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In Memoriam
The Atlanta community suffered two recent losses. Kathy Wood (Anita Kathleen Wood) passed away Wednesday, August 20, 2008, after a battle with ovarian cancer. She was diagnosed last December. She spent six weeks in the hospital during which time she had three surgeries. She did have some good months at home with her husband, Leonard. Most recently she developed a love of writing and was working toward a master's degree. Kathy was very active in the Atlanta section of SMPTE before moving to Phoenix 10 years ago. She generously gave her time to help the Atlanta Section grow. She will be missed by both the Atlanta community and by all of her friends and family in Phoenix. Thanks to Anne Fowler, Niche Products, for passing this information along. More information may be found here or by contacting Anne at Niche Products.
While not active in SMPTE, many knew and worked with Randy Throckmorton, Project Engineer, for Turner Broadcasting. Randy passed away in his sleep Saturday, August 23, 2008. Randy worked for Turner for 28 years, and was respected and admired by those who came in contact with him. Randy left behind a wife and daughters. Randy will be sorely missed.
September Meeting
Managing the Unmanageable: Transforming Media for Multi-Platform Delivery
Monday, September 15, 2008
Refreshments: 6:30 PM Meeting: 7:30 PM
Hosted by Turner Techwood, 1000 Building (See Map Below)
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Content owners must quickly respond to a rapidly changing video environment, which includes publishing media to multiple platforms such as the web and mobile devices, and using new delivery methods such as IPTV and VOD. The multiplatform delivery challenge is complicated by the need to manage a multiformat workflow environment which not only supports transcoding between a broad range of input and output media file formats and devices, but extracting metadata, resizing, reshaping, branding and preparing media for international distribution.
These dynamic outlets affects traditional broadcast and cable companies as well as a complex environment of new service providers, including content aggregators, media hosting companies, web portals and distribution networks.
For all, several key issues must be addressed. Transcoding from a broad range of input file formats and resolutions to a similar range of output formats is essential. The ability to automatically integrate the business rules of content owners and distributors is important, particularly in high-volume workflows. Extracting and inserting metadata which describes the media is critical for cataloging and search functions. Reshaping or tailoring media to meet the needs of each distribution platform is another key consideration, including format and length, the addition of bumpers, trailers, branding, subtitles and graphics. And, for some, being able to filter and handle user-generated source content from an extremely broad range of devices is now important. The extent to which these processes can be automated with flexible software solutions, the greater the opportunity to ensure consistency, obtain reliable results, save time, effort and money while growing the bottom line. Our speaker, Mr. John Pallett, Telestream FlipFactory Program Manager, has 10 years of experience developing and managing computer graphics and digital media software for entertainment, CAD/CAM, and 3D design applications. Join us for this fascinating topic and bring a colleague. While SMPTE membership is encouraged, you don't have to be a member to attend.
Please thank our dinner sponsors, Mr. Rhett Mappin & Mr. John Pallett of Telestream.
And as before and for some time to come, construction haunts the area.
August Meeting
A Joint Meeting with SBE and SSPI
A Theatrical Look at Digital Cinema
Many thanks to Matt Basford, Cinema Systems Engineer,
Regal Entertainment Group, for an informative and very
entertaining presentation. And thanks to TJ Scott and to
Quincy Johnson for the effort to coordinate this joint meeting!
Matt's Presentation is Available for Download Here
Join SBE on September 17, 2008 for Larry Bloomfield's A Taste of NAB road show.
Check out the Tech Notes website for details.
Future SMPTE Meetings (Tentative):
October - Dual-Layer Optical Media
November - Not Finalized Yet
December - Annual Holiday Get-Together with AES & SBE (Note - SMPTE Members Only)
Job Openings - Last Updated May 5
Job Openings at Turner Broadcasting:
Please go here and click on United States and then Search Openings
Note that due to the recent NBA - Turner agreement and general
growth, there are engineering openings posted.
Please bookmark the location of the SMPTE Atlanta Section:
www.Atlanta-SMPTE.org
If you have a topic you would liked to see presented,
or if you would like to host a meeting or present to
the local section, contact TJ Scott
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