-- SMPTE Announcements at IBC2016
Save the Dates! Registration is open for the SMPTE 2016 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition , which will take place Oct. 25-27 in Hollywood, California. The event kicks off with the daylong SMPTE 2016 Symposium, The Future of Storytelling and How to Save It, on Oct. 24. This year the event will culminate with the SMPTE Centennial Gala, hosted in the Ray Dolby Ballroom on Oct. 28. Further details on presentations and speakers are available at www.smpte2016.org.
SMPTE representatives will also provide information about the HPA Tech Retreat , scheduled for Feb. 20-24, 2017, at the Hyatt Regency Indian Wells in Indian Wells, California. Calls for session proposals will open in September. Registration for the HPA Tech Retreat will begin in November.
SMPTE Publications and Resources at IBC2016
Throughout IBC2016, SMPTE staff will be available on the stand within the IBC Partnership Village to discuss current trends and answer questions about SMPTE activities, resources, and publications, including the latest SMPTE Standards Quarterly Report, which details the outcome of the June SMPTE Standards Committee meeting. The Standards report summarizes the current progress of SMPTE committees that are working to create, approve, revise, and remove standards for the industry and is available at www.smpte.org/standards/meeting-reports. Copies of the August 2016 special centennial edition of the SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal, as well as the September 2016 Progress Report issue of the Societys key publication, will be available on the stand. The centennial issue will celebrate the Societys past while honoring the present and looking toward the future. The Progress Report issue will focus on trends and developments in the motion-imaging industry.
Readers may access Journal content from 1916 to the present from the SMPTE Digital Library, providing one-stop access to SMPTE resources that keep professionals informed of the latest technology and industry research. The SMPTE Digital Library has been fully incorporated into the IEEE Xplore Digital Library, one of the industrys most popular sources for technical publications. A complete listing of SMPTE publications is available at www.smpte.org/publications.
The next generation of SMPTEs Digital PROjection VErifier (DPROVE2) is now available to help cinemas simplify and accelerate adoption of the SMPTE Digital Cinema Package (SMPTE-DCP). Ymagis Group, the European specialist in digital technologies for the cinema industry, already has used DPROVE2 to simplify and accelerate adoption of SMPTE-DCP, and SMPTE is making a distribution Key Delivery Message (KDM) for DPROVE2 available to any exhibition group or chain interested in verifying its cinemas SMPTE-DCP readiness. More information is available at www.smpte.org/dprove2.
Smartphone users who enhance their images with software now have a color reference to aid in adjustment. Addressing image characteristics ranging from skin tones to color and white balance, the new SMPTE Special Edition Chroma Selfie Chart from DSC Labs allows users to enable selfies to look their best. The glossy 4-inch by 4-inch chart, available for evaluation on the SMPTE IBC2016 stand, features 12 colors, four skin tones, six high-saturation colors, and five-step grayscale, as well as a Fiddlehead Focus chart on the reverse that provides the user the option of manually focusing the camera or allowing it to autofocus.
Membership Services
SMPTE Director of Membership Roberta Gorman and Society officers will be on hand at IBC2016 to discuss membership benefits and the Societys role in international standards and interoperability. Prospective members will be able to join, and existing members may renew their memberships on-site. Thanks to the Student Membership Challenge (SMC), a SMPTE fund that pays for a students first year of membership, students can join for free. Annual fees are just $10 for students. Further information on student programs is available at www.smpte.org/students.
SMPTE at IBC2016
SMPTE is among the six leading international bodies that serve as IBC partners, representing both exhibitors and visitors. In its role as an IBC partner, the Society provides insight that helps to ensure the annual convention is relevant, comprehensive, and timely. SMPTE also provides support that is instrumental to IBCs continued leadership as an international forum for content creation, management, and delivery.
SMPTE Technical Session: Studio Video Over IP
During the Studio Video Over IP: Implementation, Standards, and Software Defined Networks (SDN) session chaired by SMPTEs new director of engineering and standards, Howard Lukk, speakers will explain the future of studio video over internet protocol (IP), including the potential roles of software-defined networks (SDN) and virtual machines. The session will explore the current state of studio video over IP in the real world, review the development of critical standards and examine how to avoid a format war as the industry embraces video over IP.
Rising Stars
SMPTE is once again supporting Rising Stars, which offers exclusive conference sessions tailored to tackle the topics most relevant to young professionals. This popular program gives new entrants to the broadcast industry the opportunity to meet industry experts across a series of specially staged sessions and events. A complete list of sessions for the two-day program is here.
EDCF Global Update
Richard Welsh, CEO at Sundog Media Toolkit and former SMPTE Governor for EMEA and the Central and South America Regions, will join SMPTE Members including Julian Pinn in speaking at the EDCF Global Update, an annual IBC occurrence. Along with other leaders in the cinema technology field, these SMPTE representatives will bring attendees current on the latest business and technical advances in
