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  • telecomaccessnetworks 7:48 pm on August 11, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , telecom, Telecom Access Networks   

    Telecom Access Networks – What’s It About? 

    In 2011, the NAB Show will be hosting its first Telecom Access Networks event.   So what exactly will you see there?      Read the following Q & A to find out.

    Q: Is this a telecom event?

    A. Not exactly.   It’s focused just on telecom access networks, not wireless, not business networks,  not CDNs,  just the networks that connect telephone central offices to subscriber homes.

    Q: Why is this at the NAB Show?

    A.  Because telecom carriers are some of the fastest growing distributors of broadcast content.   AT&T U-Verse has nearly doubled its video subscribers over the last year, Verizon FiOS now serves over 3 million homes, and independent phone companies from CenturyLink to SureWest to small rural co-operatives are all adding video subscribers and making decisions regarding the underlying technologies that will carry these video services.

    Q. Does this cover broadband as well?

    A. Yes, the two primary services on telecom access networks are video and broadband.

    Q. What are some of the specific topics planned for the event?

    A. The event will center on advances in DSL technologies, Passive Optical Networks, and Fiber-to-the-Home, the underlying technologies that carry broadband and video services in telecom access networks.  It will also look at the tools that are used to manage these networks.

    Q. Is this a technology conference?

    A. It’s a business of technology conference.   80% of telecom capital expenditures go into the network, therefore the economics of content delivery and distribution are closely tied to decisions regarding copper vs. fiber infrastructure, whether to upgrade PONs to 10 Gigabit, whether to run video over VDSL2,  and whether to run fiber to homes, or just to remote terminals.

    Q. Who should attend this event?

    A. Anyone in the telecom access networks supply chain, including components suppliers, equipment manufacturers, service providers, test equipment suppliers, software developers, equipment distributors, and others with an interest in the market.

    Q. Can broadcasters attend?

    A. Absolutely.   This event will provide an in-depth discussion of content distribution economics that should prove useful to anyone creating or syndicating content over telecom access networks.

    Q. What will telecom providers get from being at the NAB Show?

    In addition to an in-depth discussion of their networks, they’ll have access to the largest gathering of content producers anywhere in the world.   The  event will leave time for them to explore the rest of the NAB Show and to learn more about video production, MPEG encoding, broadcast trends, or whatever topic they would like to understand in greater depth.

     

  • jessicasheridan 10:14 pm on July 29, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: Call for Proposals, , ,   

    2011 Call for Speakers and Proposals Now Open! 

    We are ramping up our programming and now accepting submissions for timely, thought-provoking topics in all conferences. Specifically, there are 3 major categories for speakers and proposals:

    • Broadcast Engineering – Call for Papers
    • Military and Government – Call for Speakers
    • Technology, Broadcast and Media – Call for Technology Speakers

    We are seeking high-level speakers to keynote and participate in panel sessions to be scheduled April 11-14, 2011. Speakers will have the opportunity to express their opinions concerning the opportunities and challenges facing our industries.

    Get more information and submit your proposal today! http://ow.ly/2iiL3

    Not a speaker? Leave a comment, and let us know what topics you would like to see us cover in this year’s sessions! What industry rockstar would you love to see as a keynote?

     

  • nabshow 12:05 pm on July 8, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: broadcasting, live broadcasts, , ,   

    BrightCom CEO understands telepresence relevance to broadcasting 

    A few of our previous telepresence posts pointed to the emergence of telepresence as a tool for live broadcasts, and it appears we are not the only ones thinking this technology will have an impact on the quality of broadcast.

    BrightCom CEO Bob McCandless recently spoke about the

    “increase of telepresence and video conferencing for real-time news coverage and how integrated infrastructure could enhance broadcasts with real time video and data interaction.”

    His recent work with the NBA led him to the conclusion that telepresence solutions

    “will enable NBA team officials, players, leading sports analysts and broadcasters to participate in real-time, 720p HD video interviews without the cost and technical challenges associated with traditional satellite signals.”

    And about how the capabilities of telepresence will allow

    “users in the studio to connect to people around the world and cooperatively interact with images, documents, video clips during their live HD broadcasts…making it more of an interactive experience for both the anchor and the viewer at home.”

    We tend to agree with Bob and believe the permeation of corporate and public telepresence systems will allow stations and studios to make telepresence technology the technology of choice in conducting live interviews (especially given no latency or delay issues). Much like the typical radio station interview, a guest will simply call in, but in this case it will be from a telepresence facility (whether a public suite, an office, or a personal telepresence system), and as easy as that, they are now in your studio. No need to send camera crews or for any elaborate technical set up, which I suspect such cost savings might help in paying for a nice studio system.

