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HDR Takes Center Stage

by Matthew Brennesholtz

On June 3rd the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers New York Chapter (SMPTE-NY) had a joint meeting with the Blue Collar Post Collective on High Dynamic Range (HDR) video, especially in terms …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Post Production| SMPTE| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Berlin Prepares for SMPTE Forum

by Tom Allen

The SMPTE Forum will take place on 7th and 8th May in Berlin, Germany. The title of this year’s event is ‘Entertainment Technology in the Internet Age: A European Perspective’. Register at http://tinyurl.com/q5ee5mo.

Putman: UltraHD Spells End of 1920 x 1080 Sets

by Tom Allen

Pete Putman of HDTV Expert has predicted that the production of ‘ordinary’ (1920 x 1080) TV screens will cease by the end of 2016/2017. Quoted in the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers’ …

AMPAS Honours SMPTE Members

by Tom Allen

Members of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) have received several Scientific and Technical Awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Oscars were presented to Larry Hornbeck …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE| Vol 22 - Issue 10

BDA Sets Out HDR Plans for Blu-ray (Corrected)

by Bob Raikes

We have corrected the story that we published last week based on some corrections received from the BDA (we removed a reference to a third HDR technology): Large Display Monitor has heard that the …

Emmy Awards for Familiar Names

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Two companies familiar to Display Daily readers won engineering Emmy Awards recently for their work on JPEG2000 (J2K), intoPIX and Barco. Each company received a Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for its work on JPEG2000 standardization and interoperability within …

Tags:Awards| Barco| JPEG2000| SMPTE| Vol 22 - Issue 03

SMPTE Kicks Off UltraHD Seminar in The UK

by Vanessa Browning

SMPTE, the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, has announced the launch of its 2015 Section Seminar series, with the topic ‘Navigating the Ultra High Definition (UHD) Ecosystem’. The seminars, which will take place …

SMPTE Asks for Help in Making Movie to Celebrate 100 Year Anniversary

by Bob Raikes

In 2016, the Society for Television and Motion Pictures (SMPTE) will celebrate 100 years as a society. A number of activities are planned including a time capsule and a movie documenting these 100 years …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| SMPTE| Vol 22 - Issue 01

Display Measurement in the Post-Phosphor Era

by Helen Vince

meBroadcast & Distribution – On November 18th, the New York chapters of SMPTE and IEEE-BTS and the Mid-Atlantic chapter of the SID held a joint meeting titled “The Calibration Conundrum – Display Measurement in …

Professional Cameras Starting to Support Video Streaming Over CAT 5/6 Cable

by Helen Vince

Content Creation – At a recent SMPTE New York Chapter meeting, three professional camera manufactures talked about their recent introductions from IBC: Sony, JVC and Panasonic (see full coverage here: part 1, part 2, …

Altera Shows Video Over IP (SMPTE 2022) Solution at IBC

by Chris Chinnock Don't Use

Connectivity – In the broadcast market, one of the key trends is the need to consider IP-based infrastructure solutions for routing of video and audio. The BNC-based SDI standard has dominated for years, but Ethernet …

SMPTE Webcasts Look to Content Delivery and Compression

by Super User

Educational webcasts will be run by the SMPTE through the end of November, including one by our own Pete Putman! The subject will be ‘Next Generation Display Interfaces’ (30th November, 5pm UTC), examining the …