Video: Changing Trends in Broadcasting: Technology, Viewership, Engineering, Personnel

A panel of local experts discuss various topics around changing trends in broadcasting: • Are cable networks looking at 4K?
• QVC’s Simulcasts on Facebook Live
• What interest is there in IP standards?
• What new technologies interest local stations?
• Are manufacturers providing the solutions that broadcasters need?
• How are viewers consuming content now and
• How are broadcast techs learning new technologies?

Moderator:
Mark Mullen – Broadcast Facilities Engineer/Technical Director, Millersville University

Panelists:
– Greg Gialloreto – Director of Global Broadcast Architecture, QVC
– Karl Kuhn – Senior Video Systems Application Engineer, Tektronix
– Anthony Plosz – VP of Engineering & Operations, WCAU-TV

This June 2017 meeting of the Philadelphia Section of SMPTE was held at WCAU-TV in Bala Cynwyd, PA.

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Webinar: Advanced Live Streaming Technologies and Strategies

NEW Date: Thursday May 17th, 2018 – 17:00 GMT / 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET / 8 PM CET
Streaming Media’s Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen leads a leading panel in a discussion of the latest codecs, delivery protocols, and cloud workflows for live streaming.

Topics include:
• Why ultra-low latency is crucial for a good user experience
• Achieving 4K/UHD video quality at scale
• Best practices for selecting an enterprise live streaming platform
• How to achieve low latency, reduce bandwidth, and improve QoE using content-aware encoding
• The latest advances in video compression
• Tips for leveraging your videoconferencing infrastructure for enterprise live streaming
• The benefits of working with an events services team for successful town halls and all-hands events

Speakers

MODERATOR SPEAKERS
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Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen
VP / Editor
Streaming Media
Amzi Jackson
General Manager of Full Service Operations
MediaPlatform
Philippe Carol
Product Manager
Anevia
Thierry Fautier
VP, Video Strategy
Harmonic

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Meeting: Making SMPTE ST 2110 Installations Work


Meeting: May 15th 2018
Location: Crystal Vision, Lion Technology Park Station Road East, Whittlesford, CB22 4WL See map: Google Maps

The meeting is two minutes walk from Whittlesford railway station with regular train services to London Liverpool Street and Cambridge. Good trains from London Liverpool St are at 17.13 slow and 17.37 fast returning on 20.30 or 21.11 or 21.30 (about an hour)

Crystal Vision’s System Architect Richard Lawrence and Managing Director Philip Scofield will explain how some of the problems of putting together a live media IP installation can be solved, covering subjects such as network security, compatibility between equipment suppliers, firewalls and new methods of monitoring.

With two weeks to go, this event is already half full. Register now

In this talk you will find out about some of the hazards of IP media systems and also suggestions for dealing with them. IP installations give great flexibility and will eventually be lower cost than SDI. We all need to know how to make use of this new technology.

There will also be a discussion of modular products in an IP environment. The rise in computer performance means that these can now be software Apps with both IP and SDI connectivity that are well suited to working with computer networks. This brings some interesting questions about timing. How do video synchronisers fit into a software environment with multiple streams of media? “Real time” does not have a lot of meaning in this world. Time stamping saves the day of course, but it is a new way of seeing things.

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Video: Next Generation Ad Workflows and Server-Side Ad insertion with VAST 4.0


VAST 4.0 represents the first opportunity for a fully integrated, standards-based, Server-Side Ad Insertion workflow. Here’s a 5-Minute guide to VAST.
Watch this video to learn how it will impact your workflows and enable you to maximize your revenue by circumventing ad blockers, reaching more devices and improving viewers’ experience.

Presented during Streaming Media West 2017 Discovery Track Sessions by Stefan Lederer, CEO of Bitmovin.