Broadcast Engineering
Encyclopedia
Broadcast Engineering is a monthly trade publication covering the field of broadcast engineering
in television
broadcasting. The magazine
's publisher, Penton Media
(Prism Business Media prior to November 2006), produces Radio (formerly BE Radio) for the radio broadcasting industry. Both are available in North America
.
BE Radio is a spin-off
of Broadcast Engineering magazine, which began publication in 1959. Prior to 1994, Broadcast Engineering (often known as "BE") covered radio
, television
, and cable TV
. In 1993, the leadership of BE, recognizing a growing divergence in the technical issues faced by radio and television broadcasting, chose to split the scope of the original magazine, resulting in the creation of BE Radio to cover only the radio industry, and narrowing the scope of Broadcast Engineering to television and cable only.
Broadcast engineering
Broadcast engineering is the field of electrical engineering, and now to some extent computer engineering and information technology, which deals with radio and television broadcasting...
in television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
broadcasting. The magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
's publisher, Penton Media
Penton Media
Penton Media, Inc., founded in 1892 by John Penton, is a diversified business-to-business media company. Penton Media is a mass media corporation that publishes and produces 113 magazines, 96 trade shows, 145 websites and has over six million subscribers across 17 different market segments.Numerous...
(Prism Business Media prior to November 2006), produces Radio (formerly BE Radio) for the radio broadcasting industry. Both are available in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
.
BE Radio is a spin-off
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
of Broadcast Engineering magazine, which began publication in 1959. Prior to 1994, Broadcast Engineering (often known as "BE") covered radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
, television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
, and cable TV
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
. In 1993, the leadership of BE, recognizing a growing divergence in the technical issues faced by radio and television broadcasting, chose to split the scope of the original magazine, resulting in the creation of BE Radio to cover only the radio industry, and narrowing the scope of Broadcast Engineering to television and cable only.