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SYMPOSIUM RECORD
Programme Production Sessions
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Thursday, June 12AFTERNOON 15 00 - 17 30
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Video Servers - the Death of Tape?Chairman Jurgen Brommelhoff,
Philips BTS, USAVice Chairman Dan Mircea, Romanian TV, R
The first video servers were proposed to the market a few years
ago Today the penetration rate is gro¬wing and several authors have
announced the death of tape Is it true ~> This session will give
authorsfrom the users' side, and the tape and video service
industry, an opportunity to disclose the current sta¬tus and future
developments in their respective areas
1) Servers and Tape - Living in HarmonySpeaker: John Ive, Sony,
U K
2) Integrating Tape and Disk Storage TechnologiesSpeaker:
Michael Guess, Odetics, USA
3) Trends in Disk Technology .Speaker: Ken Osterberg, Seagate,
USA
4) A Server-Based Architecture for Television CentreSpeaker:
Eric Serre, Thomson, F
5) Video Server Architecture and Design Tradeoffs
Speaker: Martin Fry, Philips, USA
6) Video Server and Tape Archive Based Operation at KGO-TV in
San FranciscoSpeaker: Jeff Young, Philips BTS, USA
Supporting Papers:- Video Disk Technology Thomas
R Goldberg, Pluto Technologies, USA- Servers Changing the Role
of Tape
Jeff Stewart, Quantel, U K- What are the Tape Improvement Limits
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Marian Lipiec, National Radio Communications Agency, PL-
Compressed Video File Transfer for Professional Broadcasting
Charlie Bernstein, Philips BTS, USAUB/T|Q Hannover
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Post Production Revolution - Hardware Issues
Chairman Hans Heber, ZDF, DVice Chairman John Ive, Sony, U K
We are now making a multi-phased transition in post production
technology from specific hardware-based products to general purpose
computer-based video processing The rate of this transition will
belargely determined by the growth in processing power, and the
reduction in price and size of video pro¬cessing equipment
Computer-based processing is both inevitable and an opportunity
However, thecapacity and the functionality of the equipment may be
over-estimated for some applications and wemust avoid "technology
for technology's sake' Speakers will propose benchmarks for
selecting the opti¬mal system solution A comparison will be made
between a highly optimised "traditional" and the upco¬ming "new
generation" general purpose platform approaches The viewpoints of
manufacturers andend-users will be contrasted
1) Questions about Dedicated/Standard Hardware Approach in Post
Production 83Speaker: Fabnce Moisan, Thomson, F
2) Practical Design Issues for On-line Non-Linear Editing
Systems 88Speaker: Steve Owen, Quantel, U K
3) Integrated Hardware in Non-Linear Editing Systems 94Speaker:
Pete Challmger, Scitex, USA
4) Hardware to Free the Software Bottleneck 100Speaker: Jay
Flora Pluto Technologies, USA
5) Interdigital Hardware Architecture Ends Format Wars
106Speaker: Matthias Zahn, Fast Multimedia, D
6) Deadline Decisions Editing Systems for News 117Speaker:
Norman Rouse, Sony, U K
7) Over-the-Top The Movie-2 Digital AudioA/ideo Expansion Bus
121Speaker. Janet Matey, Matrox, CDN
8) As you like it, when you like it The Marriage of Hardware and
Workstation 130Speaker: M C Patel, Discreet Logic, U K
Supporting Papers:- Monitoring for Multi-Channel Sound 133
Terry Nelson, Studio Equipment, CH- Development of Digital
Production Switcher for Various Video Signal Formats 137
H Tagami et al, NEC Corporation, J- Digital S Video Compression,
Recording and Interfaces 141
Neil Neubert et al, JVC, J- DVCPRO - The Digital Broadcast
Station System for Today and Tomorrow 154
Masataka Higuchi et al, Matsushita, J/Panasonic, USAAJ K
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The Race in Newsgathering - Faster, Simpler, CheaperChairman
Bernard Tichit, Thomson, FVice Chairman Charles Dages, Warner,
USA
News is a major issue for most broadcasters This information
must be prepared and ready to be "aired"as soon as possible after
the event wherever it takes place in the world Many new tools have
been pro¬posed to the market for capturing, post producing and
transmitting back to the main station using satel¬lites, microwaves
or cable networks Users and manufacturers will exchange their
opinions on this sub¬ject
1) Delivering the News 159Speaker: Jeff Davies, Sony, U K
2) A Multi-Variety Approach to Newsroom Automation at CNN World
Headquarters 166Speaker: Gordon Castle CNN, USA
3) Resolving the Practical Issues 176Speaker: Ted Taylor, ITN, U