    View MSNBC’s use of telepresence for interviews via this link.

    This and other telepresence solutions will be part of TelepresenceWorld at the NAB Show, April 11-14, 2011 in Las Vegas. You won’t want to miss it.

     

  • nabshow 12:48 pm on June 17, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: 3D TV, DigitalVision, DOOH, ,   

    Highlights for the upcoming DigitalVision 2010 

    We are excited about our second virtual event offering with partner NewBay Media on June 23. We think the program and virtual exhibits offer both NAB Show attendees and digital media professionals who may have had to miss this year’s stellar show (we think it was stellar), great education and exhibitor updates.  Here are a few of the attractions:

    Educational Highlights

    Five sessions specifically focused on 3D, to include an interview with Chuck Pagano on ESPN’s 3D plans; a superstar panel on 3D production featuring Ken Aagaard (CBS Sports), Steve Hellmuth (NBA), George Hoover (NEP), Chuck Pagano (ESPN), Steve Schklair (3ality Digital Systems) and Alec Shapiro (Sony Electronics); a 3D TV workflow and business challenges session by Harris Broadcast’s Chris Lennon and Stan Moote; and two on-demand sessions on 3D recorded at the NAB Show. Plus the opportunity to chat live with Television Broadcast Editor Deborah McAdams on 3D in the home.

    Two sessions on Mobile TV to include an interview with OMVC’s Anne Schelle and ION Media’s Brett Jenkins on the mobile TV rollout, and the NAB Show presentation “Considerations for Adding Mobile DTV to a Broadcast Station” by Rich Chernock of Triveni Digital. Plus two opportunities to chat live with mobile TV experts, one with Jay Adrick of Harris Broadcast on how to begin delivering mobile TV, and another with Tomm Butts of TV Technology on the mobile TV rollout.

    Technology seminar from Omneon’s Paul Turner ”The Value of Application Servers in Today’s Media Enterprises”, as well as a live chat with Omneon’s Geoff Stedman & Dave Frederick on best practices in file-based workflows. And a technology seminar from Harris Corporation’s Sam Lee from the NAB Show ”Applying News and Sports Production Techniques in Government Video”.

    And we would be remisssed if we did not mention our favorite on-demand offering “25 Things You Might Have Missed at the NAB Show”. A rapid-fire review of 25 interesting news items, trends and product innovations at this year’s NAB Show.

    This is not even everything, so go to http://www.digitalvision2010.com to review the additional educational offerings.

    Exhibit Highlights:

    Harris Broadcast wants to talk 3DTV, Mobile DTV and Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) with you and their exhibit is staffed to help customers unlock the potential of their content to cost-effectively tackle these growing markets — while simultaneously streamlining their workflow.

    VCI Solutions  experts are avilable to discuss all their software solutions and their latest release Orion® Discovery, their back-office software system that not only manages sales, traffic, and accounting functionality within the media operation, but provides the predictive analytics that enable users to make better and more informed business decisions. Their giveaway entails a drawing for a $500 Apple Shopping Spree.

    Ensemble Designs has been busy very since the NAB Show after positive customer feedback. They recently updated their new scan converter, added more functionality to their SDI to HDMI converters, and put more controls into our audio automatic level control. Their staff will be available to discuss these updates and answer any questions you might have as well.

    This is but a small sample of the floor highlights as the following commpanies will also be available to chat and assist you with solutions for your business challenges:  Viewcast, Omneon, AJA, Atempo, Autocue QTV, Miranda, Open Text, Pixel Power, Snell, Volicon, and Wohler.

    And all this is free to you, from the convenience of your desktop, thanks to those supporting companies. You can register at http://www.digitalvision.com. See you virtually June 23!

     

    • Cindy Zuelsdorf 1:43 pm on June 22, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Do you have 90 seconds to learn about products that will help you in your broadcast facility? Stop by our virtual booth on Wednesday and check out the newest and best way to deal with erratic audio levels between programs and spots. See you there!

  • nabshow 1:26 pm on June 9, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: telecollaboration, , ,   

    The Telepresence Experience: You need to taste it 

    We have been heavily researching telepresence the past few months, and in that time deemed it to be worthy of a new show partnership with TelepresenceWorld to bring telepresence and telecollaboration technology, and the ecosystem it supports, into the NAB Show (read the release here).

