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NYC Television Week Adds Video, VR Sessions

Annual event rebranded NYC Television & Video Week

Author:: Michael Balderston
Publish date:: May 16, 2016

NEW YORK—Now known as the NYC Television & Video Week, the fourth annual event is adding industry-related video components to its schedule, including sessions on virtual reality. Presented by Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News and Next TV, the NYC Television & Video Week will offer education, information and networking for broadcast, cable, OTT, advertising and tech companies, according to the press release.

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The four day event will kick off with its new Virtual Reality 20/20 session, which will take a closer look at this new technology and its impact on programming, distribution and marketing. The 26th Annual Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame ceremony will also be on tap, as well as the Advanced Advertising conference, the Next TV Summit, where it will present the new Next TV Innovator of the Year Award, and the Hispanic Television Summit.

Running from Oct. 17-20, all of the events will be held at one of three locations: the TimesCenter, Waldorf Astoria or Grand Hyatt. For more information, or to register, visit nyctvweek.com.

NYC Television & Video Week Draws in Record Attendance promo image

Turn out hit record highs for the fourth annual NYC Television & Video Week, a week-long conference featuring events like Virtual Reality 20/20, Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame, Advanced Advertising, Next TV Summit, and the Hispanic Television Summit.

NewBay Media, publisher of Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News, Next TV and TV Technology, and the National Association of Broadcasters, producer of the NAB Show, have announced the launch of the official NYC Television Week website.

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Virtual Reality has the support of Hollywood, at least that’s the findings from a recent study by the Consumer Technology Association and the National Association of Television Program Executives.

NYC Television Week has announced an initial lineup for industry keynotes

HPA Introduces First TR-X Session on VR/AR promo image

The Hollywood Professional Association will get the ball rolling on its annual HPA Tech Retreat a day early this year, as the organization has announced the first ever HPA TR-X sessions, which will be held the day before the Retreat is set to begin.

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Co-located with the 141st AES Convention in Los Angeles, the Audio Engineering Society is hosting its inaugural International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality.

The 2013 NYC Television Week is the inaugural event in what is to be an annual celebration of the television industry in the Big Apple.

The second annual NYC Television Week, presented by Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News, Next TV, Ratings Intelligence, and TV Technology, drew nearly 1,000 television industry executives, content producers, and sponsors to Affinia Manhattan on Nov. 12–13.