 SECTION
MEETING
POST NAB 2008 WRAP UP - GREAT SUCCESS
- 75 members in attendance
SYDNEY, 10 June 2008 — At this year’s
annual post-NAB wrap-up evening 75 SMPTE members and soon to be
members made up an excited bunch at the Blue Elephant Restaurant
in Crows Nest. The evening turned out to be as fun as it was informative
with excellent food and more than a few laughs along the way.
The night’s proceedings began with an introduction by Sean
Glasson from the John Barry Group. Sean also delivered the first
of what was to be several debatable jokes, his first taxing the
brains of all in attendance and conjuring up images of grey elephants
in Denmark. More details can be had from Sean himself.
The organizing committee and especially Marc Van Agten and Geissa
Alonso, did an excellent job of securing a good cross section of
people from the industry representing most of the key players.
After Sean’s introduction, Spencer Preece from Sony Australia
(www.sony.com.au)
took the stage setting a very high standard of presentation for
others to follow. Spencer gave us an overview of the Sony stand
at this years’ NAB informing us that not only was it the biggest
stand at the show but arguably the most expensive. The Sony team
spent a full year and many millions of dollars creating a stand
that at one point housed over 700 Sony employees from around the
world.
Sony’s theme was HDNA and Sony United. Together with their
non-Japanese CEO, Sony set about bringing all areas of the business
together, mainly through innovation. We were told of Blu Ray drives
in Playstation 3 consoles, a successful sales conference before
the show and stand out installations such as ESPN which will be
the first 1080 60p facility in the USA. SI is clearly a big part
of Sony’s business and other recent successes in that field
include a new HD Indy 500 utilising the first ever 360-degree rotating
camera.
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It's All About Knowledge - Seminars, Workshops, Roadshows!
Following the successful SMPTE07 Conference and participation in
MITC - Media Industry Technologist Certification, the Australia
Section of SMPTE is taking a proactive position on any events which
contribute to education of members and participants in the industry
at large.
If you're running a seminar, workshop, or roadshow which is technology-focused,
and it's open to everyone who applies, let us know: we will help
you publicise it by mentioning it on this site. Drop a line to seminars@smpte.org.au
and let's talk.
Sony HDNA 2008 Broadcast & Production Roadshow
- Experience the latest in HD Production Technology
As HD Production technologies converge with IT centric workflows,
now is the time to get up-to-date with Sony’s latest solutions.
Tape, Memory card, Optical disc, Hard drive... What best suits your
production needs – now and in the future? What will give you
the ultimate advantage, save you time and money and help you grow
your business?
There’s no better place to find out than at the Sony HDNA
2008 Roadshow – showcasing the very latest and most innovative
HD technologies for Broadcast & Production.
For details, click here to go to
our Conferences page.
At SMPTE07 we launched the first public phase of Media Industry
Technologist Certification, with a series of rolling presentations
and discussions.
There is plenty of detailed information available on the web (www.mitc.tv)
if you missed the presentations at the SMPTE stand in the Exhibition.
Whether you’re in Radio, Television, Film, Transmission,
New Media, Broadcast Operations, or Outside Broadcast; whether you’re
an employee or a freelancer; whether you’re a newbie or a
technology executive, you have a part to play in helping the Media
Industry in Australia stay the clever industry that we’ve
always been. MITC.
For further discussion and more detailed information, contact John
Maizels. Email: info@smpte.org.au
Tel: (02) 9813-6685 or 0412-576-888.
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