ABSTRACT

In August 1994, station KOLD-TV (Tucson, Arizona) installed an HP (Hewlett-Packard) Broadcast Videoserver as a key part of its strategic upgrade to the station's broadcast technology and a replacement for its current robotics-based videotape commercial delivery platform. It was the first commercial broadcast installation of a videoserver platform although cable was using similar technologies for movie delivery and ad insertion in a similar time perspective.