K
Round Table Discussion
Chairman Charles Dages, Warner, USAParticipants Bernard Tichit,
Thomson, F
Jeff Davies, Sony, U KCindy Patrick, CNN, USATed Taylor, ITN, U
KAdrian Dabell Panasonic U K
Seth Haborman, Montage Group, USAAdrian Scott, Avid, USATom
Wragg, BBC, U K
Supporting Papers:- Gear ofOptical Disc Camcorder and Recorder
will Dawn
the New Age of ENG, Forwarding Non-Linear 185Shoichi Nakamura
NHK, J
- A Truly Hybrid Approach to News - with Betacam SX 192Richard
Avis, Sony, U K
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Friday, June 13MORNING 10 00 - 12 30 PETIT PALAIS (Room A1)
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Post Production Revolution - Software Issues
Chairman Mark Sanders, Pinnacle, USAWee Chairman Bernard
Pauchon, Cognacq-Jay Images, r
Software-based products, with their supporting technologies, can
now match and even exceed the per¬formance of dedicated hardware
designed for editing, compositing and graphics generation The
per¬formance/price ratio of software based systems is advancing
dramatically as the speed and capabilitiesof standard computer
platforms improve These systems enjoy the advantages of open
architecture,upgradability and scalability This session will
highlight recent advances in software-based post produc¬tion
tools
1) Media Data Architecture for Video Production Systems and
Workstations 213Speaker: Stevan Vigneaux, Avid, USA
2) The Digital Video Open Systems Market 202Speaker: David
Edwards, Macromedia, USA
3) Post Production Revolution - Software Issues 207
Speaker: Ryan Pring, Pluto Technologies, USA
4) Switching Uncompressed, Packetized Video Faster than
RealtimeSpeaker. Marc D Friedmann Pnsa Networks, USA
5) Network-Based Cooperative TV Programme Production System
225Speaker: Hideki Sumiyoshi, NHK, J
Supporting Paper:- Automatic Scene Separation and Tree Structure
GUI for Non-Linear Video Editing Systems 237
Kazuhito Yaegashi, Hitachi, J
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Digital SDTV/HDTV Production OriginationChairman Hans-Peter
Richter, Philips BTS, DVice Chair Janet West, Sony, U K
Film, Video-Camera and Graphics-Workstationare three major
resources of Production Origination Eachtechnology has its own
strength in some applications This session complements the two on
"Post Pro¬duction Revolution" in terms of specialised acquisition
systems A hot subject, such as "Electronic Cine¬matography", will
feature in this session
1) Electronic Film Production the Subject and the Project
241(EUREKA ADDT2 - Application Group 1)
Speaker: Jean-Francois Marco, ADTT/AG1, F
2) 4x3, 16x9 Two Aspect Ratios, One POV 248Speaker: Randall
Dark, HD Vision, USA
3) Extraction, Recording and Application of Video Programme
ProductionProduced Parameter 252
Speaker: Du Baichuan, Academy of Broadcasting Science, CN
4) HDTV Manipulation with Graphics Workstations . . 260Speaker:
John Spencer, Silicon Graphics, USA
5) A Super Slow Motion System as used in the Atlanta Olympic
Games 261Speaker: Masataka Higuchi, Panasonic, J
6) Multi-Application 12-Bit Digital Processing Cameras for the
Next Millenium 262Speaker: Jean-Pierre Lacoste, Thomson, F
7) Digital HD Production and Post Production in a Film
Environment 268Speaker: Robert Hopkins, Sony Pictures HD Centre,
USA
Supporting Papers:- HDTV to/from Four D1 Image Converter 269
Hartmut Ernst, VidiSys, D- HDTV/Film Performance Comparison
273
Henry Mahler, CBS, USA- Television Picture Resolution Comparison
of Digital 525 Television (NTSC) vs Digital HDTV 295
Henry Mahler, CBS, USA- Advantages and Benefits of a Digital
Studio Quality TV Camera? 313
Mohamed Marey, Philips BTS, D- 525-line Progressive Scan
Interface Standard and Production Equipment 319
Akihiro Hon, NTV, J
PROGRAMME PRODUCTION SESSIONS 5
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Friday, June 13AFTERNOON 1 5.00 -17 30 PETIT PALAIS (Room
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The Digital Playout Facility - Today's Architectureand
Realisation
Chairman: Robert Plummer, DirecTV, USA
Vice Chairman: Graham Stephens, All Asia Broadcast Centre,
MAL
New digital playout facilities will have to handle hundreds of
programmes. From the source equipmentto the transmitters and
transponders, many processing steps are needed. Video and audio are
only twoof the data types; with transmission of so many programmes,
several other data types need to be pro¬cessed and inserted into
the transport stream, mis information is necessary for decoders to
automati¬cally deliver the requested programmes and allow for
conditional access, programme guides and multi¬media data
delivery.
