After more than 100 years of publishing magazines, the IEEE might think broadcasting is outside its scope. Studios, lights, cameras, microphones—the complexity of it all seemed too daunting to consider seriously. But IEEE felt it had a role to play and released its Internet broadcasting network in August.

“IEEE.tv is intended to make broadcasting a vibrant and valuable component of the IEEE member’s experience,” says Pedro Ray, vice president of IEEE Regional Activities, the area that oversees the station. “And it will advance the IEEE’s commitment to educating the public on important technology and engineering issues.”

IEEE.tv features original content, with broadcasts that include coverage of IEEE conferences, interviews with IEEE book authors, primers on technology-related careers, and overviews of IEEE products and services. The prerecorded programs run anywhere from 5 to 45 minutes; it is expected that most programs will be 15 minutes or less.

TWO TRACKS IEEE.tv comes in two formats: the Member/Basic format, available only to members, can be accessed through the myIEEE members-only portal (www.ieee.org/myieee), while the freely available Public Access format (www.ieee.org/ieeetv) offers information about careers in technology and engineering and offers demonstrations of new technology used in everyday applications. The presence of a padlock-shaped icon in the margin of a program indicates that it’s only for member access.

Programs are divided into five areas that reflect the different aspects of the IEEE experience, according to David Green, chair of the IEEE.tv Advisory Group.

• Conference Highlights provides an overview of selected IEEE conferences and includes interviews with key presenters. Conference-related programming will appear monthly. Upcoming programs focus on ethics in engineering, and using analog circuitry in a digital era.

• Meet the Authors presents interviews with IEEE authors who have written books in a variety of technical and engineering fields. For example, currently Richard Schreier talks about his book “Understanding Delta Sigma Converters” (Wiley–IEEE Press, 2004). Later this year, Mostafa Sherif will share insights from his book “Managing Projects in Telecom Services” (Wiley–IEEE Press, 2006).

• Careers in Technology explores technology careers and developments in new technical disciplines; it also profiles various interesting jobs.

• IEEE.tv Specials profiles significant people in technology and engineering and chronicles past historical developments. Now playing is a question-and-answer session with the two 2007 President-Elect candidates, Lewis Terman and John Vig.

• IEEE Products gives brief introductions to IEEE initiatives and products, such Expert Now IEEE, which are 1- to 2-hour online training courses based on tutorials presented at IEEE conferences.

As of mid-September, about 10 programs were available for viewing on IEEE.tv, and new programs are continually being added.

For more information, visit www.ieee.org/ieeetv.