An epidemic scare, broken barriers, and grand opening: these are among the top stories Kaufman Broadcast covered in 2014.  Whether it was sunny San Diego or the peninsula of Palm Beach, we spanned the country armed with uplinks, experience and a sense of adventure.  Here is a look at the Kaufman Broadcast top ten events […]

Kaufman Broadcast is proud to announce an upgrade to our HD encoding capabilities.  Both C and KU uplinks and fly-pack are available with 10 Bit Adtec EN-100 encoders. “The adoption of MPEG-4 contribution has happened relatively quickly within our industry.  We believe that 10-bit MPEG-4 encoding offers  superior quality throughout the entire transmission chain”, offered […]

Just like this Midwest weather, Kaufman Broadcast is fired up with the College and NFL seasons ready to KICKOFF! NFL Pre-season football is in a full blitz. Already inked on the schedule for our uplink trucks is Cowboy Stadium in Dallas, Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., and historic Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis..  […]

We were in Benton, Kansas this week uplinking a Satellite Media Tour. The topic was Benton Elementary School’s Learning Garden. The Garden is maintained by the students during the school year, and serves as an outdoor classroom. The idea of the Garden is to educate the students on where food comes from and how it […]

The 2012 MLB season has reached its halfway point, which means the 83rd All-Star Game is upon us!  Kansas City is playing host this year, and Kaufman Broadcast is there in full force.  Our 24/7 Kansas City studio is serving as a feed point for foreign broadcasters, while transportable uplinks HD1 and HD2 are on […]

Posted by Mike Witzel,  June 18th, 2012 Much has changed in the broadcast industry over the 10 years I’ve been at Kaufman Broadcast.  Nothing has changed more in my opinion than the adoption of fiber optic technologies to transport signals.  Back in the late 90’s and early 2000’s fiber optics were primarily only used in […]

Posted by Mike Witzel, May 22, 2012 It was Sunday, May 22nd, 2011 – I remember flipping on the TV that night and being greeted by an unscheduled news report: severe storms were in the area. I’ve always been interested in weather. I grew up in Southwest Minnesota, where people often say, “if you don’t […]