1) Challenges in the Compressed Production Studio 336Speaker:
David Birks, Sarnoff, USA
2) South America Regional Broadcast Centres 342Speaker: Lejandro
Ledezma, Venevision, Venezuela
3) The Measat Broadcast Network Conceptual Design &
Implementation 343Speakers: Daniel RadkeAA/inston Hugh Wright,
Worldwide Satellite Broadcasting Inc., USA
Round Table Discussion
Chairman: Graham Stephens, All Asia Broadcast Centre,
MALParticipants: Robert Plummer, DirecTV, USA
David Birks, Sarnoff, USALejandro Ledezma, Venevision,
VenezuelaDaniel Radke, Winston Hugh Wright, Worldwide Satellite
Broadcasting Inc., USARaymond Lowe, Applied Technology Group,
USADavid King. BBC, U.K.
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Saturday, June 14
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Authoring for DVD Production
Chairman Kenneth Williams, Sony Pictures, USAWee Chairman
Yoshmao Tsutsumi, Toshiba, J
DVD may simply be thought to be an important media for future
entertainment and not related tohigh-end post production However,
the technology involved in its authoring is very much related to
postproduction and, in fact, creates new requirements Important
issues related to source materials, imageand sound processing,
encryption and copy protection, as well as new media applications,
will be pre¬sented and discussed by a group of experts
1) DVD Authoring 354Speaker: Koos Middeljans, Philips, NL
2) The Prototypical DVD Authoring Facility 371Speaker: Kevin
Gage, Warner, USA
3) Multiplexing in DVD Authoring 375Speaker: Katsumi Tanara,
Sony, J
4) Hybrid DVD - Multimedia Authoring 393Speaker: Masato Otsuka,
Daikin, U S Comtec Laboratories, USA
Round Table Discussion
Chairman Yoshmao Tsutsumi, Toshiba, J
Participants Kenneth Williams, Sony Pictures, USAPanos
Nasiopoulos, Professor, University of British Columbia, CDNHisashi
Yamada, Toshiba, JKirk Paulsen, Sonic Solutions, USAJoe Nardone,
Intel, USA
Supporting Paper:- Premastenng in the Age of DVD 397
Marc Ely, Sonic Solutions, USA
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Saturday, June 14MORNING 10.00 - 12.30 PETIT PALAIS (Room
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Digital Communication for Post Production Networks
Chairman: Horst Hessenmuller, Deutsche Telekom, D
Wee Chairman: David Fibush, Tektronix, USA
The introduction of packetized video inside the studio is
growing, starting from a single piece of equip¬ment to a complete
system where the computerised systems are interconnected using a
separated net¬work. Many proposals have been made based upon
well-known computer or telecommunication indus¬try networks. The
television industry had, in the past, its own approach to this
problem; a real time syn¬chronous network.What precisely are the
proposals of the industry related to the exact needs of the users
and what are theanswers of the standardisation bodies? This session
will bring together the different actors.
1) Current Status for Digital Communication in Post Production
Applications(Inter- and Intra-Studio) 430
Speaker: Hugo Gaggioni, Sony, USA
2) Harmonisation of Standards for the Exchange of Programmes as
PacketisedBit-Streams -The Activities of the EBU-SMPTE Task Force
434
Speaker: David Bradshaw, BBC, U.K.
