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Avid Connect 2018 Speaker Line-Up, Program Announced
Theme for this year’s event is “Innovation in Action”
Hottest Tech Topics On Tap for 2018 PBS TechCon
Sessions will cover vital issues in broadcast engineering, IT, digital and traffic
NHK Plans to Launch 8K Channel in December
Japanese broadcaster also heading to SXSW to host 8K theater
NABA 40th Annual General Meeting Lays Out Schedule
The North American Broadcasters Association is heading to sunny California for its Annual General meeting, specifically the Los Angeles area.
SMPTE 2018 Technical Conference Issues Call for Papers
If authors want to be considered to present a technical paper at the SMPTE 2018 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, they have until May 28 to submit their proposals, according to an official announcement from SMPTE.
Pai to Keynote 25th ACA Summit
The American Cable Association has announced that FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will be a keynote speaker at the 25th ACA Summit, which is slated to take place from March 20-22 in Washington, D.C.
Call for Papers Issued for SCTE-ISBE Cable-Tec Expo
Paper proposals are now being accepted for the Fall Technical Forum at SCTE-ISBE Cable-Tec Expo 2018.
Taplin: Facebook, Google, Amazon are ‘Coming After You’
With a new focus on acquiring content that was previously relegated to pay TV services, social media and tech giants like Facebook, Amazon and Google are focusing more on disrupting traditional pay TV, director of USC’s Annenberg School of Media Innovation Lab and author Jonathan Taplin told an audience at the opening keynote of the NCTC Winter Educational Conference.
CES Marks ATSC 3.0’s Prelude
Behind the CES glitz of bigger and brighter video displays, voice-activated media controls and high-speed wireless delivery, Next Generation TV was taking shape.
Actus Digital Heads to HPA With Updated Clip Factory
Actus Digital will take up a spot in the Innovation Zone at the 2018 HPA Tech Retreat to showcase its latest improvements of its Clip Factory system, which handles broadcast to OTT clip creation and publishing.
IEEE Broadcast Symposium Issues Call for Papers
The 2018 IEEE Broadcast Symposium is slated to take place Oct. 9-11, but the organization is already accepting submissions for papers to be presented at the event.
Signiant Boosts SaaS Platform at 2018 HPA Tech Retreat
Signiant isn’t heading out to Palm Desert just to get some R&R, the company will be there to take part in the 2018 HPA Tech Retreat and showcase updates to its SaaS platform designed for media and entertainment companies.
Mark Richer Is Recipient of APTS’ 2018 EDGE Award
The America’s Public Television Stations’ annual Public Media Summit will take time this year to honor Mark Richer, ATSC president, with its 2018 EDGE Award for Excellence in Digital Innovation.
VidTrans 2018 Plans IS-06 Demonstration
With the theme of “Making IP Video Production a Reality,” VidTrans 2018 is pulling out the stops for attendees, among which will be an interoperability demonstration of technologies for transporting uncompressed video and audio over IP, including the AMWA NMOS IS-06 Interop.
AI, IMF, VR Headline HPA Tech Retreat
Annual gathering will also examine the realities of consumer tech adoption
CES 2018: FCC Members Restate Net Neutrality Stances
Five federal policymakers offered their familiar visions of core regulatory issues, including spectrum policy and net neutrality, during CES sessions.
CES 2018: Blackout in Vegas
On the second day of CES, at about 11:15 am, the lights flickered and went out in the massive Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center where the sprawling booths of Samsung, LG, Sony, Intel and hundreds more exhibits went dark.
CES 2018: As World Turns Digital, TV Ads Remain Powerful
At a CES panel on Tuesday, panelists discussed that even though the media landscape is continuing to evolve, TV remains a major factor, particularly when it comes to advertising.
CES 2018: Panasonic Intros First OLED UHD TVs
Celebrating its centenary, Panasonic presented perhaps its most expansive array of new products at CES in years.
ATSC Plans CES Event to Celebrate Release of ATSC 3.0
Whether a bottle of champagne will be popped remains to be seen, but ATSC is planning on celebrating nonetheless the expected delivery of the first complete set of ATSC 3.0 standards for deployment by the broadcasting industry next week during CES 2018.
LG Display To Show 88-inch 8K OLED Display at CES
Get ready for more pixels at CES 2018, Jan. 9-12, in Las Vegas—a whole lot more pixels.