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

4-7 June 2013, West London, United Kingdom

Call for papers (deadline extended), Early registration fee extended till 10 May 2013

Please mark your calendar to attend the 2013 IEEE Broadcast Symposium to be held at the Westgate Hotel in San Diego, CA on 9-11 October 2013.   

The Symposium Committee seeks timely and relevant technical papers relating to all aspects of broadcast technology, in particular on the following topics: (new topics for 2013 shown in BOLD)

•        Digital radio and television systems: terrestrial, cable, satellite, Internet, wireless
•        Mobile DTV systems (all aspects, both transmission and reception)
•        Cellular broadcast technologies
•        Streaming delivery of broadcast content
•         Non-real time (NRT) broadcast services
•        “Second screen” technology and services
•        Technical issues associated with the termination of analog television broadcasting
•        Transmission, propagation, reception, re-distribution of broadcast signals
•        AM, FM, and TV transmitter and antenna systems
•        Tests and measurements
•        Cable & satellite interconnection with terrestrial broadcasters
•        Transport stream issues – ancillary services
•        Unlicensed device operation in TV white spaces
•       Next-gen broadcast platforms including: ATSC 3.0, FoBTV
•       Advanced technologies and systems for emerging broadcasting applications
•       Digital TV & digital radio reception issues and new technologies
•       ATSC & other broadcast standards developments
•       Broadcast spectrum issues – re-packing, sharing
•       Broadcast studio design & construction including: IT requirements for broadcast, redundancy & survivability   

Call for Tutorials: proposals for half-day tutorials are also solicited based on the topics listed above. 

Call for Panels: proposals are solicited for panels on technology, application, business, and policy-related issues and opportunities for the broadcasting industry. 

Prospective presenters are invited to submit extended abstracts of 500-1000 words by e-mail to bts@ieee.org. Please indicate that the abstract is submitted to the 2013 IEEE Broadcast Symposium, and include the corresponding author’s full name and contact information including: affiliation, address, e-mail, and phone number.  Final deadline for abstracts is 15 April 2013

Virtual Attendance Option

Again this year, the 2013 IEEE Broadcast Symposium is offering a virtual attendance option to extend its reach far beyond San Diego, California's physical venue.  The entire Syposium will be streamed live, as well as archived for on-demand viewing after the event.

While nothing can take the place of actually being there, virtual attendees can participate on their own time and at their own pace. After the Symposium, all virtual attendees and on-site participants who purchase archive access, will have full access to the on-demand content for a full year. This includes all tutorials, technical sessions, and luncheon keynotes, as well as access to all resources and on-line networking features of the virtual platform.

2012 IEEE Broadcast Symposium

Please welcome the new Distinguished Lectuers for 2013: 

Guy Bouchard: CBC/Radio Canada

Tim Carroll: Linear Acoustic

Pat Waddell: Harmonic

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 and support 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.