EVENT PROGRAM #SVGTRANSPORT

TITLE SPONSOR:

DIAMOND SPONSORS:

EVENT SPONSORS: www.asperasoft.com moving the world’s data at maximum 2:55 – 3:30 p.m. 4K/HDR DELIVERY AND HEVC COMPRESSION: Ready To Break Out? Live 4K/UHD sports services finally arrived in North America this year, with AGENDA AN SUMMIT hundreds of live productions delivered to U.S. and Canadian homes, thanks

to AT&T (DirecTV), Rogers Media (Sportsnet), and Bell Media (TSN). NBC 12:15 – 12:45 p.m. REGISTRATION AND LUNCH Olympics took it to the next level, distributing 80-plus hours of 4K/UHD coverage LUNCH SPONSORED BY (and the Opening Ceremony in HDR) on a one-day delay to participating MVPDs. KEEP FANS Is this the beginning of a 4K and HDR revolution or a blip on the radar? And how 12:45 – 1:00 p.m. WELCOMING REMARKS does the potential rise of HEVC compression play into all this? ON THE SPONSORED BY MODERATOR: Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG, Executive Director, Editorial PANELISTS: 1:00 – 1:45 p.m. THE STATE OF TRANSPORT: Where Are Your Thomas Edwards, Networks, VP, Engineering and Development Dollars Trending? Matthew Goldman, Ericsson, SVP, Technology, TV and Media For the second consecutive year, SVG polled several major sports and media Philip Goswitz, AT&T Entertainment Group, SVP, Video, organizations to gain insight into how transmission budgets are being spent in today’s changing market. How is the use of satellite vs. fiber evolving, and how Space, and Communications does delivery over the public internet figure into the equation? Top broadcasters 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. NETWORKING BREAK and vendor execs weigh in on what this year-over-year data means for the SPONSORED BY industry and how they expect it to change in the future. MODERATOR: Jason Dachman, SVG, Chief Editor EDGE 4:00 - 4:15 p.m. KEYNOTE CASE STUDY: Inside the ATSC 3.0 World PANELISTS: Series Broadcasts David Chilson, CBS, Associate Director, Broadcast Distribution Services In a defining moment for the future of , the World Series became the Chris Connolly, NBC Sports Group, Director, first-ever major pro sporting event to be transmitted live using the ATSC 3.0 next- Transmission Engineering and Maintenance gen over-the-air transmission system last month. Learn how Fox, Tribune Media, OF THEIR Keith Goldberg, , VP, the NAB, and an army of tech partners teamed up to deliver the historic ATSC 3.0 World Series broadcasts. Global Operations and Transmission Services PRESENTER: ATSC Board Chairman Richard Friedel, Fox Networks Emory Strilkauskas, ESPN, Principal Engineer, Transport Technologies Engineering & Operations, EVP/GM and Special Projects 1:45 – 2:00 p.m. KEYNOTE CASE STUDY: From Rio to Stamford 4:15 – 4:45 p.m. THE OTT FACTOR: and Beyond — How NBC Delivered the 2016 Rio Olympics How Multiple Streams Impact SPONSORED BY NBC Olympics’ transmission scheme for Rio 2016 was among the most Live Sports Productions ambitious and complex in the history of television. In all, more than 130 At high-profile events like major golf championships and Grand Slam tennis HD paths were transmitted from Rio to NBC Olympics’ Sports Production tournaments — not to mention the Olympics — broadcasters are live-streaming Operations Center in Stamford, CT, as well as to 30 Rock in New York, Golf more feeds and alternate angles than ever in an effort to better serve viewers Channel in Orlando, Telemundo in Florida, and more. Learn how NBC beyond the linear broadcast. How does this phenomenon complicate traditional connected production facilities across the globe and delivered one of the largest transport schemes onsite, and how is it driving the transmission industry’s sports events of all time to the masses. growth? Vendors and broadcasters discuss the impact of the OTT and streaming PRESENTERS: explosion on remote production. Chris Connolly, NBC Sports Group, Director, Transmission Engineering MODERATOR: Brandon Costa, SVG, Senior Editor Haivision’s video streaming and media managment solutions engage fans at the and Maintenance PANELISTS: SEAT Bob Kiraly, NBC Olympics, Director, Broadcast Telecommunications Ops Michelle Munson, Aspera, CEO largest stadiums and arenas, and power the world’s leading sports broadcasters. 2:00 – 2:45 p.m. THE RISE OF IP NETWORKS: Infrastructure Tom Sahara, Turner Sports, VP, Operations & Technology Challenges and Opportunities John Ward, AT&T Entertainment Group, SVP, Content Operations As IP transport becomes more mainstream, the technical workflows faced at both the remote and the broadcast facility continue to provide new advances 4:45 – 5:30 p.m. AT-HOME PRODUCTION: Now That It Has Arrived, and complexities. With the convergence of data, voice, and video, professionals What’s the Next Step? weigh in on their challenges in managing QoS, network protocols, and the IP Over the past two years, no trend has had a larger impact on the evolution of REAL-TIME INTERACTIVE STADIUM hardware that helps make it all happen. live sports production than the “at-home” model. This year, hundreds of live MODERATOR: Stephan Beckert, TeleGeography, VP, Strategy sports shows will deploy at-home workflows to reduce costly onsite resources GAME BROADCAST MEDIA PANELISTS: while boosting production capabilities by connecting the remote production with the power of the broadcast center. Experts from broadcasters deploying Lionel Bentolila, Aldea Solutions, CEO ANALYSIS INTERVIEWS these workflows discuss how the at-home model will grow in the coming years Andre Carrington, Level 3 Communications, Senior Sales Engineer and will address the need for gear purpose-built for at-home production. Ghislain Collette, Haivision, VP, Product Management, Streaming MODERATOR: Glenn Adamo, Ivanhoe Media & Entertainment, President Low latency HD video connects Connect remote studios with low Deliver low latency, high-quality Jeremy Dujardin, Tata Communications, CTO, referees with remote officials in latency, HD, bi-directional video, media experiences from the field PANELISTS: Global Media and Entertainment Services real-time, so they can make the for live interviews & commentary to video display systems in private Scott Beers, The Switch, CEO David Herfert, MediaLinks, VP, Sales – Americas right call. over public Internet. suites, retail areas and concourses. Harry Carr, Bay Microsystems, CEO 2:45 – 2:55 p.m. STANDARDIZATION UPDATE ON Chris Connolly, NBC Sports Group, Director, Transmission Engineering HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE and Maintenance PRESENTER: Matthew Goldman, Ericsson, SVP, Technology, TV and Brad Cheney, , VP, Field Operations and Engineering Media 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. NETWORKING RECEPTION #SVGTRANSPORT SPONSORED BY [email protected] North America: 1.877.224.5445 haivision.com International: +1.514.334.5445 CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN SPEAKER BIOS

