SVG Summit 2024: Cloud Production Workshop Headlined by Deep Dives With ESPN and NBC Olympics Other key topics will include building out your ecosystem, the impact on REMI Production, and postproduction workflows in the cloud By Jason Dachman, Editorial Director, U.S.
Friday, December 6, 2024 - 7:49 am
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As more media organizations look to virtualize infrastructure and enhance remote-production workflows, the role of the cloud has never been more integral to creating compelling sports content. On Day 1 of The SVG Summit, the Cloud Production Workshop, sponsored by Backblaze, will provide an overview of the primary technological and operational considerations when shifting to the cloud, as well as an inside look at the innovative cloud-based workflows being used by ESPN and NBC Olympics.
REGISTER: SVG Summit (December 16-17, New York City)
Join us for this dynamic SVG Summit track where industry leaders will explore the latest trends and exciting opportunities driving the future of cloud production. Highlights from the agenda include a pair of featured Presentations on How NBC Olympics Pulled Off Live Cloud Ingest at Scale for the Paris 2024 Games and An Inside Look at ESPN's Growing Cloud-Production Ecosystem. In addition, panel desicussion will address The Roadmap to a Cloud-Based Production Ecosystem; The Cloud and REMI Production; and Editing, Postproduction, and Storage in the Cloud. Plus don't miss case study presentations from Techex and Backblaze.
Here's the workshop's full agenda:
1:30 1:35 p.m.: Welcoming Remarks by Lead Sponsor, Backblaze
Presented by:
David Ngo, Backblaze, Chief Product Officer
1:35 2:15 p.m.: The Roadmap to a Cloud-Based Production Ecosystem: Creating Cost Efficiency, Flexibility, and Scalability
The shift towards cloud-based production is reshaping how media is created, managed, and distributed, offering unprecedented efficiency, flexibility, and scalability. Could environments are often easy to get into, but it's also very easy to mismanage yourself into ballooning costs that that will give even the most grounded CFO night terrors. So how are sports-media orgs incorporating long-term cost-efficiency into their cloud development and deployments?
Moderator:
George Bevir, SVG Europe, Editorial Director
Panelists:
Jim Akimchuk, BitFire, CTO
Simone D'Antone, AWS, Global Head of Broadcast Strategy
Dan Murphy, NEP Group, VP, Product Management
Adil Syed, Lawo, Business Development Manager, Media Infrastructures
Alan Young, Zixi, VP of Product Strategy
2:15 2:30 p.m.: Premium Content Over Any Infrastructure: Secure Transport and Seamless Switching in the Compressed Domain
Secure transport of premium content over diverse networks is a challenge which requires no-compromise solutions for stream integrity, whilst offering maximum visibility and flexibility. Discover how innovative failover, content protection and seamless switching technologies are changing the way the world's top broadcasters operate, whilst retaining end-to-end ownership of ground, cloud and hybrid workflows.
Presenter:
David Mitchinson, Techex, Solutions Director
2:30 3:00 p.m.: Featured Presentation: How NBC Olympics Pulled Off Live Cloud Ingest at Scale for the Paris 2024 Games
For Paris 2024, NBC Sports deployed its first cloud based production systems to allow a fully HDR workflow using Live Cloud Ingest at Scale, AI Captioning, and a Hybrid MAM environment. Using revolutionary connectivity and technology with its partners in AWS and Telestream, NBC launched its first cloud deployment with the high stakes of the Olympic Games. NBC Olympics leaders share the journey of transforming traditional methods and building trust, through to setting the right goals, testing, and cost modeling. Don't miss this candid conversation detailing the industry-firsts achieved by NBC Olympics, what needs to be hardened, and what's next - both for NBC and the industry as a whole.
Moderator:
Jason Dachman, SVG, Editorial Director, U.S.
Panelists:
Jim Miles, NBC Sports & Olympics, Senior Director, Live Event Workflows
Alex Murel, AWS Media & Entertainment, Senior Solutions Architect
Dave Norman, Telestream, VP, Sales Engineering Solutions
3:00 3:45 p.m.: Networking Break in Exhibits Area
3:45 4:15 p.m.: Featured Presentation: An Inside Look at ESPN's Growing Cloud-Production Ecosystem
Take a journey inside ESPN's growing cloud-production ecosystem and see where they have implemented these groundbreaking workflows so far. From All-in-One Productions' on Little League World Series and college soccer to cloud-based Super-SloMo replay on college football, NHL, WNBA and - soon - NBA, ESPN ops and engineering leaders discuss the challenges in building out these workflows, their approach to automated deployment, and the state of the industry overall.
Moderator:
Jason Dachman, SVG, Editorial Director, U.S.
Speakers:
Marissa Bonertz, ESPN, Technical Operations Manager, REMI
Michael Kidd, Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology, Director, Media Systems Engineering
Daniel Lannon, ESPN, Senior Director, Production Operations
Ben Neiger, ESPN, Technical Operations Manager, REMI
4:15 5:00 p.m.: The Cloud and REMI Production: A Match Made in Heaven
The integration of cloud technology into remote production has enabled broadcasters to manage complex live events with greater agility and efficiency. Learn how cloud solutions are enhancing REMI production, from enabling seamless real-time collaboration across distributed teams to optimizing resource allocation and reducing on-site infrastructure needs. Learn how production teams are integrating existing workflows with cloud-based solutions and how cloud-based tools and platforms can enhance efficiency.
Moderator:
Claudia Souza
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