    Our biggest challenge at this time is explaining why this technology, which many liken to video conferencing, is so much bigger than video conferencing, which to be honest has not reached the lofty expectations once set for it. Until people understand the expereince, it is a challenge to explain the impact it will have in business and in life. We do our best. We explain the high definition video, the audio clarity, the eye contact established between individuals, the ability to read non-verbal cues, and the psychology of the experience.

    Marthin De Beer, Cisco’s telepresence expert and probably the leading authority in the world, appears to have the same challenge. However, I think he does a little better job explaining it, and how it might impact our lives…

    De Beer said:

    Until you’ve tasted it, it’s hard for me to explain to you what it’s like. But you can literally sit back on the couch and see your friends and family in life-size, full high definition, right in your living room, and interact with them. It’s not a small computer screen. You get a full view of everyone. And it’s very different.

    But that is just 10% of why I’m excited about it, because the other 90% is that I believe it will do what the browser did for commerce into your home. You used to drive down the street to buy things. Today you go online, and it arrives at your doorstep once you’ve purchased it.

    Home telepresence would do the same for services. Today, you still go to see your banker, your lawyer, your accountant, your tutor, etc. Well, what if these services can come in a virtual model right into your home and you can consume them in that way? And that is what they are doing in Songdo, by the way, and I think in all of these smart and connected city projects that we are in, the same model is going to apply. That then becomes really interesting, because now I can interview and hire a tutor that may be in a different city for my kids, and it’s the best possible tutor I can find, three times a week. So when you make these things interoperable and you enable new business models and new ways to consume things, that in itself has inherent value, and we think we can monetize that in a very significant way.

    De Beer’s comments were in regards to the green sustainable city, Songdo, being built from scratch in South Korea. It will serve as a telepresence experiment with telepresence systems installed in every home and office. It’s Jetsons-esque to say the least. But the reality is we need more people to experience telepresence because it is that experience that will drive it.

    We will be tuned in to see how this turns out. We are betting that Cisco, and Mr. De Beer, are confident this technology will indeed change our business and personal landscapes, and we are in (especially the projected impact it will have within collaborative/creative environments). If you can not make it to Songdo, South Korea any time soon, no worries, public telepresence suites are most likely being built in your neck of the woods as we speak. Get out and try one. Chances are you will like it, and we believe you will be considering it as part of your office and/or home media network in the next 5-1o years.   

     

  • nabshow 12:05 pm on May 27, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , Cisco, , , MSNBC, , , tele-collaboration, , ,   

    The Buzz over Telepresence at the NAB Show 

    For the most part, we think the NAB Show community understands why we at the NAB Show are very excited about the addition of TelepresenceWorld to the NAB Show (see news release ), but let’s look at this emerging technology and how the NAB Show is the perfect location for growth and innovation.

    1) At its bare minimum, telepresence is high-definition video, crystal clear audio, and broadband distribution. The NAB Show has featured video and audio since the show’s inception 80+ years ago, and the show’s successful Destination Broadband initiaitve is a clear sign of broadband’s future at the show. A prime example of pure telepresence use in a studio environment is MSNBC’s use of it for live, remote interviews. In this instance, telepresence allows MSNBC to better engage the interviewee by providing an “in the room” experience, while also eliminating the interview pauses that often come with latency issues tied to other remote interview technologies.

    2) With multipoint distribution capabilities, telepresence is broader-casting. The distribution of video and audio content to numerous endpoints and end users, all very relevant to the NAB Show community. This Cisco commercial shows some of the initial uses of telepresence for multipoint communication. Additional examples include the NBA using it to bring fans closer to the game and its stars, and read about ESPN‘s plans for the World Cup this summer.

    3) This is the part that excites us….telepresence enables collaboration, i.e. tele-collaboration. The NAB Show tagline is “Where Content Comes to Life” and we believe tele-collaboration has a very bright future in the process of content creation. There are some early adopters and a number of examples of companies using tele-collaboration within digital media and entertainment.  They include Dreamworks use in the production of “How to Train Your Dragon” and CBS’ use of telepresence for writing, rehearsing, and television production elements on “The Good Wife” . Cisco has even used it for an opera performance (now this is a true test of latency and audio quality).

