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Conference Program

Managing Technologies in TransiTion

May 25-26 Chesapeake Beach Resort & Spa Chesapeake Beach, MD www.smptedc.org

2016THE SMPTE WASHINGTON DC SECTION’S ANNUAL TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE

Managing Technologies in TransiTion

May 25-26 Chesapeake Beach Resort & Spa Chesapeake Beach, MD www.smptedc.org

2016THE SMPTE WASHINGTON DC SECTION’S ANNUAL TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE

Welcome Welcome to the SMPTE Washington DC Section’s 2016 Bits By The Bay annual technology conference. The rate of change in the television industry continues to increase, driven by both advancements in tech-nology and changes in the way media is created and consumed. Our goal is to give you the knowledge you need to understand the complexities of these technologies and lead your organizations through this transition.

The ongoing migration to software and IP-based in-frastructures leads this revolution and is a primary fo-cus of our conference this year. In addition we’ll look at metadata-empowered workflows, remote pro-duction technologies, testing and measurement and the latest developments in the ATSC 3.0 broadcast standard.

This year we have several case studies from industry leaders PBS, CNN and NHK that put these technolo-gies into practice and illustrate the benefits and chal-lenges of these transitions.

This year’s conference also marks the 100th anniver-sary of the founding of SMPTE. While the technology has changed considerably over the last 100 years, the need for standards that create interoperability is as important today as it was then. We hope you’ll join us as we celebrate this Centennial at our celebration toast, reception and dinner on Wednesday.

None of this would be possible without the extraordi-nary and record-breaking generosity of our sponsors and presenters. Once again they have demonstrat-ed an unwavering commitment to this conference and to your education. Please be sure to extend your gratitude to them for making this conference both possible and affordable.

Thanks again for coming to the conference. Enjoy!

Program CommitteeWashington DC Section

Section Chair Thomas L HackettCommunications Engineering Inc.

Secretary/Treasurer Melissa DavisEvertz Microsystems Ltd.

Conference Co-ChairsRick SingerSinger Media Engineering, LLC

Peter WhartonBroadStream SolutionsSMPTE Secretary/Treasurer

Conference Attendee CoordinatorKarl J Kuhn Textronix, Inc.Membership Director, North America

Conference Website CoordinatorThomas L Hackett

Section ManagersJ Nephi GriffithAARP

Rob GoldheimDiscovery Communications

James E O’Neal

Rob FormanAVID

Herbert “Jay” DunmoreLoyola University Maryland

Barry LauerElemental

SMPTE Eastern Regional GovernorsJohn McCoskeyEagle Hill Consulting

John LuffHD Consulting

With additional support fromBruce Wahl, MayorThe Town of Chesapeake Beach

Susan Kuhn, Registration Desk

2016 Thursday Afternoon Program

IP and HDR technologies for 4K Live ProductionHugo Gaggioni, Sony

NHK launched the first 4K IP sports production truck: a case study of employing uncompressed IP synchronous transport video for live produc-tion. What are the requirements for keying multiple cameras, play-out and graphics? How do we monitor HDR & WDG?

2:50 - 3:25 p.m.

Afternoon Break Sponsored by LAWO

3:25 - 3:45 p.m. - Break

CNN - Accelerated Conversion to IPMike Koetter, Turner

CNN is in the early stages of planning an upgrade of their current HD to an hybrid SVIP news production hub. What are the challenges and con-cerns? When will all the pieces be in place to identify the specifications for systems integration that will embrace future IP developments?

3:45 - 4:25 p.m.

IT vs. Broadcast EngineeringWes Simpson

Which is the most effective training solution? Cross-train experienced broadcast engineers, in realtime LAN and WAN administration and trou-bleshoots? Or train IT and Telecom engineers in the art and science in television production value systems?

4:25 - 4:55 p.m.

4:55 - 5:55 p.m.

• Karl Paulsen, Diversified Systems• John McCoskey, Eagle Hill Consulting• Wes Simpson, Telecom Product Consulting• Mike Koetter, Turner• Renard Jenkins, PBS• Louis Libin, Sinclair Broadcast Group

Panel DiscussionPeter Wharton, Moderator

Testing Methodology - How to get all this new stuff to work?Karl Kuhn, TektronixHow do we monitor and troubleshoot disruption of SDI over IP and timing with PTP? How do we identify where in the network is the source of delayed, dropped or out of sequence packets? How will PTP coexist with bi-level or tri-level sync in hybrid facilities? What tools are needed to ensure interoperability with SDI with 4K, High Dynamic Range (HDR) Wide Color Gamut (WCG) and BT.2020?

12:15 - 12:45 p.m.

Lunch Sponsored by Belden / Grass Valley

1:00 - 2:00 p.m. - Lunch

The Physical LayerBob Ferguson, BeldenWhat kind of cabling is appropriate for different applications to interconnect 4K devices in the SVIP facility? Will there still be a place for coax in the facility of the future? How will you decide when to use coax, Cat5e, Cat6, Cat6a, Cat8 or fiber optic cable?

2:00 - 2:25 p.m.

