtechnology.com | George Winslow

LOS GATOS, Calif.—Netflix has announced that starting May 19 it will begin rolling out a major upgrade to its user interface and the TV experience it offers streaming subscribers with a much more flexible homepage that is capable of changing to reflect a user’s search and viewing habits. The platform's flexibility will also make it much easier for the streaming service to innovate and rapidly change its offering, Netflix executives stressed in a briefing with the press.
Digital Alert Systems Backs NAB Proposal to Speed Transition to NextGen TV

6 days ago | tvtechnology.com | George Winslow

In a wide-ranging filing with the Federal Communications Commission, Digital Alert Systems has come out in favor of an NAB proposal to help speed-up the transition to NextGen TV and is backing a proposal to withdraw multilingual EAS using pre-translated templates.
Nugen Audio Unveils DialogCheck Speech Intelligibility Software

6 days ago | tvtechnology.com | George Winslow

LEEDS, U.K.—Nugen Audio has launched a new speech intelligibility plug-in, DialogCheck and offered up quotes from technologists working at places like Netflix praising the product. The solution offers a mono, stereo and multichannel dialog clarity meter and provides an objective measure of speech audio intelligibility. Nugen Audio reported that DialogCheck is ideally suited for use in film, television, radio, podcasting and game audio production, as well as post-production environments.
Nexstar’s Sook: Prospects for Ownership Rule Changes “Never Been Better”

6 days ago | tvtechnology.com | George Winslow

While top executives at broadcasting station groups reported revenue declines in the first quarter amid economic uncertainty and the impact of tariffs on the economy, they offered bullish sentiments regarding the prospects for significant deregulation in broadcast ownership rules and the prospects for dealmaking in the industry.
Harvard Taps Studio Technologies for Sports Telecasts

6 days ago | tvtechnology.com | George Winslow

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Studio Technologies said the Harvard University athletics department has integrated Dante-enabled equipment from the vendor into its broadcast productions. The solutions include the Model 204 and Model 205 Announcer’s Consoles, Model 5205 Mic/Line to Dante Interface and Model 5422A Dante Intercom Audio Engine. The products from Studio Technologies are used to produce approximately 325 live broadcasts annually, covering home games for 40 of its 42 varsity teams.
ITN, Magnite Launch Programmatic Solution for Local Linear TV

6 days ago | tvtechnology.com | George Winslow

NEW YORK—ITN, a provider of a local linear supply side platform, and Magnite, a independent sell-side advertising company, have announced that they working together to launch a programmatic solution for local linear TV in the U.S.The companies reported that collaboration will make it easier to buy local TV inventory and enable advertisers to transact live linear ads from local TV stations programmatically for the first time.
CTA Tells FCC Not to Mandate ATSC 3.0 Tuners

6 days ago | tvtechnology.com | George Winslow

WASHINGTON—The Consumer Technology Association has continued its opposition to mandates requiring that NextGen TV/ATSC 3.0 tuners be included in new TV sets, saying in an FCC filing that such rules would raise prices and stifle innovation at a time when only a “small sliver of consumers … still use over-the-air reception.”“There is no basis whatsoever for heavy-handed and risky government intervention to justify a regulatory mandate when the marketplace is working," the CTA argued in its filing.