Annie Chang, who has been a SMPTE Fellow for a couple of years, talks about what it means to her to be a Fellow, as well as her experience with the organization since getting involved in SMPTE.… Continue Reading

Rohde & Schwarz was at SMPTE showing its newest update, Clipster 6.7. Also new is SpycerNode, their new storage offering – it’s scalable and targets broadcast and post.… Continue Reading

At SMPTE this year, Ross’ founder John Ross was presented with a President’s Proclamation Award during the Conference. To celebrate they brought one of their first production switchers to the show – it was on the air for 41 years before retiring.… Continue Reading

HBO’s Marc Zorn, who was on the SMPTE Conference program committee, talks to us about cybersecurity and blockchain.… Continue Reading

Seth Hallen, global strategy and business development at Pixelogic, is also president of the HPA (Hollywood Professionals Association). He talks to Dayna McCallum about the benefits of the HPA and the feeling of community that it brings.… Continue Reading

The SMPTE Standards team answers the question: “What’s a Standard?” They walk us through how a standard becomes a standard.… Continue Reading

Intel’s SVP of Automated Driving Group, Doug Davis, talked about autonomous cars during his SMPTE presentation and focused on AI and what it can do.… Continue Reading

Thomas Edwards was the co-chair of SMPTE 2018’s program committee. He talks about the process of choosing which submitted papers become sessions. He also talks about his role at Fox.… Continue Reading

Rod Bogart, who has held positions at Pixar, ILM and, most recently, HBO, was at SMPTE this year to collect the Kalmus Medal. This award is given to those who try to maintain artistic intent all the way to the consumer. Bogart was one of the developers of OpenEXR, which has helped HDR workflows. Here he talks about the technology and how it developed.… Continue Reading

Siegfried Foessel is head of department for moving picture technology at Germany’s Fraunhofer IIS. He was at SMPTE chairing a session about the future of AR and VR, and how experiences can be enhanced by using LightField or volumetric capture technology… and by combining the technical and the creative.… Continue Reading

Kari Grubin helped found Women in Post and Rachel Payne is CEO of Fem Inc. Payne has held positions at many tech companies over the years, including Google. She also ran for Congress! Listen to these inspirational ladies talk about how they help support women and minorities in technology.… Continue Reading

SMPTE’s executive director Barbara Lange fills us in on SMPTE’s new strategic plan, this year’s presentations and more…… Continue Reading

Beverly Macy is an adjunct at UCLA Anderson. She tells us what blockchain is and the affect it could have on M&E.… Continue Reading

Andy Maltz, from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, dropped by to talk to us about ACES, Spectral Similarity Index, the Academy Software Foundation and more.… Continue Reading

Michel Suissa from The Studio – B&H, the sustaining sponsor for the NY chapter of SMPTE, talks about the benefits of being involved in the organization. He also talks recent trends.… Continue Reading

Past SMPTE president Wendy Aylsworth — who retired from Warner Bros. after 23 years at the studio — started out as an aerospace engineer. Here she talks about how she started with SMPTE, how she was inspired by Women in Technology speaker Rachel Payne, and what’s she is doing now.… Continue Reading