2018 IEEE Broadcast Symposium Papers & Presentations
Tuesday, 9 October 2018
8:00AM - CONTENTIAL BREAKFAST/REGISTRATION OPENS
8:45AM - OPENING REMARKS
Disruptive Technologies in the Broadcast Space - Session Chair: Dave Siegler,, Cox Media,
9:00AM - Consumer Trends in Radio and TV, Brian Markwalter, CTA
10:00AM - BREAK
10:30AM - Using Data to regain end-to-end control of QoE out to the consumer, Ted Korte, Qligent Inc.
11:00AM - Broadcaster's Place in the Smart Speaker Ecosystem, Brian Savoie, National Association of Broadcasters
Disruptive Technologies in the Broadcast Space (continued) - Session Chair: Rafael Sotelo, Universisdad de Monetevideo
11:30AM - Implementation of ISDB-Tb LDM Broadcast system on SDR Plataform, Rafael Henrique Ignacio, School of Technology University of Campinas
12:00PM - Box Lunch: KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Poppy Crum, Chief Scientist, Dolby Laboratories
1:30PM - Electronic News Gathering Spectrum Sharing System, Mark McHenry, Shared Spectrum
2:00PM - Internet of Things for Enabling Multi Sensorial TV in Smart Home, Maurizio Murroni, University of Cagliari
Disruptive Technologies in the Broadcast Space (continued) Session Chair: Wayne Pecena, Texas A&M
2:30PM -Broadcast-Broadband experience in ATSC 3.0: Proposal for gamification and complementary cameras, Rodrigo Admir, Mackenzie Presbyterian University
3:00PM - BREAK
3:30PM - 5G-Xcast-A Unified Framwork for Common Content Delivery in 5G, Athul Prasad, Nokia
4:15PM - Pirate Radio and FCC Enforcement (Slides not Available), Charles Cooper, FCC
4:45PM - CLOSING REMARKS
5:30PM- 8:30PM - EXHIBITS OPEN/WELCOME RECEPTION
Wednesday, 10 October 2018
8:00AM - CONTENTIAL BREAKFAST/REGISTRATION OPENS
8:45AM - OPENING REMARKS
ATSC 3 and UHD - Session Chair: Merrill Weiss, Merrill Weiss Group
9:00AM - Setting Yourself Up for a Sucessful ATSC 3.0 Deployment, Rich Chernock, BTS Distinguished Lecturer Chair
9:30AM - Wireless In-Band Distribution Link using LDM for SFN Transmitters and Gapfillers in ATSC 3.0 - Wireless In-Band Distribution using LDM in ATSC 3.0, Merrill Weiss, Merrill Weiss Group
10:00AM - BREAK
10:30AM - Field Comparison Tests of LDM and TDM in ATSC 3.0, Bo-mi Lim, ETRI
All Digital Radio - Session Chair: Paul Shulins, Burk Technologies
11:00AM - Facility Upgrades/All Digital AM- Facility Upgrades for Full-Time All Digital HD AM Broadcasting, Dave Kolesar, Hubbard Radio L.L.C and Mike Raide, Xperi
11:30AM - New Service Modes for HD Radio Transmission, Paul Peyla, Xperi
12:00PM - BTS/AFCCE LUNCHEON: KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Al Shuldiner, Chief of the Audio Division, FCC
All Digital Radio (continued) - Session Chair: Paul Shulins, Burk Technologies
1:30PM - PILOT All-Digital FM Field Test Project, David Layer, National Association of Broadcasters
ATSC 3 and UHD - Session Chair: James O'Neal, The Editor in Chief Broadcast Technology Society
2:00PM - 4K HDR Workflow: From Capture to Display, Pablo Espinosa and Toshiyuki Ogura
2:30PM - Extension to 4K resolution of a Parametric Model for Perceptual Video Quality Estimation, Rafael Sotelo, Universidad de Montevideo
3:00PM - BREAK
3:30PM - Planning your ATSC 3.0 Business and Deployment, Dave Siegler, Cox Media Group
Panel: Radio in the Connected Car - Session Chair: David Layer, National Association of Broadcasters
4:00PM - Radio in the Connected Car Panel, Ben Poor, Digital Radio, EBU, Joe D'Angelo and Paul Brenner, President NextRadio
4:45PM - CLOSING REMARKS
5:30PM- 8:30PM - EXHIBITS OPEN/MANUFACTORS RECEPTION
Thursday, 11 October 2018
7:30AM - CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST, REGISTRATION OPENS
8:15AM - OPENING REMARKS
Broadcast Transmission Facility Design - Session Chair: Roz Clark, Cox Media Group
8:30AM - Modern Remote Control and Monitoring for Broadcasters, Paul Shulins, Burk Technology
9:00AM - Protocols and techniques for transport reliability of FM and HD signals across IP Studio to Transmitter Links (STLs), Keyur Parikh, GatesAir
9:30AM - Designing a High Power Multi-Station FM Master Antenna, Dan Fallon, Dielectric
10:00AM - BREAK
10:30AM - High Power Directional Waveguide UHF Balanced Combiner Design for Efficient RF Filtering and Combining, Emran Amin, RFS
Next Generation TV - Session Chair: Stephen Lockwood, Hatfield & Dawson Consulting Engineers
11:00AM - Nationwide Radio Coverage Prediction and Optimization for DVB-T2 in Nepal, Subdoh Nepal, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
11:30AM - MSU NextGen Media Innovation Laboratory, Prabu David, MSU
12:00PM - BTS AWARDS LUNCH: KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Uma Jayaram, Managing Director, True VR Engineering, Intel Sports
ATSC 3 and UHD - Session Chair: Rich Chernock, Triveni Digital
2:00PM - ATSC 3.0 - WRAL's test station update/ The PHY layer - So many ModCods, so little time (aka apples vs oranges vs lemonade), Matt Brandes, WRAL-TV
2:30PM - Phoenix Project Update, Dave Folsom, Pearl
3:00PM - Dallas Project Update, Fred Baumgartner, Sinclair
4:00PM - Hacking ATSC 3.0, Wayne Pecena, Texas A&M
Panel: FM Translators and Interference - Session Chair: Glynn Walden, Consultant CBS Radio
4:30PM -FM Translator Interference Panel Discussion, Sam Wallington, Martin Doczkat, and Mike Cooney
5:00PM - CLOSING REMARKS