CHAIR: EMORY STRILKAUSKAS, ESPN, Principal Engineer, CHRIS CONNOLLY, NBC Sports Group, Director of Transmission Engineering and ransport Technologies and Special Projects Maintenance With ESPN since 1989, Strilkauskas has extensive experience in transport opera- Prior to his current role, Connolly served various roles at DirecTV Sports thanks its tions and engineering. In his current role, he has focused on exploiting the ben- Networks, including director of broadcast engineering, chief engineer for efits of digital and fiber technologies. This past year, he helped facilitate transport ROOT Sports Rocky Mountain (formerly FSN Rocky Mountain), and chief solutions for full-time expansion requirements globally for ESPN, along with architect. He also held key positions at STARZ and the University of Colora- special events, such as the tennis Grand Slams, Euro Championships, and the Olympics. do’s BuffVision. JEREMY DUJARDIN, Tata Communications, CTO, Global Media and Entertainment SPEAKERS Services GLENN ADAMO, Ivanhoe Media & Entertainment, President Dujardin has 15+ years’ experience designing, implementing, and operating With more than 37 years’ experience in the industry, Adamo currently heads an infrastructures supporting contribution- and distribution-video services independent consulting business focused on media creation, production, and de- across fiber, IP, and satellite. Prior to joining Tata Communications, he livery. Previously. as VP, media operations, NFL Films & Broadcasting, he helped served at Accenture, Level 3 Vyvx Solutions, Global Crossing, Genesis Net- develop NFL Network’s production facility in Culver City, CA, left his imprint its works, and Triumph Communications. sponsors package, and spearheaded development of the league’s flexible sched- THOMAS EDWARDS, Fox Networks Engineering and Operations, VP, Engineering and uling system. Development STEPHAN BECKERT, TeleGeography, VP, Strategy In his current role, Edwards works on advanced-technology development, such as UHD, OTT, and IP live-production systems. He contributed to the NAB Engineering Beckert helped design and produce many of TeleGeography’s research services Handbook, the SMPTE Study Group on Media Production System Network Archi- TITLE SPONSOR: and still directs its research on the international voice market. In addition, he tecture, and SMPTE/EBU/VSF Joint Task Force on Networked Media, VSF TR-03 managed marketing and launched its WAN Summit conference series. With more and chairs the SMPTE 32NF-60 Video over IP Working Group. than 15 years’ experience in telecom market research and consulting, he previ- ously directed the wireless-data practice at The Strategis Group. RICHARD FRIEDEL, Fox Networks Engineering & Operations, EVP/GM In his current role, Friedel oversees long-term technology strategy and day-to-day SCOTT BEERS, The Switch, CEO operations for the Fox Network Center in and the Fox Houston Techni- Co-founder of Beers Enterprises/The Switch, Beers has served as president/CEO cal Operations Center. Before joining Fox, he served in various positions at Capital since its inception. He began his 35-year career in television-broadcasting sys- Cities/ABC, NBC News, and television stations. He is chair of the Advanced Televi- tems integration as an intern at Northeastern University. His combination of vi- sion Systems Committee (ATSC). sion, entrepreneurialism, and creativity continues to foster innovative and revo- lutionary changes to the video-transmission sector, including automated signal-routing KEITH GOLDBERG, Fox Networks Group, VP, Global Ops and Transmission Services services and customer control. He previously co-founded Beers Associates and TX Media. Goldberg manages all contribution and distribution transmission for Fox Net- works Group. The engineering and operations division supports the entire Fox LIONEL BENTOLILA, Aldea Solutions, CEO Network and cable groups, including Fox Entertainment, Fox Sports, Fox interna- A founder of Aldea Solutions, Bentolila has been CEO since 2001. Previously, he tional channels, and the 14 regional sports networks. held senior management positions in sales, marketing, and engineering at ABL DIAMOND SPONSORS: Canada and began his technology career at Nortel Networks research and devel- MATTHEW GOLDMAN, Ericsson, SVP, Technology, TV and Media opment labs. Goldman focuses on video processing and media-delivery solutions. He has been actively involved in development of digital-television systems since 1992. A partici- HARRY CARR, Bay Microsystems, CEO pant in the Moving Picture Experts Group, he helped create the MPEG-2 systems Carr has extensive experience as CEO and COO in