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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.

We are very pleased to welcome De Anza College as our new Student Chapter. Check out the videos on our YouTube page (Link above the picture).

The San Francisco section welcomes everyone to our meetings. Please check below for details of the next event.

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Amazon Web Services for Media & Entertainment

Event Type(s):
Section Meeting
Event Date(s)
25 Apr 2013

The cloud is everywhere! From e-commerce to storage, cloud services are becoming commonplace, driving businesses like Amazon and Netflix. Amazon Web Services is a leader in providing global cloud services for many different industry segments, including Media and Entertainment..

Bhavik Vyas will discuss current cloud services for Media and Entertainment and how a number of companies are using the cloud in their media business. Amazon Web Services will be announcing a number of new product offerings at NAB in April, and Bhavik will discuss these in detail as well.

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OLED Technology Update

Event Type(s):
Section Meeting
Event Date(s)
27 Mar 2013

Not every OLED is created equal

Everyone has been hearing about the new OLED TVs and monitors that are coming out or that are already in the market. But are they all the same? When you talk about OLED, are all of the manufacturers actually using the same technology? Actually no. OLED has a number of different implementations and can be used for a variety of applications beyond displays.

The talk will review the different OLED technologies and their uses. It will describe how these work and how they differ.

 

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Holiday Social & "A brief history of the Second"

Event Type(s):
Section Meeting
Event Date(s)
18 Dec 2012

 

The San Francisco section presents

The 2012 Holiday Social

 

Our thanks go to Dolby for the use of their facilities in Sunnyvale for the 2012 Holiday Social.

 

They will also be showing off their Innovation Theatre, featuring 4K projection and Atmos sound system.

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Considerations in Cinema Sound Systems

Event Type(s):
Section Meeting
Event Date(s)
30 Oct 2012

Our Meeting this month follows on the heels of the SMPTE and AES conferences with a discussion of acoustical characteristics and calibration of cinema sound reproduction systems.

 

Together our speakers, Pete Soper of Meyer Sound and Brian Long of Skywalker Sound will present investigations into the interactions between cinema loudspeakers and screens. 

 

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Are we CALM yet? - Audio Loudness and its Side Effects

Event Type(s):
Section Meeting
Event Date(s)
02 Aug 2012

 

Broadcasters and Content Providers alike are now painfully aware of the presence of the U.S. Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM Act) of 2010.

 

What may not be clear, however, is the impact of that Act, and the FCC Rules it spawned, on the daily operations of both content providers and their "downstream" customers, the TV stations and MVPDs.  We will also discuss ad creation and handling of those by operators.

 

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