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NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION | SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER, 2018 www.nabanet.com WBU-IMCG Forum Recap - Atlanta, GA John Ball, Turner / WBU-IMCG Chair The lead panel for the Forum was "Cyber Security – How Can Broadcasters Protect Their Operations The World Broadcasting Unions – International and Keep Their Content Safe". We were fortunate ► WBU-IMCG Forum Recap Media Connectivity Group (WBU-IMCG) con- to again have John Lee, NABA Technical Commit- ► Director-General’s Report vened in Atlanta, Georgia for its bi-annual Forum tee Chair and Digital Engineering Consultant at on May 30-31, 2018. Fox, as the moderator. This sub- ► News from the CBU Turner hosted the ject remains to be high in terms ► NABA Common Metadata event at its Techwood of priority and importance as the Specifications Update Campus for two days increase of cyber attacks contin- ► NABA Announcements presenting and discuss- ues. The panelists were experts in ing important and information security from pro- ► NABA Events timely industry topics. grammers to industry service Participants included providers. This subject will con- broadcasters, satellite tinue to be part of future Forums operators, cyber secu- as our industry evolves into IP rity experts, social ecosystems. media representatives, and equipment suppli- Our next panel, "ATSC 3.0 – NABAcaster ers. There were tours What Does it Mean To A Broad- is published by and for members and friends of the North American organized for both caster", moderated by Sam Broadcasters Association ( NABA ) CNN Center and Intel- Matheny, EVP and CTO, NAB, sat’s Ellenwood facil- focused on the next generation of 205 Wellington St. W., Suite 9C200 ity the afternoon be- terrestrial broadcasting in the Toronto, ON M5V 3G7 Canada fore the forum, as well United States. This very infor- Tel.: +1 416-205-3363 as tours of the Tech- mative panel illustrated the bene- Fax: +1 416-205-2901 wood Campus at the fits and challenges with imple- [email protected] end of each day of the menting ATSC 3.0. There’s a President Forum. promising future outlook with Richard Friedel terrestrial television that was John Ball, WBU-IMCG Chair, Opens the Director-General Jack Womack, SVP, unanimous with the subject ex- Forum Michael McEwen US News Operations, pert panelists. Editor Ashley Lloyd Spanton CNN, opened the Fo- Staff rum with special remarks in tribute to Dick Tauber, The session on "Contribution Newsgathering Tech- Anh Ngo a long time colleague and friend. Jack commented nologies", moderated by Mel Olinsky, Director, Jenn Hadfield that Dick’s passion for CNN and the industry never Operations, CBS News, focused on the evolution changed over his three decades at the company and of technologies available to news organizations and the endless contributions and high standards he set the growing need to originate IP from the field for newsgathering for the 24/7 News channel. Jack globally. Panelists included technology solution reflected on several stories about Dick, recognizing providers and broadcasters that discussed how to NABA-RRC ROUNDTABLE the tremendous impact he made to the industry and implement the latest technologies, training of staff, as chair of ISOG (the name of the Committee at the and best practices. The need for increased reliabil- Sept. 25, 2018 time). In closing, Jack thanked everyone for the ity and shrinking budgets will depend on the bene- Toronto, ON privilege of welcoming everyone to CNN/Turner fits of technology advancement. and sharing his memories of Dick. Continued on Next Page... NABACASTER | SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER, 2018 The session on 5G was moderated by meeting viewer expectations and efficien- Jeff Young, Legal and Technical Advisor, Simon Fell, WBU Technical Committee cies as the industry continues to adopt and NHK, moderated the next session on Chair. The very intriguing panelists dis- migrate to IP. "Artificial Intelligence – How is Innova- cussed what 5G is, its promise and some tion in AI Technology Changing Produc- difference of opinions in the timeframes of Following that, the "Future of VR and AR tion Workflows". The promising outlook, its practical implementation. 5G holds a in News and Documentary Filmmaking" especially in the subtitle/captioning area lot of potential and several with gains in accuracy, was examples were shared on how demonstrated live by using our industry could benefit. Google's speech engine Web- This topic will certainly be captioner. We plan to extend featured again in future Fo- this topic in the future to in- rums. clude multiple languages real- time speech to captioning We had an update on the pro- translation. gress of the HEVC Interop- erability Test Program given The "New Trends in Media by Tom Gibbon, Legal and and Video Contribution and Technical Advisor, NHK. The Delivery" session was moder- program is progressing with ated by Michael McEwen, October as the target date for Director-General, North