SMPTE and VSF 2008 Joint Conference (VidTrans) Presentations

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Monday, February 11, 2008

IPTV to-the-home - Network and Metadata Challenges, Case Studies, and Solutions
Monday Morning Session

• Content descriptors, metadata handling and wrapper technologies: advancements and case studies (pdf, 622k)
  Andrea Basso & David Gibbon, AT&T Labs - Research
  
  
• IP/MPLS Core Network Impacts on IPTV SLAs & Quality of Experience (pdf, 926k)
  Ali C. Begen & John Evans, Cisco Systems
  
  
• Challenges and Solutions to IPTV Deployment (pdf, 3.05Mb)
  Scott Shoaf, Juniper Networks
  
  
• Applying error repair techniques in IPTV networks (pdf, 1.04Mb)
  Anna Wielosz, Cisco Systems
  
  
• Measuring QoE for Video Services (pdf, 2.26Mb)
  Stefan Winkler, Symmetricom
  
  
• National Geographic Channel HD File-based Migration (pdf, 597k)
  Greg Larvenz, National Geographic Channel
  Janet Gardner, Perspective Media Group
  
  

Compression for IPTV - New Compression Implementations to Optimize Bandwidth Usage for New Business Opportunities
Monday Afternoon Session

• Layered Motion Compensation for Moving Image Compression (pdf, 324k)
  Gary Demos
  
  
• The JPEG 2000 standard: Bitrates Achieved in Lossless, Visually Lossless, and Just Perceivable Loss Levels (pdf, 1.6Mb)
  Chin Chye Koh, Video Products Group, Inc.
  
  
• H.264 Video Compression for Broadcast Contribution and Distribution (pdf, 773k)
  Ian Trow, Thomson
  
  
• On the use of MPEG-4 AVC in the Contribution Market (pdf, 1.61Mb)
  Ali Jerbi, Scientific Atlanta
  
  
• New MPEG-AVC/H.264 Profiles for Professional and High Quality Video Applications (pdf, 289k)
  Haoping Yu, Thomson
  
  
• The Need for HD Transcoding - An Overview and Implementation (pdf, 8.12Mb)
  Tim Simerly, Texas Instruments
  
  

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Infrastructure Considerations for Next Generation Media
Tuesday Morning Session

• Managing Physical and Digital Assets for Unified Distribution Workflows (pdf, 1.45Mb)
  Ron Peeters, Xytech Systems Corporation
  
  
• High Speed File Delivery Services Supporting Guaranteed Delivery Times and Differentiated Service Levels (pdf, 827k)
  Michelle C. Munson, Aspera
  
  
• Advanced Standardized Solutions for Digital Media Delivery (pdf, 435k)
  Michael Luby, Digital Fountain, Inc.
  
  
• Video over Internet Challenges (pdf, 1.84Mb)
  Tim Heiner, Streambox
  
  
• Ensuring Superior QoS and QoE in IPTV (pdf, 1.45Mb)
  Dennis Kucera, Tektronix, Inc.
  
  

Broadcast Integration Challenges in a Digital World - Audio/Video Synchronization and Workflows
Tuesday Afternoon Session

• IPTV Video Quality Testing (pdf, 7.42Mb)
  Jack Douglass, Spirent Communications
  
  
• Video Over IP: From Contribution to Distribution - End to End IP workflow (pdf, 2.53Mb)
  Sarkis Abrahamian, Evertz
  
  
• Lip Sync: The Difficulties of Maintaining Lip Sync in Live HD/SD Broadcasts (pps, 8.93Mb)
  Rick Ackermans, Turner Entertainment Networks
  Stan Chayka, Sigma Electronics
  Mark Wasden, Direct TV
  James Hopkins, Fox Broadcasting
  Steve Lyman, Dolby Labs
  Patrick Waddell, Harmonic
  
  

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

IPTV Contribution - User Requirements, Technology and Applications
Wednesday Morning Session

• Future Proofing the Studio: How One Broadcaster is Using IP to Achieve Lasting Peace in the Format Wars (pdf, 648k)
  Wes Simpson, Media Links Inc
  
  
• Minimizing bandwidth requirements throughout the video chain through JPEG2000 video transport (pdf, 3.16Mb)
  Torkel Aamodt Thoresen, Telenor
  Helge Stephansen, T-VIPS
  
  
• Concatenation Effects of MPEG-2 and H.264 in Primary Distribution Scenarios (pdf, 1.14Mb)
  John Mailhot & Steve LoCicero, Harris Corporation
  
  
• Peer-to-Peer for professional content distribution. (pdf, 3Mb)
  Mary-Luc Champel, Thomson
  
  
• From Creation to Consumption: Delivering Video for Today's Consumer (pdf, 2.76Mb)
  Derek Smith, Level 3 Communications
  
  

IPTV Implementation - Real World Experiences
Wednesday Afternoon Session

• Internet Television in Research and Higher Ed (pdf, 1.13Mb)
  David Devereaux-Weber, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  
  
• FilmGrid: Revolutionizing Asset Management in a Film-Oriented Post-Production Environment (pdf, 9.45Mb)
  Adrian Mouat, EPCC, The University of Edinburgh
  
  
• IP Prime Delivered, Service Options & Technology (pdf, 7.71Mb)
  Scott Birdwell, SES Americom
  
  
• Quality is Key in IPTV: Ensuring Video Quality of Experience & Service across the Broadcast Delivery Chain (pdf, 3.08Mb)
  Mark Podesla, Dimetis GmbH
  
  

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