22 - 25 OCTOBER

Westin Bonaventure, Los Angeles

SMPTE 2018 Event Channel

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 22 - 25 OCTOBER

Westin Bonaventure, Los Angeles

The Need for a Replacement Timecode Standard November 6th 2018 - 11:00 AM

The SMPTE timecode standard has served us well for almost half a century. But the equipment it was designed for is history, and soon it will be too. The industry needs a replacement.

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Steps to Building a Cloud Workflow October 29th 2018 - 01:00 PM

The cloud has become central to many of our everyday conversations. Much of the discussion tends to go in one of two directions. Either people talk about the cloud in a general way, or they focus on what it could be, what it will be in the future. Few focus on the cloud today and how to leverage it into a winning workflow.

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A New Way to Build Non-blocking Multicast Networks for Media October 25th 2018 - 02:15 PM

At the SMPTE 2018 Technical conference, Dr. Takeshi Shimizu, Media Links, presents a revolutionary new theory about constructing a three-stage Clos network with non-blocking multicast capability.

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A Look Forward With SMPTE President Elect Patrick Griffis October 24th 2018 - 01:30 PM

Patrick Griffis will become president of SMPTE next January. He offers a forward look at the challenges ahead for the organization.

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Broadcasters Join Forces to Support ATSC 3.0 October 24th 2018 - 07:00 AM

The new, next-gen TV standard is expected to be launched by individual TV stations beginning in 2020, concurrent with the anticipated introduction of consumer TVs equipped to receive the new standard.

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Entertainment Enablement - Part II October 23rd 2018 - 12:30 PM

The Entertainment Enablement session at SMPTE 2018 presented a wide spectrum of technologies that could enhance time spent in the driverless cars of the future.

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ATSC 3.0 Testing Goes Live in DMA #124 October 22nd 2018 - 11:00 AM

Lifesaving capabilities of the Next-Gen TV advanced warning functions are among many new benefits the technology makes available to viewers.

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Timing - Tails of Truth September 11th 2018 - 01:50 PM

Recognising the extremities of the bell curve distribution and the impact large jitter variances have on picture and sound stability is critical. Only when this is understood, do we hope to be able to build reliable, flexible, IP infrastructures that will meet the demands of real-time broadcast facilities.

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The Far-Reaching Benefits of IP-based Audio Stageboxes September 4th 2018 - 01:00 PM

Networked modular audio stageboxes have been around for a while and were hailed as a convenient alternative to clunky snakes and the huge patch bays that came with them. Unlike analog stage- and wallboxes, which usually only transmit signals to fixed locations or else require intricate and time-consuming cabling, they simplify connections and provide flexibility with respect to the I/O types.

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