3) Modern Digital Technologies for National and International
Wide AreaPost Production Networks (ATM) 441
Speaker: Ulf Assmus, Deutsche Telekom, D
Round Table DiscussionChairman: David Fibush, Tektronix,
USAParticipants: Horst Hessenmuller, Deutsche Telekom, USA
Hugo Gaggioni, Sony, USADavid Bradshaw, BBC, U.K.Ulf Assmus,
Deutsche Telekom, DDave Bancroft, Philips BTS, U.K.Laurent Boch,
RAI, IL. Gignoux, Thomson, FBob Edge, Tektronix, USAHorst
Schachlbauer, IRT, D
Supporting Paper:- Installation of Optical Video/Audio Signal
Distribution Network of Fuji
Television's New Broadcast Centre 448C. Kamise, S. Ando, Fuji
Television Inc., JT. Shiozawa et al., NEC Corporation, J
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Saturday, June 14AFTERNOON 15.00 -17.30 CITE CENTRE (Room D)
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Virtual Studio or Stage: Practical Experiences
Chairman: Francis Hericourt, France 2, FVice Chairman: Max
Rotthaler, IRT, D
To reduce the cost of operation several production houses or
broadcasters have introduced virtual stu¬dios, computer-based as a
common tool to produce the background scenes for their programmes.
Thisnew technology must give the viewers the same impression as
traditional sets. This requires multiplecameras shooting with
motion, transition, special lighting, shadows, etc. This session
will present expe¬riences of several users. It will be followed by
a round table which opens the discussion with manufac¬turers and
maybe with traditional users. The economic point of view will be
included.
Virtual Studio Apply in a Disney Serial TV Programme Production
ProcessSpeaker 1: Nicolas Reoutsky, Virtual Center, F 453
Virtual Sets for Election Night 1996Speaker 2: Steve Jacobs, CBS
News, USA 457
Speaker 3: Peter Krieg, High Tech Center, D 462
Round Table Discussion
The Real Plus of Virtual Sets
Chairman: Max Rotthaler, IRT, D
Participants: Francis Hericourt, France 2, FNicolas Reoutsky,
Virtual Center, FSteve Jacobs, CBS News, USAPeter Krieg, High Tech
Center, DGerard Bonnet, Discreet Logic, FJames Eddershaw, Radamec,
U.K.Paul Hansil, Accom, USAIsaac Schwarzenberg, RT Set, ILMiky
Tamir, Orad, IL
Supporting Paper:- Virtual Set - Fusion of Technologies 463
Miky Tamir, Orad, IL
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Saturday, June 14
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Trans-Processing for the Digital Age
Chairman Christophe Joanblanq, CCETT, FVice Chairman Riyadh K
Najm Ministry of Information, Saudi Arabia
With the development of digital transmission, the number of
programmes available to the viewers hasdrastically increased The
digital decoder at the consumer end receives programmes originated
from dif¬ferent providers who may have chosen different and
incompatible techniques for transmission networks,signalling,
conditional access and interactive engines As a result, a number of
"transprocessmg" solu¬tions have to be deployed in the networks in
order to ensure a transparent and equal quality of serviceto the
consumerwhen zapping from one programme to another This session
will present the latest deve¬lopments in transprocessmg
1) How to Put Incompatible Satellite Bouquets onto the Same
Cable Networkthe Point of View of a Cable Operator 468
Speaker: Finn Pedersen, Tele Danmark, DK
2) Transmodulation, Transmultiplexing and Trans-Signalling of
Digital SignalsOperational Solutions and the Way Forward 470
Speaker: Olaf Bungum Tandberg, N
3) Interoperability between Access Control Systemsa Panorama of
the Potential Solutions 479
Speaker: Jean-Pierre Vigane, France-Telecom/CNET/DSM, F
4) Interoperability between Different Interactive
EnginesProblems and Ways of Solutions 484
Speaker: Jan van der Meer, Philips Sound and Vision, NL
Round Table Discussion
Chairman Riyadh K Najm, Ministry of Information Saudi
ArabiaParticipants Christophe Joanblanq, CCETT, F
Finn Pedersen, Tele Danmark, DKOlaf Bungum, Tandberg,
NJean-Pierre Vigane, France-Telecom/CNET/DSM, FJan van der Meer,
