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BTS AdCom
Volunteer-led, volunteer-driven. The BTS Administrative Committee meet to share ideas for Society growth.
BTS Conferences
With discounts to conferences, tutorials and Chapter workshops, membership in BTS is your ticket to effective use of your professional development resources.
BTS Volunteers
BTS has active and enthusiastic volunteers from all over the globe.
BTS Journals
BTS publishes the IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, with Special Issues on cutting edge technologies, and the BTS Newsletter, both included are in your membership
GOLD Event
BTS has over 2,000 members worldwide, and include students and young professionals. GOLD Networking events are held around the globe.
BTS Awards
Each year the BTS awards program recognizes the outstanding work of our members around the globe.
IBC
As one of the Partners of IBC, the International Broadcasting Convention, BTS has a large and busy presence.

News and Announcements

The next scheduled Bridging the Gap course will be held on 9-10 August at Fox Engineering and Operations in Los Angeles, CA. Stay tuned for registration information!!

BTS’ much-anticipated training course, Bridging the Gap, is now ready for courses. This two-day, highly interactive seminar allows engineers and technicians from a wide variety of backgrounds to gain a mutual understanding of the complex relationships that exist between media and information processing technologies.

We are still actively recruiting students and looking for organizations which are able to host class sessions in their facilities. If you are interested in attending or hosting an upcoming class, or if you would just like more information, please write to Amy Reeder at a.reeder@ieee.org.   

IEEE BTS included in IEEE Societies and Communities Blog: FoBtv http://sites.ieee.org/societies/2012/04/02/ieee-broadcast-technology-society-signs-future-of-broadcast-television-summit-joint-declaration/

Congratulations to the team for the BTS Tutorial at IBC 2011 on Evolution and Convergence of TV and Internet 
 
Chairs: Dr. Yiyan Wu and Bill Hayes   
 
Presenters:  tutorial photo 1

  • Dr. Hisakazu Katoh, head of division, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Japan
  • Dr. Klaus Illgner-Fehns, CEO, Institut für Rundfunktechnik GmbH (IRT), Germany
  • Dr. Wei Li, Research Scientist, Communications Research Centre (CRC), Canada
  • Dr. Wenjun Zhang, CTO, National Engineering and Research Centre for Digital Television, China

This session made the IBC “Top Ten” list in terms of audience numbers, which even included the keynote speaker sessions!

 

 

The IEEE 61st Annual IEEE Broadcast Symposium held on 19-21 October, 2011 was a big success!  If you didn't get there in person this year, you will soon be able to purchase the full Symposium content on demand from the archives of our virtual streamed version.   

Session Topics Include:  

  • Radio Engineering & RF Infrastructure   
  • Network Distribution
  • Mobile DTV
  • DTV Implementation
  • The Future of DTV

Plus, two tutorials, one on Connected TV and one on HD Radio. 

 

Click here for the Full program.  Visit the Symposium website to learn more!

 

 

 

The Summer 2011 issue of the BTS Newsletter is now available! 

 

 

 

 

Featured Programs

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2012 IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB)

27-29 June 2012
Seoul, Korea

REGISTER HERE

Early Registration Deadline: May 25, 2012

(April 27, 2012 for authors)


2013 IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB)

4-7 June 2013

West London, United Kingdom

Call for papers

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2012 IEEE Broadcast Symposium
17-19 October 2012
Westin Hotel, Alexandria, VA USA

CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 31 MAY 2012

Click here for the call for papers

 

2011 IEEE Virtual Broadcast Symposium still available!!!!

 Please visit :http://bts.ieee.org/broadcastsymposium/virtual 

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Featured Lecturer: Yiyan Wu

 

  • Lecture #1: DTV transmission systems
  • Lecture #2: SFN, Distributed Transmission and Cloud Transmission
  • Lecture #3: Wind Turbine Impact to UHF Band DTV Reception

 

 The BTS Distinguished Lecturer Program exists for the purpose of providing BTS Chapters with a list of quality lecturers who can potentially give talks at local chapter meetings. The program provides a means for chapters to have access to individuals who are well known educators and authors in the fields of broadcast technology to lecture at Chapter meetings. Learn more about the program.

 

The BTS IEEE GOLD (Graduates Of the Last Decade) program:

  • helps students transition to young professionals within the larger BTS -IEEE community,
  • provides opportunities for members to grow their technical and non-technical skills,
  • provides opportunities for leadership, and
  • creates your own engineering network within BTS and IEEE.
Learn more about the GOLD program, GOLD events, and the GOLD Committee.

From the BTS Video Library

IBC News provided highlights of the 2008 International Broadcast Conference (IBC) in Amsterdam. Coverage includes interviews with industry leaders and key exhibits as well as special events. IBC 2008 is co-sponsored by the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society.

View more video coverage of IBC on IEEE.tv.