GLENDALE CA, April 15, 2008–National TeleConsultants (NTC), the world leader in strategic technology consulting and engineering design services for the broadcast and media industry, presented an exclusive “State of the Industry 2008® briefing this morning at the 2008 NAB Conference on a series of critical topics facing today‘s media professionals. Presented by NTC Chief Technology Officer Eric Pohl, and NTC Consultants Michael Sterling and Joey Faust, the “State of the Industry 2008® briefing examined seven specific areas, including: the transition to digital cinema, the challenge of metadata collection and usage, the importance of social networking, professional open source media software, the rise of mobile television in the United States, the explosion of digital content distribution formats and methods, and recent advances in high-resolution consumer display technologies. more
GLENDALE CA, March 27, 2008–NTC Chief Technology Officer Eric Pohl joins fellow industry experts in revealing the details of a ground-breaking initiative known as the NBC Olympics Highlights Factory, at the joint SVG (Sports Video Group)/NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) Beijing Olympics Workshop, Wednesday April 16, in Las Vegas. The panel will detail the technologies and workflows of this project, designed to prepare more than 3,600 hours of video and audio content–more programming than all previous Olympic broadcasts combined–for distribution over multiple outlets. “Inside NBC‘s Highlights Factory” is one of several panel presentations comprising the Beijing Olympics Workshop, an official NAB educational conference and part of the 2008 NAB convention, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. more
LAKEWOOD, NJ, MARCH 3, 2008 - In order to help InfoComm bring the latest industry trends to professionals working in all areas of the pro AV market through its Academy Installation Courses, Neutrik, designer and manufacturer of the XX series XLR cable connector, recently donated thousands of connectors to the organization‘s educational services. Now, attendees can get a first-hand-look at connectivity.
The InfoComm Academy offers an extensive range of AV courses designed and taught by its own expert faculty members representing the entire spectrum of technical, sales, management and professional disciplines. In expressing his appreciation to Neutrik USA for donating the connectors to its Academy Courses, InfoComm Executive Director Randal A. Lemke, Ph.D. says, “Neutrik‘s generous donation of thousands of connectors will play a vital role in the hands-on installation training that InfoComm provides to AV professionals.” more
The increasingly crucial role of efficient file-based workflows in the broadcast and media industry will be explored in a special presentation by John Footen, a National TeleConsultants (NTC) Vice President, at this year‘s joint technical session of the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) and the Ennes Educational Foundation Trust during the 2008 NAB Show. Part of the 62nd annual NAB Broadcast Engineering Conference, Footen‘s SBE/Ennes workshop presentation will explore the topic of Business Process Analysis, a structured methodology for defining workflow. The session is scheduled for 2:15 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, in Rooms S219/S220 of the Las Vegas Convention Center, site of the 2008 NAB Show. more
Demonstrations to Include da Vinci Resolve® With BrightDrive® Shareable Media Store and an ARRISCAN® Film Scanner
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Oct. 30, 2007 – da Vinci Systems announced it will conduct a product seminar on optimizing digital intermediate (DI) workflows by closely integrating scanning, media sharing, and color grading. The seminar will be held at PowPix! Studios in Manhattan on Wednesday, Nov.7 and Thursday, Nov. 8. da Vinci will host additional product seminars in Toronto the week of November 26, and in London, Los Angeles, and Munich in early 2008. more
PRINCETON, N.J. — Oct. 24, 2007 — Triveni Digital, a subsidiary of LG Electronics (LGE), today announced that Dr. Gomer Thomas, the company‘s principal scientist, will provide an overview of IPTV systems at the 2007 Denver SMPTE/SBE Technology BootCamp on Nov. 8 at Starz Entertainment in Englewood, Colo. The presentation will illuminate the similarities and differences between traditional broadcast television and IPTV, detailing how IPTV works and describing some of the new services supported by this new TV delivery model. more
GLENDALE CA, October 23, 2007–Four upcoming digital media and broadcast technology conferences have invited National TeleConsultants (NTC), the world‘s leading provider of strategic media-technology consulting and engineering-design services, to deliver presentations on new IT-based media architectures and file-based workflow solutions. John Footen, an NTC Vice President responsible for the company‘s Software Solutions Group, will present tutorials on these topics at the upcoming Digital Hollywood conference (Oct. 29-Nov. 1, in Hollywood), the Advanced Media Workflow Association/Digital TV Group MXF Summit (Nov. 13, in London), the AMWA/European Broadcast Union SOA Training and Users Meeting (Nov. 14, in London), and the Broadcast Engineering Conference at NAB 2008 (April 12, in Las Vegas).
PRINCETON, N.J. — Oct. 8, 2007 — Triveni Digital, a subsidiary of LG Electronics (LGE), today announced that the company‘s director of technology, Dr. Richard Chernock, will present “MPEG and the Art of Video Quality Monitoring” at the 11th Annual SCTE SoCal Vendor Days, Oct. 17 and 18 in Ontario, Calif. Chernock will address the complexities inherent in working with digital video, provide an overview of MPEG fundamentals, and offer practical approaches broadcasters can implement to ensure that content is delivered to customers at the necessary quality standard. more
PRINCETON, N.J. — Oct. 1, 2007 — Triveni Digital, a subsidiary of LG Electronics (LGE), today announced that Senior Systems Engineer Richard Kaye will be presenting “Troubleshooting Across Multiple Platforms” for the SCTE Live Learning™ series of live, interactive, Web-based seminars. Kaye‘s presentation, scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007 at 2 p.m. Eastern time, will explore the unique challenges in ensuring delivery of quality DTV audio and video and subsequently address approaches to monitoring and troubleshooting MPEG transport streams. more
Chernock’s DTV Presentation to Explore Value of Adding Non-Real-Time Delivery of Content to Traditional Linear Programming
PRINCETON, N.J. — Sept. 26, 2007 – Triveni Digital, a subsidiary of LG Electronics (LGE), today announced that Richard Chernock, director of technology at the company, will be presenting at the 57th Annual IEEE Broadcast Symposium (www.ieee.org/bts) on Nov. 1, 2007 in Washington, D.C. His DTV session, titled “Non-Real-Time Services,” will address the emergence of non-real-time (NRT) services and how this model for content delivery enables broadcasters to capitalize more fully on their media assets. The presentation will introduce the basic concepts and technical requirements of NRT services, and provide illustrative scenarios. more
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