62ND ANNUAL NAB BROADCAST ENGINEERING CONFERENCE April 12 – 17, 2008 Las Vegas, Nevada SUMMARY OF PRESENTATIONS This booklet contains summaries of the presentations at the 62nd NAB Broadcast Engineering Conference held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, April 12–17, 2008, in association with 2008 NAB Show. The 62nd annual NAB Broadcast Engineering Conference will address the most recent developments in broadcast technology and focus on the opportunities and challenges that face broadcast engineering professionals around the world. The highly technical conference features presenters delivering papers in the various fields of broadcasting. We want to thank our conference partner, the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE), for its assistance in developing this year’s sessions and for creating a special SBE Ennes Workshop for 2008. We would also like to thank the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Broadcast Technology Society (BTS) for presenting its BTS Tutorial. Finally, we wish to thank the PBS and NPR engineering communities for supporting this conference. The full text of many of these presentations is contained in the NAB publication, “The 62nd Annual NAB Broadcast Engineering Conference Proceedings.” This book and accompanying CD-ROM are available at any of the NAB store locations at the convention. Co-produced by: LG Electronics/Zenith/Harris “MPH” Proposal TABLE OF CONTENTS Wayne Bretl, Zenith LG Electronics Corp John Mailhot, Harris Broadcast Communications ......................................... 15 Saturday, April 12, 2008 Samsung/Rohde & Schwarz/Nokia Proposal The Ennes Workshop presented by SBE Junehee Lee, Samsung Chairpersons: Lewis Zager, Consultant Joonsoo Lee, Samsung .............................................................................. 15 Tom Mikkelsen, MediaFLO USA ............................................. 12 Thomson/Micronas Proposal File-based Workflow 101 David Campana, Thomson Harlan Neugeboren, The Workflow and Technology Group, LLC ............... 12 Richard Citta, Linx Electronics Wen Gao, Thomson .................................................................................... 15 Opening Remarks John Poray, Society of Broadcast Engineers ................................................. 12 Wrap-up .......................................................................................15 Cross Platform: Workflow Jim O’Brian, Building4Media ...................................................................... 12 Sunday, April 13, 2008 Video Timing and Synchronization in a NAB Broadcast Engineering Web Services Environment Conference Opening Session Al Kovalick, Avid Technology ....................................................................... 12 Chairperson: Lynn Claudy, NAB ................................................................... 16 Understanding and Describing File-based Workflow We Can Work Together: Advice to DTV and Clyde Smith, Turner Broadcasting ............................................................... 12 HD Radio Engineers from the Consumer Electronics Retail Community Broadcast Exchange Format Diane Warren, HD Digital Radio Alliance Chris Lennon, Harris Broadcast Communications ......................................... 13 Robert Schwartz, Consumer Electronics Retail Coalition .............................. 16 A Brief History of the Second DTV Broadcasting for Mobile and Handheld Al Kovalick, Avid Technology ....................................................................... 13 Chairperson: Dave Converse, ABC/Disney Television Stations Group Implementing Workflow Changes Mark Richer, Advanced Television Systems Committee ............. 16 John Luff, Television Technology Consultant ................................................. 13 Panel Business Process Analysis Managing the Unmanageable: Transforming Media for MultiChannel, Multiplatform Delivery John Footen, National TeleConsultants ........................................................ 13 John Pallett, Telestream, Inc. ..................................................................... 16 Codec Performance Producing vs. Repurposing for Multiple Platforms Michael Wellings, ResearchChannel ........................................................... 13 Pete Sockett, WRAL TV .............................................................................. 17 File-Based Transmission Process Make Your Mobile TV Network a Reality John Wadle, OmniBus Systems Inc. ............................................................ 14 Jean Macher, Thomson Grass Valley ........................................................... 17 Pathfire’s Distribution of Files and the Impact on File Based Workflow Creating Content for Broadcast, Film and the Internet Joe Fabiano, Blue Sky Holdings, LLC .......................................................... 