FingerprintingJohn Shike, SAM

What are possible solutions for content monitoring over SDI or IP-streaming broadcast ecosystems?. How can unique signatures be stored and compared throughout the production chain to verify video and audio streams? What spe-cific metadata can fingerprinting identify? How can fingerprinting be used to verify correct media, track mapping, lip sync, logo assurance, and other essential data? Will format, frame-rate and aspect ratio conversions and encode/decode processes affect monitoring by exception?

2:25 - 2:50 p.m.

Thursday Midday Program

12:45 - 1:00 p.m. Where do we go from here? Q & A

Putting It All Together - SystemizationJohn Mailhot, Imagine Communications

Topology – centralized, spine-leaf, engineered aggregation & redundancy Controlling the thing – how the IP-based world is (and isn’t) like the SDI world, what we expect of the switches, and what SDN is or isn’t. Telemetry and monitoring – every piece of equipment can tell you a lot about what its doing, but only if you ask, and its only useful if you listen to the answer.

11:40 - 12:15 p.m.

Thank You!

SMPTE would like to thank the following for their additional support in making this conference possible:Jay Dunmore and his students at Loyola University for the program layout; Philip Schoene and PBS for the printing of the programs; Lineau AV for the wireless microphone receivers, John Wilhelm & Total AV for the Centennial Gala PA, the support of the home office staff of SMPTE, The Chesapeake Resort & Spa for everything they do that makes producing this conference possible, and to Rick Singer who probably had no idea what he was signing up for!

Bits By The Bay would not be possible without the generosity of these sponsors:

Inside the Plant:

Breakfast Sponsored by Utah Scientific

7:30 - 9:00 a.m. - Breakfast

9:00 - 9:15 a.m. - Welcome & Introduction

What is SVIP and Why Transition to It?Chuck Meyer, Grass Valley - A Belden BrandWhat is the promise of SVIP (Studio Video over IP), how it replaces SDI and why we all need to understand and be prepred to implement this technology.

9:15 - 9:40 a.m.

Morning Break Sponsored by DVG

10:30 - 10:50 a.m. - Morning Break

IP Transport and Studio Video over IP Paul Briscoe, EvertzWhat are the differences and similarities between: 2022-6, ASPEN, AIMS, TR-03, Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP), TR-04 and other open standards? How are audio, video and metadata packetized in SVIP networks? How will these standards meet evolving require-ments? Plus a look a codecs and metadata

10:50 - 11:40 a.m.

Transitioning to a Standards-Based All-IP Facility

The SVIP OSI Model and ConnectivityChuck Meyer, Grass Valley - A Belden BrandJohn Mailhot, Imagine CommunicationsAn examination of the physical layer, Ethernet connections and SFPs

9:40 - 10:00 a.m.

IP Transport and Networked AudioMike Mueller, LawoAndreas Hildebrandt

AES-67 is being specified as the standard for networked audio with SVIP. How does AES-67 compare with previous networked audio net-working technlogies such as Dante and Ravenna? Can these different systems co-exist? What’s next in the evolution of this standard?

10:00 - 10:30 a.m.

100 Years Of SMPTEAll photos courtesy of JAmes o’NeAl

Thursday Morning Program

SMPTE Centennial Celebration

6:15 PM Champagne ToastChampagne Toast Sponsored by LTN Global

Wednesday Morning Program

Breakfast Sponsored by Tektronix

7:30 - 9:00 a.m. - Breakfast & Registration Check-In

9:00 - 9:30 a.m. - Welcome Tom Hackett, Section Chair, SMPTE Washington DC Section Bruce Wahl, Mayor, The Town of Chesapeake Beach Barbara Lange, Executive Director, SMPTE Rick Singer, Conference Co-Chair

Low-latency video IFB enables better remote production Joe Torelli,ComrexOver the last few years bonded cellular has been supplementing satellite uplink trucks. Whether bonded cellular, satellite or microwave, the delays introduced by encoding and transport inhibit normal two-way conversations. What if these latencies could be avoided and field talent was able to have full video IFB?

9:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Remote Production and automated provisioningDave Dellafave, Net InsightWhat if you could produce remote events from the comfort of your own control room instead of a remote production truck? From local news and sports events to the Olympics, remote production is becoming more common thanks to better tools and technologies. Even IP circuits that used to take days or weeks to setup can now be provisioned automatically.

10:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Morning Break Sponsored by CEI

10:40 - 11:00 a.m. - Break

Implementing Comprehensive DR Rob Gonsalves, AvidHow can broadcasters minimize the potential losses associated with disruption of asset management and shared storage systems? The first line of defense against power outages are Disaster Recovery (DR) systems. As in IT in other business-es, distributed computing and storage systems are a critical component of data centers. What are the key concepts for understanding and designing a DR sys-tem? What are the key metrics? What are concerns specific to media enterprise systems?

11:00 - 11:30 a.m.

