Topic/Summary: The broadcast industry is migrating towards an all-IP environment. One critical aspect needing to enable the transition is the accurate distribution of synchronization to all end stations in campus/WAN and studio/LAN scenarios over Ethernet/IP. SMPTE has recently standardized ST-2059-2, the Professional Broadcast Applications profile, based on IEEE1588 standard.
Home to many of the early developments in television, the San Francisco Bay area continues to innovate and enable the creation, production and dissemination of rich media.
The San Francisco section of SMPTE offers a local forum for membership to be informed and educated on the rapidly emerging developments in the technology of our industry.
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Event Type(s):
Section Meeting
Event Date(s)
22 Oct 2015
Event Type(s):
Section Meeting
Event Date(s)
24 Sep 2015
The latest flavor of TV coming to consumers is "High Dynamic Range" TV which adds increased details and brightness to images increasing the sense of realism. UHDTV already includes Wide Color Gamut (WCG) with the standard Rec.2020. What is the current status of standards and the industry roll-out of HDR? How does it connect with UHDTV? What engineering challenges remain? How will content be re-mastered for this enhancement to TV? The talk describes the Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) for production and post-production as enabling content for HDR and
Event Type(s):
Section Meeting
Event Date(s)
25 Jun 2015
4K the Bigger Picture
Is 4K going to be another 3D? or is it going to stick around?
Event Type(s):
Section Meeting
Event Date(s)
21 May 2015
This month we continue our investigation of using IP technology in the media producing eco-system by visiting the PAC-12 Network operation center in San Francisco.
PAC-12 Network went on the air in August 2012 providing an outlet for televising athletic events from its member universities year around. From its inception the network’s operation center was built to utilize the best technology to fulfill this mission.
Event Type(s):
Section Meeting
Event Date(s)
30 Apr 2015
Speaker: Pradeep Kathail, Chief Software Architect, Cisco Systems.
Industry has to overcome a set of challenges to make off the shelf networking devices replacement for SDI video routers. Pradeep’s presentation will discuss these challenges and possible solutions with open and standard protocols.