14 Michael Castro, National Geographic Television ........................................... 18 Local and Ultra Local Content in Broadcast MobileTV Saturday, April 12, 2008 Richard Lhermitte, Enensys Technologies ................................................... 18 IEEE BTS Tutorial The Role of File-based Workflows and Metadata in Chairperson: Tom Gurley, IEEE .................................................................... 15 Repurposing Content for the Web and Mobile TV Mark Bishop, Thomson .............................................................................. 19 Introduction-IEEE-BTS Tom Gurley, IEEE ........................................................................................ 15 Leveraging FEC Advances to Optimize DVB-H Networks Marshall Porter, Digital Fountain ................................................................. 19 Overview of ATSC Process Mark Aitken, Sinclair Broadcast Group ........................................................ 15 New Techniques for Mobile TV Broadcasting based on ISDB-T Masahiro Okano, NHK ............................................................................... 20 2 62nd Annual NAB Broadcast Engineering Conference Summary of Presentations 3 Preserving SFN in a Mobile TV Broadcast Brazil’s Digital Radio Technology Choices Network Using IP Distribution Acacio Luiz Costa, Mix TV Network ............................................................. 26 Nicolas Fannechere, Enensys Technologies ................................................ 20 Advances in Digital Measurement Technique Encoding for Mobile TV - Lessons Learned for FM Broadcast for Successful Deployments Tony Peterele, Audemat Inc. Boris Felts, Envivio Inc ............................................................................... 21 Frederic Allard, Audemat Inc ...................................................................... 27 Digital Opportunities for Radio Monday, April 14, 2008 Chairperson: Paul Shulins, Greater Media .................................................... 22 DTV Reception Issues Conditional Access: The Next Stage in HD Radio™ Evolution Chairperson: Al Grossniklaus, WTHR NBC 13............................................... 27 Tom Rucktenwald, NDS ............................................................................. 22 DTV Reception in an Urban Environment Managing Radio Metadata for Multiplatform William Meintel, Meintel, Sgrignoli, & Wallace, LLC ...................................... 27 Digital Distribution Daniel Mansergh, KQED Public Radio ......................................................... 22 New Neighbors: Can Wireless Microphones and Consumer Devices Coexist In the White Spaces? The Future of Radio in a Changing World Christopher Lyons, Shure Incorporated ....................................................... 27 Dave Wilson, CEA ...................................................................................... 22 Measurement Results of Consumer Indoor Antennas Seeding The Internet — Automating Podcasting Dennis Wallace, Meintel, Sgrignoli, & Wallace.............................................. 28 with Open Source Tools Frederick Gleason Jr., Paravel Systems LLC ............................................... 23 Monday, April 14, 2008 Digital Opportunities for Radio Laura Jensen, NPR Communicating with Management Melinda Driscoll, American Public Media Chairperson: Chriss Scherer, Radio magazine .............................................. 28 Nick Kereakos, American Public Media ....................................................... 23 Communicating with Management Presentation Radio Technology Advancements John Bisset, Broadcast Electronics ............................................................. 28 Chairperson: Milford Smith, Greater Media, Inc. ......................................... 23 Communicating with Management Panel Radio Broadcasters: Building File-Based Networks Don Kelley, Greater Media Cumulus Media Gary Pelkey, Wegener Gary Kline, WFYV-FM/WMXQ-FM Eric Wiler, Jones Radio Network .................................................................. 23 David Isreal, Paul Tinkle, Thunderbolt Broadcasting Company .......................................... 28 HD Audio Quality and Netcasting Greg Ogonowski, Orban/CRL, Inc. .............................................................. 24 TV News and Live Production Chairperson: Wayne Kube, Belo Corporation ................................................ 28 From ITM to ITWOM: Correcting, Completing, and Updating the Longley-Rice Irregular Terrain Model News ML-G2: Metadata for News Exchange European Broadcasting Union (EBU) ............................... 29 Sid Shumate, Givens & Bell, Inc .................................................................