Iowa Public Television hosts the nationally-recognized, premier event that attracts production, management, technical, creative and education professionals from across the country.
The 2008 event was held October 7-9 in Des Moines. The agenda, papers and presentations are viewable by logging in to the link below.
http://www.iptv.org/dtv/2008/agenda.cfm
The presentation "What it Might be Like to Work in a File Based World" discussed the topic of file based systems architectures, planning, quality control and workflow changes.
Synopsis
When you can no longer ‘see’ the content, touch the media and must depend upon new forms of instruments to tell you if the images, sound and metadata will be what you expected - - you’ve officially evolved into the world of file based workflows. What will might take to navigate this new environment and what is on the horizon to assist the operator in this new digital media age will be explored by AZCAR’s Chief Technology Officer, Karl Paulsen.
Many of the presentations (including their MP3 downloads) are worth looking at.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Digital Media Management - new article in TV Technology
Digital Media Management - an upcoming article by Karl Paulsen in TV Technology magazine's July 9th issue. The July installment discusses the importance of employing a DMM solution for the control, management and reporting of file-based workflows and operating infrastructures for the broadcast and enterainment industries. Be sure to look it up at http://www.tvtechnology.com/ under the features column 'Media Server Technologies'.
Internet Goes the way of the Cell
Taking advantage of opportunities - It appears that Time Warner has proposed metering its Internet services, which is claimed as "common overseas". While some U.S. cable providers look at ways to curtail heavy users, others appear to be going forward with the announcement and others are just being silent about it. Most service providers seem to have some level of download cap and in turn keep that limit secret - stating "not to alarm the majority of users" ... "most of them are nowhere close to the limits".
The price for internet access is already high enough, hinged on an already captive audience (you need cable or fiber or the like to get any kind of a decent rate - regardless). Colleges set a cap on the amount of bits used, as do hosting companies for storage. Does it make sense to meter a service that encourages a high volume of use?
And what about that service -- What about the QoS once you pay for the premium rates? Does the consumer/end user get any warranty? And how is it all monitored?
Look at your connection speeds sometime, uploads and downloads. Do they come close to the specified rates provided by your service provider? Will the ISP give you a gas gauge to meter the bits - or will you have to go through contortions just to find what today's peak usage is?
Who Cares -- This looks like just another way to grind more out of the consumer's pocket book? And will the FCC care (of course not, it means more tax revenue for them)?
Newspapers and magazines don't charge you by the page. Why should this new medium?
The price for internet access is already high enough, hinged on an already captive audience (you need cable or fiber or the like to get any kind of a decent rate - regardless). Colleges set a cap on the amount of bits used, as do hosting companies for storage. Does it make sense to meter a service that encourages a high volume of use?
And what about that service -- What about the QoS once you pay for the premium rates? Does the consumer/end user get any warranty? And how is it all monitored?
Look at your connection speeds sometime, uploads and downloads. Do they come close to the specified rates provided by your service provider? Will the ISP give you a gas gauge to meter the bits - or will you have to go through contortions just to find what today's peak usage is?
Who Cares -- This looks like just another way to grind more out of the consumer's pocket book? And will the FCC care (of course not, it means more tax revenue for them)?
Newspapers and magazines don't charge you by the page. Why should this new medium?
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