final participant testing hosted American Broadcasters Asso- at Intelsat facilities. There ciation, with panelists repre- have been several challenges senting the range of service/ along the path of testing with solution providers across our securing compliant content industry. The theme echoed and all the related elements. Panel 1.2: Cyber Security - How Can Broadcasters Protect Their the importance of the cus- The program should come to Operations and Keep Content Safe? - Moderated by John Lee, Fox tomer and the comment by its conclusion at the end of Usman at the beginning of the October with test results be- day: "we have moved from ing shared at the next Forum. content to customer as king in the digital evolution". The Nigel Fry, Head Distribution, consumers want ease of use, BBC World Service, provided the "watch when, where, and an update on the WBU- how" is driven by them. Face- Intentional Interference to book, Amazon, Netflix and Satellite Services Working Google (FANGs) have Group Report, followed by changed the landscape in how Martin Coleman, Executive broadcasters/programmers Director, IRG, with the latest need to deliver content, both update on Satellite Interfer- in contribution and to the con- ence Reduction efforts. sumer. We closed the first day with a Winston Caldwell, VP, Spec- tour of Turner studios and trum Engineering, Advanced wonderful tribute reception in Engineering, Fox, pulled to- honor of Dick Tauber. Our gether the "Spectrum Issues industry colleagues were so and Update" panel. The topic kind and gracious, sharing Panel 2.1: The Future of VR and AR in News and Documentary continues to spark many with fond stories and gratitude to a Filmmaking - Moderated by Anna Bressanin, BBC the North America UHF re- person that touched so many. pack and repurpose of a por- Special thanks to Cen- tion of C-Band spectrum, plus turyLink, Eutelsat, and CNN for sponsor- session was moderated by Anna Bressanin, the wide use of wireless RF equipment ing the reception. Multimedia Editor, BBC. Once thought to used in the industry (microphones, etc). be primarily for the game industry, VR Several delegates voiced concerns that We began day two with a keynote address and AR are gaining traction in movie perceived 5G needs will continue to pres- from Usman Shakeel, Worldwide Leader, shorts and in our news organization to sure satellite industry on frequency hand- Media and Enterprise, Amazon AWS. The provide enhanced viewer experience in back and that this will become a global focus of remarks were the evolving media storytelling. trend. workflows pivoting from end-to-end, Continued on Next Page... Page | 2 NABACASTER | SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER, 2018 The next session, "IP Evolution and the can be shared, edited, reviewed simultane- well received and this continues to chart Enabling Opportunities to Integrate Cloud, ously and getting the content to the con- our way forward in future Forums. File Delivery, Data Centers and Satellites" sumer quickly. was moderated by yours We closed the Forum by an- truly. The panel focused on nouncing the Fall Forum host: the ways and means of mi- the EBU in Geneva on Novem- grating and operating seam- ber 29-30. lessly across IP infrastruc- tures to increase efficien- Thanks to our sponsors: cies and the importance of Arqiva, CNN, CenturyLink, shaping our digital strate- Dejero Labs and Eutelsat. As gies including the growth we celebrate the successful need in CDNs. Examples of Forum and the tremendous con- high profile events are cre- tributions, credit goes to Anh ating greater demands on Ngo, Michael McEwen, Vice- CDNs to maintain the con- Chairs Joe Shimizu and sumer expectations of Kazimir Bacic, Tom Gibbon viewing experience. and Jeff Young, the planning committee, the gracious work The final session, "Cloud: of the moderators and panelists, Innovation for News", was and our attendees. As noted in moderated by John Lee, last year's report, the bar was and expert panelists dis- Panel 2.3: New Trends in Media and Video Contribution and D raised and we successfully cussed how our newsrooms elivery - Moderated by: Michael McEwen, NABA raised the bar again for this have changed from the past Forum, with thanks to everyone and now are on an evolu- mentioned above. Special note tionary scale. The panelists shared com- The attendance for both days was at or of thanks to the Turner team for their ments that cloud already plays an impor- near capacity and we received positive warm welcome and southern hospitality. ∎ tant role and noted the benefits of cloud feedback on the sessions, the demos (SES technologies examples. Points also in- 4K HD, Inmarsat, Arqiva, Dejero). The cluded the speed of which a news story range and depth of the panel topics were Page | 3 NABACASTER | SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER, 2018 for our collective future. It divisions. In trying to help progress of a Director-General’s Report will be a busy few new technology, with obvious benefits to Michael McEwen, NABA months.