10:30 - 10:40 a.m. - Q & A

Please join us as we celebrate SMPTE’s 100th anniversary! Wednesday evening - on the docks & beach6:00 - 6:15 p.m. - Welcome to the Centennial Gala Peter Wharton, Conference Co-Chair; Secretary-Treasurere, SMPTE Barbara Lange, Executive Director, SMPTE

6:15 PM - 9:00 PM Visit the Demo ZoneIn the Club Room and Boardroom, hotel first floor, access from the beachSee the latest from Focusrite, Tektronix, Grass Valley and others

6:15 PM - 7:15 PM Centennial Cocktail ReceptionHors d’oeuvres and open bar, courtesy of Harmonic

7:15 PM - 9:00 PM Centennial Gala DinnerMultiple buffet food stationsDinner courtesy of Comrex, Elemental and Imagine CommunicationsWine courtesy of Calrec and SAM (Snell Advanced Media)

PBS - Implementing a DR facilityPhilip Schoene, PBSThe PBS Disaster Recovery, Diversity and Maintenance site (DDMS) became fully opera-tional in December of 2015. The DMMS provides for channel playout and uplink origina-tion in Nebraska for disaster recover, maintenance needs, and Ku-band uplink origination during NOC rain fade events. How has the function and operation of the DDMS evolved over the years? How does PBS transmit transport streams over the internet? Why did PBS choose Ethernet Private Line (EPL) managed service? What is monitoring by exception? What commodity off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software solutions have been inte-grated to maximize service availability? How are these services and techniques employed?

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon

ATSC 3.0 & Spectrum AuctionLouis Libin, Sinclair

What is ATSC 3.0 and what changes will it bring to broadcasting? ATSC 3.0 is designed to support mobile and UHD while making over-the-air broadcasting a scalable and extensi-ble IP platform, interoperable and adaptable to future innovations. What do you need to know to be prepared for the advent of ASTC 3.0? We’ll also get an update on the status of the spectrum auction.

12:00 - 12:30 p.m.

1:20 - 2:10 p.m. Keynote: NAB 2016 Highlights, Mark Schubin

Consumer Connectivity: USB, HDMI, Thunderbolt, and BeyondJoseph Cornwall, LeGrandHow and why has USB evolved for power, signal transport from USB 1.1, 2.0, 3.0,to its current iteration in USB 3.1? . How is USB employed for Human Interface Devices (HID) - interactive and control, power delivery, auxiliary channel, and Display Port AV transpor-tation applications?

2:10 - 2:50 p.m.

Lunch Sponsored by Evertz, IHSE USA and Avid12:30 - 1:20 p.m. - Lunch

Wednesday Midday Program

IMF & The Media Factory Julian Fernandez-Campon & Jay Batista, Tedial

How can we create an single efficient and cost-effective workflow that supports millions of file input to output configurations managed from a single operator screen? A “Media Factory” employs SMPTE Interoperable Master Format (IMF) methodologies, modern MAM and workflow systems. What is the interface for automated operations of content and rights management, traffic work order systems? How are application stacks chosen for media engines such as transcoders, quality control, DRM and CDN? What SMPTE standards are employed to future-proof operations and provides the maximum flexibility and scalability for OTT, VOD, and broadcast?

2:50 - 3:20 p.m.

Supersession: OTT delivery and Cloud-based solutions

PM Break Sponsored by Lawo

3:30 - 3:50 p.m. - Break

Video in the Cloud Scott Malkie, Elemental/AWS

3:50 - 4:20 p.m.

Hybrid cloud workflows & implementations Greg Holick, QuantumAs content increases, storage costs decrease, and network costs remain relatively flat, workflows can be challenging when using cloud. This presentation will talk about what types of clouds there are, what the clouds are used for and what M&E is using in the cloud workflows today. It will highlight typical M&E workflows and when to use cloud and storage for real-time vs non real-time workflows. We will talk about Private cloud/Object Storage and why it is a good fit for M&E and how it can be tied into a hybrid solution to provide a seamless workflow by putting the right data on the right platform at the right time for the right applications to work on that data. Scal-ing NAS for all these workflows can also be a challenge so we will cover why object can be a good fit when dealing with large amounts of data. We will solidify this with a customer example. Many applications are now embracing the cloud and it is important to understand when to use these applications on public, private or even hybrid cloud workflows.

4:20 - 4:50 p.m.

Optimizing Encoding vs Bitrate Matthew Rehrer,TelestreamWhat is the significance of QoE Scoring with ABR encoding? How is constant quality bandwidth optimization achieved? How quickly will the lower bitrate of ABR reduce delivery costs? Can ABR serve more viewer without increasing costs? How can addi-tional content be published? How can optimized encoding delivering higher QoE?

4:50 - 5:20 p.m.

Wednesday Afternoon Program

3:20 - 3:30 p.m. - Q & A

NASA TV 4K channel Scott Woods and Joel Marsden, HarmonicNASA TV in partnership with Harmonic have launched the first UHD TV channel in the Americas via satellite. The content will be live launches, current ISS and remastered historic missions. Presently available only via satellite, Harmonic is currently working with pay TV providers to expand coverage and broadcast the channel via cable, satel-lite and optical networks. The channel will also be aavilable streamed over the web.

5:20 - 5:50 p.m.