Fortune 100 companies and in and DSM-CC standards, and he continues to serve other industry organizations, technology startup companies. He has raised more than $500 million for startups including SMPTE, Ultra HD Forum, ATSC, the Digital Video Broadcasting project, and SCTE. and led M&A deals and corporate integrations. Prior to joining Bay Microsystems, he served in executive positions with Compass Networks, Simpler Networks, Telli- PHILIP GOSWITZ, AT&T Entertainment Group, SVP, Video, Space, and Communications um, Lucent Technologies, Yurie Systems, and AT&T. Goswitz is responsible for video and audio engineering, broadcast technolo- gies, managing the satellite fleet, and planning future capacity needs. In a ANDRE CARRINGTON, Level 3 Communications, three-decade career, he has led development of DirecTV’s satellite fleet. He is Senior Solutions Engineer, Strategic Content Division also in charge of developing and launching 4K/UHD services at DirecTV. Carrington is responsible for creating custom, complex media-solution designs for broadcasting, sports, and media companies. His 12+-year career encompasses DAVID HERFERT, Media Links, VP of Sales – Americas traditional video transport, CDN, IP, security, DWDM, and Ethernet. He has been Herfert brings a balance of sales leadership and technical-sales and engineering instrumental in tailoring Level 3’s service portfolio for use cases including design knowledge to the Media Links management team. In his 15+- year career, he has of new OTT video-acquisition networks, multicast-enabled VPNs supporting live-video back- been instrumental in enabling companies to achieve sustainable growth. Previ- haul, and private high-capacity long-haul DWDM networks. ously, he led the Video Products Group North American sales team. BRAD CHENEY, Fox Sports, VP, Field Operations and Engineering MICHELLE MUNSON, Aspera (an IBM Company), CEO/Co-Founder EVENT SPONSORS: Cheney manages golf, baseball, and advanced-technology projects for Fox Sports Munson is co-inventor of Aspera’s FASP transport technology and is responsible for Media Group. He is a leader in new-technology approaches, including highly reli- overseeing the company’s direction in collaboration with co-founder Serban Simu. able and resilient long-haul fiber-optic live- and post-production centers, advanced Munson was a software engineer in research and start-up companies including the networking workflows in 10/40 Gigabit, and UAS systems. He manages technical IBM Almaden Research center before founding Aspera in 2004. and operational planning for all FSMG golf events, including the 2016 U.S. Open. TOM SAHARA, Turner Sports, VP, Operations and Technology DAVID CHILSON, CBS, Associate Director, Broadcast Distribution Services A 28-year veteran of the broadcast industry, Sahara oversees remote broadcast fa- Chilson oversees the CBS Transmission Center and CBS’s Affiliate Engineering. cilities for Turner Sports IT departments and supports the infrastructure of Turner Central to development, design, and operation of CBS’s global contribution-video Sports online properties. He also oversees remote operations and technology for networks, he provides both engineering solutions and operations management NCAA Men’s Basketball on TBS, TNT, and truTV, as well as for events presented on for facilities that bring feeds in and out of the NY Broadcast Center. In addition, NCAA.com. he manages development and sustaining engineering for satellite distribution systems and JOHN WARD, AT&T Entertainment Group, SVP, Content Operations technical support for CBS affiliates. Ward is responsible for sports operations and content management for the DirecTV GHISLAIN COLLETTE, Haivision, VP, Product Management, Streaming and U-verse video platforms, as well as for media productions at AT&T’s Dallas Collette has more than 15 years of experience in video networking, working in headquarters. He is responsible for on-air operations for original entertainment broadcast, cable distribution, and streaming. Prior to Haivision, he served as a and for AT&T Entertainment, including Audience Network. He also oversees the project engineer at Videotron and as product manager, transport and multimedia sports operations group at the Los Angeles Broadcast Center. products, at Miranda Technologies/Miranda Media Networks.

#SVGTRANSPORT SVG TranSPORT Committee Members Highlighted in Blue

FIVENINESSERVICE >

Travel Less. Produce More.

www.theswitch.tv

*Home Runs is The Switch solution for centralized production, allowing isolated camera feeds, audio channels and file-based workflows to seamlessly integrate the remote operation with the broadcast center facility.