The D-Eng Transition: Migrating Eng From Analog To Digital


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  • Date & time: Thursday, 27 Oct 2005
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    A recent FCC ruling directed Sprint Nextel Corp. to pay for new equipment that TV broadcast stations will need for digital electronic news gathering (D-ENG). In exchange, at the end of the project in 2007, the stations will vacate the 2-gigahertz Broadcast Auxiliary Spectrum (BAS), which will be used by Sprint Nextel and others for next-generation wireless services. Broadcasters are currently using the BAS spectrum for analog electronic news gathering and for fixed microwave links. The BAS transition from broadcast to "telco" will play an important role in the creation of an all-digital universe.

    Sprint Nextel has hired SignaSys to provide technical training for the 2-GHz BAS relocation. This joint SMPTE/SBE meeting offers the public its first sneak-preview of this important project. The SignaSys experts will cover the migration from analog to digital ENG, digital modulation and key elements of COFDM, a review of MPEG compression principles, and the "Practical Ps": Paths, Payloads, and Presets.

    Find more information about the 2GHz BAS Relocation Project at: www.signasys.com/featured_project_nextel.php and www.2GHzrelocation.com/plugin/template/broadcast1/Welcome

    See you at KCSM!

    SPEAKER BIOS:
    David Otey most recently served as Frequency Coordination Director (National Office Staff), Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE), and has helped television and radio station group owners move through the maze of technical issues and regulatory changes that have often confronted them. He has worked in communications technology management for more than 15 years after a career as chief engineer at several TV stations.

    An accomplished broadcast and cable-television technical operations manager, Ben Kretchmar most recently served as Director of Technical Operations at the National Geographic Channel. His work as chief engineer at several Gannett TV stations led to his receiving two Emmy nominations for live news coverage at group member KUSA in Denver.

    Welcome:
    SMPTEsf  welcomes members and friends to attend without charge. Reservations are not required for this meeting.

    Location:

    KCSM-TV
    College of San Mateo
    1700 W. Hillsdale Blvd. at SR-92
    San Mateo, CA 94402-3757
    easy access from both I-280 and US-101
    Parking - use lot 19 and print this link, place on dash board as a free parking permit
     



     

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