    Telepresence, and particularly tele-collaboration, are still in its infancy regarding use and applications. Cisco tech executive Martin De Beer predicts the telepresence market will eventually be a $10 billion market, and that will only be a portion of the “tele-collaboration market” which he expects to be $34 billion. We believe (as does TelepresenceWorld whose market research led them to us) the NAB Show is perfectly positioned to provide an environment for innovation and market growth. The NAB Show is currently the show where digital media and entertainment executives gather to do business, talk ideas, innovate, build solutions, and secure partnerships. Given the numerous video, audio, data, management, and content technologies already at the show, it is the place for the telepresence community to discover its future. The place to discover the technologies that will serve the tele-collaboration market and the companies that will advance telepresence.

    We are always excited by the prospect of bringing the brightest and most innovative minds together to see what they will come up with next. And with telepresence as the foundation, we are very excited to see what the tele-collaboration market will look like once the NAB Show community and the Telepresence World community come together under one roof .

    Stay tuned, we think there will be a lot of action around telepresence in the coming months.

     

  • nabshow 7:36 pm on May 12, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    NAB Show Online Learning Center content launched 

    The recorded educational content from the 2010 NAB Show has been loaded and launched at http://nab.sclivelearningcenter.com/. Recorded content includes:

    Broadcast Engineering Conference (94 sessions/papers)
    Broadcast Management Conference(16 sessions)
    Broader-Casting Conference(10 sessions)
    Digital Cinema Summit(7 sessions)
    Info Sessions(3 sessions)
    Military & Government Conference(7 sessions)
     

    For one price, you get every recorded session, which will remain online for a minimum of 11 months, providing you ample time to educate yourself on the latest in entertainment and technology in the digital media space. This blog is offering you $100 off the list price. Just use the promotional code “BROADERCASTING” at checkout and get $100 off.

    You will also find 2009 NAB Show still available as well.

     

  • kjripp 2:21 pm on April 26, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , storage,   

    Guest Video Post: Kimberly Myers of LaCie 

    Kimberly Myers of LaCie gives IndependentFilm.com a tour of their booth at the 2010 NAB Show.

     

    • John A. Danko 9:29 pm on April 26, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      what about solid state?

  • nabshow 7:01 pm on April 22, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Virtual Wrap/Update of NAB Show — June 23 

    The NAB Show is parterned with NewBay Media (TV Technology, Multichannel News, Broadcasting & Cable, Videography, etc)  for a virtual event June 23. DigitalVision 2010 – Summer will feature a host of webcasts, a virtual exhibit floor, a networking lounge, scheduled chats with industry experts, and a resource area. Sessions will include a keynote session, an NAB Show update session, a 3DTV session, and recorded sessions from the NAB Show. Virtual exhibits will highlight developments since the NAB Show, and gives attendees another opportunity to visit with companies they may have missed in Las Vegas. And if you did not make it to Vegas, that’s OK, you can get updated virtually. The event will be free to attend. More details to come as well as the launch of the web page and registration in early May!

     

    • Michele bond 3:01 pm on May 31, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Great opportunity for those of us who did not attend.

  • adlsl1 2:21 pm on April 21, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , conference, , online learning center,   

    Broader-casting Conference 

    Kudos to NAB and their Broader-Casting Conference (BCC) partner Team Lightbulb.  As the name suggests this education track was a conference within NAB that focused on basically all the new and emerging media technology and services.  BCC ran from Mon-Wed, from early morning to late afternoon, with back to back sessions from 20-40 minutes each.  Although there were many more than ten sessions, the NAB Show “Online Learning Center” shows that there are ten are available for post conference listening at:

    http://www.softconference.com/NAB

    For those on the list, I would recommend “Media-Fingerprinting”, “The Fiber to the Home Landscape”, “Net Neutrality”, and “Blending Managed and Over-the-Top TV Services”.  Media Fingerprinting compared fingerprinting to watermark technology and demonstrated a wide range of applications from maintaining Lip Sync to facilitating security.  There were several Net Neutrality presentations and building on return engagements from speakers last year updated the situation in light of the recent deep packet inspection appeals court decision in the Comcast case.  The work-in-process situation in supporting IP services on a common pipe which are a mix of QoS managed services and the cross impacts on over-the-top.  Not surprising there is no clear answer and what will play out in the future will be highly dependent on some unknown mix of further action by The FCC, Congress, and the courts with  regard to net-neutrality.

    There were so many topics covering in The BCC that I can not do justice to them in short blog posting but should the track be repeated next year, I would recommend a close look at the agenda to make sure you don’t miss a topic of interest to you.

    Stu Lipoff

    mailto:stu@ipaction.com

     

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