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9:00 - Keynote – Mark Schubin - Executive introduction· What is the HD vision? · The defining moments · The business decisions · The challenges · The success so far · Is it a lasting change or transitory? 9:30 - Industry Status – Who’s doing what where?Chair & Keynote – David Wood – Chair - European HD Forum Four years on since the first HD channels were launched in Europe how far have we progressed? Most countries in Europe have at least one HD channel but compared to SD there is a long way to go. Europe started late compared to the USA and several Asian countries, how does Europe compare in terms of production and transmission channels? What is the outlook for the near term future? How quickly is HD heading towards “Ubiquity”? · Business volumes and growth - By region · Business models and funding · Is HD heading towards ubiquity? · Facilities installed in Europe Speakers: · Ben Keen – Chief Analyst and Director - Screen Digest – “The facts and figures” · Reinhard Penzel - Principal “Jetzt!” Media consultancy and Contributor to Medien Bulletin – “HD OB and Studio installations in Europe”
10:30 - Panel discussion· Session speakers plus… · Dietrich Westerkamp - HD Representative German TV Platform & EICTA · Jean-Pierre Lacotte – President – HD Forum France 10:50 – 11:20 - Coffee
11:20 - HD Production Goes TapelessChair/Keynote – Adrian Scott – Principal Bakewell Consultancy When High Definition started in the USA and Japan, tape was the primary option for recording. However for many it was a step backwards from SD where content sharing, servers and desktop editing are now the normal way of working. Fortunately technology has come to the rescue and we can examine case studies from specialist who have brought tapeless production to HD. · Tapeless acquisition – comparing the options · IT based workflow and metadata integration · Image quality, compression and monitoring · Production best practice case study Speakers: · Ted Szypulski - Senior Director, Technology Research + Standards – ESPN – “The new ESPN HD Centre” · Grahame Deaves/John Robertson – Consultant/Projects and Systems Manager – Lime Pictures – “Hollyoaks tapeless HD production” · Luk Overmeire – Technology Expert – VRT Media Lab “An integrated, file based production workflow for HD television” 12:20 - Panel discussion:· Chairman plus above speakers and Simon Cuff, COO + President of Digital Vision will be taking part in the discussion
12:40 - 14:00 – Lunch
13:30 – 14:00 – Optional Feature session “1080p50” (sponsored by Gennum)Chair/Keynote – Nigel Seth-Smith – Gennum With end users split over the use of 1080i or 720p it seems the Europe and the world is destined to once again have multiple television standards. Interchange and quality will suffer. 1080p50 has it all, the simplicity of progressive scanning and the resolution of the 1920x1080 image format. But is it ready for prime-time? What can it offer and what is needed to build out the entire production and delivery infrastructure? Panellists: · Andy Quested – Principal Technologist BBC · Hans Hoffmann – Senior Engineer – EBU 14:00 - Audio – The Essential ComponentChair/Keynote - Christian Hugonnet – Consultant to France Television Often considered the hardest part, audio plays an important role in delivering the full HD experience. However capturing surround sound, processing multi-channels, keeping audio and video in sync, keeping a good balance and encoding all represent challenges. Seasoned experts tell us how they approach and resolve these issues. · Acquisition techniques · Establishing good surround sound · Managing the complexity · Synchronisation Speakers: · Robert Edwards – VSS Limited – “Surround sound production for sports” · Florian Camerer – ORF Austria – “Surround sound for HD music” · Jason Power – Director Broadcast Systems - Dolby 15:00 - Panel discussion:· Chairman plus above speakers 15:20 - 15:50 – Coffee15:50 - Infrastructures and Interoperability – Under the bonnetChair & Keynote – Peter Symes - Director of Standards and Engineering – SMPTE – “HD Standards” Interoperability is the number one request from system designers and implementers. The simplicity of the one-way coaxial cable interconnect is fast disappearing with networked environments and file based media sharing. Add to the mix HD data rates, movement of metadata and proxy video then interoperability becomes a much bigger challenge. Monitoring HD images has also proved to be a problematic. · Interoperability · Interconnectivity · Quality · Compression Speakers: · Rainer Schaefer – IRT Germany – “Compression for HD Distribution” · Hans Hoffmann – Senior Engineer – EBU – “Production compression” · Dave Bancroft – Chair SMPTE AHG Flat Panel Displays – “Monitoring HD” 16:50 - Panel discussion:· Chairman plus above speakers 17:15 – Reception |
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