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SMPTE Launches 110th Anniversary Campaign to Advance Its Vision for the Next Century. The campaign will support strategic initiatives that advance SMPTE’s Standards, Education and Community programs, ensuring they continue to drive innovation, develop industry talent, and connect the global media technology industry. Donate today!
SMPTE Hollywood held its Section Summer Picnic on July 11 at Brace Canyon Park in Burbank. It was a beautiful sunny day, attracting nearly 40 members and potential future members. The chapter provided food, sodas and water—and guests were also treated to Sieg Hepp’s delicious salad and Joe Kane’s famous carrot cake! There were games available including cornhole, frisbee, smash ball and croquet. And our Section leader and DJ Juan Reyes provided tunes for the picnic, which is expected to become an annual event.
SMPTE Ohio held a joint session with SBE Chapter 52 at WSYX TV broadcast studio plant. The guest speaker for the evening meeting was Dave Arland, a long time multi- disciplined broadcast engineering technologist and industry consultant. His presentation topic centered around the past, current, and suggested future, transition progress involving the new ATSC 3.0 NextGen terrestrial TV broadcast standards covering the USA.
Corporate Member News
Zixi, Comcast Technology Solutions Partner on C-band Replacement Solution! Zixi and Comcast Technology Solutions (CTS) today announced a strategic new integration to deliver C-band replacement solutions for linear broadcasters and content distributors. The collaboration brings together the end-to-end video management capabilities provided by Comcast Media360 with the Zixi Software Platform to give operators a direct migration path from C-band satellite to IP-based content distribution, they said. Full article on TVTechnology.com.
Latest Dalet Flex LTS Boosts AI Workflows, Deepens Dalia Integration!
Dalet, a technology and service provider for media-rich organizations, announced the latest Long-Term Supported (LTS) release of Dalet Flex. Building on recent investments in usability, AI services and workflow modernization, the new release introduces intelligent automation across each stage of the media life cycle, from content acquisition and enrichment to editing, packaging and distribution, helping organizations produce and deliver more content with greater speed, efficiency and operational control. Full article on postperspective.com.
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