Philips, NLPeter Poll it, TCE USA
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Monday, June 16AFTERNOON 15.00 -JI730 PETIT PALAIS (Room Al)
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Digital Image Tools for Multimedia and Television
Chairman: Christian Lurin, Kodak, FVice Chairman: Shin Ohno,
Sony, J
A rapid evolution is occurring today in still image technology
in terms of the "Digital Camera", Stillimages have been used
forTefevision production almost since its beginning. The recent
technologies andproducts will be presented in the light of
acquisition, post-processing, distribution via various networkssuch
as the Internet and printing for the purpose of high quality
TV-Production applications,
1) Digital Still Cameras as New Imaging Tool for Video and
Multimedia Applications ... 512Speaker: Shin Ohno, Sony, J
2) A Future in Hybrid Imaging 485Speaker: Christian Lurin,
Kodak, F
3) Kodak Telecine Tool Kit - A Toolbox for Electronic Transfer
520
Speaker: Christian Lurin, Kodak, F
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Tuesday, June 17MORNING 10.00 -12.30 PETIT PALAIS (Room A2)
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Continuity and Fully Automated,dec'Unmanned" Broadcast
Station
Chairman: Heinz Tschappat, SRG/SSR, CHVice Chairman: Abdel
Tohami, Egyptian TV, Egypt
Most broadcasters disclose their programme content several weeks
in advance. The published pro¬gramme is then translated into a
transmission list which contains every event which has to be
broadcast.This list contains live and pre-recorded programmes as
well as commercials, promotions, etc. All pro¬grammes must be
linked to each other with an accurate timing. All equipment,
including the back-upone, contributing to the signal must be
controlled by an automation system. The consequences on
theoperational conditions are important and this session will
discuss these various aspects.
1) Automation: The Necessary Cultural Change 560Speaker: Barry
Goldsmith, Drake Automation, U.K.
2) Automated Digital Broadcast Systems Provide New Opportunitie
564Speaker: Uwe Ritter, Philips BTS, D
3) Multi-Channel Transmission System FlexSys 565Speaker: Anthony
Bellamy, Sony, U.K.
4) Computer Archive, New Tool for Continuity Suites 572Speaker:
Jean-Michel Seigneur, Louth Automation, F
5) Czech TV and Master Control Automation 576Speaker: Pavel
Potuzak, Aveco, CZ
6) Total Station Automation 582Speaker: James Murphy, Alamar,
USA
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Archives - The Challenge to Retrieve Your Assets
Chairman: Jurgen Heitmann, Philips BTS +SMPTE, DWee Chairman:
Horst Schachlbauer, IRT, D
Broadcasters face the problem of building and sustaining ever
larger archives of audio-visual content.Content must be stored,
accessed and retrieved rapidly and reliably for production, post
production ordistribution. Speakers will describe new concepts, the
architecture of audio-visual libraries, emphasisingthe need for
reliability, economy and speed of operation.
1) Digital Library: A Kernel Design for the Studio Environment
597
Speaker: Charles L. Dages, Warner, USA
2) Present Status and Perspective of NHK Audio-Visual Archives
606
Speaker: Shoichi Nakamura, NHK, J
3) From a Wide Range of Analogue Video Formats to Robotic Store
and DigitalServer for Remote Accessto the Audio-Visual Content
607
Speaker: Denis Frambourt, INA, F
Round Table DiscussionChairman: Horst Schachlbauer, IRT, D
Participants: Jurgen Heitmann, Philips BTS, DCharles L. Dages,
Warner, USAShoichi Nakamura, NHK, JDenis Frambourt, INA, FOswald J.
Verbeij, Philips Research, NLPaul W. Kelly, Pioneer, U.K.Jonathan
Banks, RTI, USA
Dave MacCarn, WGBH Educational Foundation
Supporting Papers:- A Hybrid Disc-Based Storage Solution for
Broadcast Archives 612
Paul W. Kelly, Pioneer, U.K.- Toward a Universal Data Format for
the Preservation of Media 619
Dave MacCarn, WGBH Educational Foundation, USA
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