[AtlSMPTE] Atlanta SMPTE Meeting Notice: Monday, July 14, 2025

[Andy Funk]

Atlanta Section
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
Next Meeting:
	Monday, July 14, 2025
	Spiced Right BBQ at 6:30 PM
	Program Starts at 7:30 PM
Program  by:
	Avid=20
Hosted by:
	WXIA-TV
Topic:
	Considerations in Designing a
	Nonlinear News Workflow
	James Frantzreb, Avid Technology, Inc.
Nonlinear news production is rapidly becoming accepted as the new industry =
standard for stations seeking to upgrade or rebuild news production =
facilities. Many major broadcasters around the world (and many smaller =
ones) have made this transition. This presentation will discuss the =
essential components and considerations in designing a reliable, cost =
effective, nonlinear shared media network for news that can improve =
production workflow, augment creative output; and generate increased =
revenue while protecting broadcasters' capital investments. Specific =
reference will be made to the design and workflow criteria on which Avid =
has based its news workflow solutions, and what has been learned from =
experience in implementing well over 100 nonlinear news installations. =
Last, useful guidelines for planning and implementation, including vendor =
interoperation, will be provided. =20
Location:
	WXIA-TV
	1611 W. Peachtree St. NE
	Atlanta, GA 30309
Map available online at the Section web site: http://atlsmpte.arfunk.com
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June 2003 Section Meeting:
On June 9th, 40 members of the Atlanta SMPTE section met at the MCSi =
facility in Norcross to listen to a presentation on the MXF standard by =
Lowell Moulton of Sony Integration. Lowell has been active in efforts to =
define and standardize the Material eXchange Format, a technology to allow =
networked distribution of AV materials. The specification is being =
developed by a consortium of users, manufacturers and other industry =
groups. Lowell provided a fairly detailed primer on the structure and uses =
of MXF.
MXF is format independent as any format of material can be mapped into the =
MXF wrapper. MXF allows for mid-transfer monitoring of header data and for =
synchronization of audio, video and data information. The promise of MXF =
is to provide a common mechanism for transporting material between ingest, =
storage, playout, logging and other devices within a networked operation, =
greatly enhancing workflow and the utility of materials.
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Upcoming Section Meetings:
Leitch will provide the program for August. Sigma Systems is tentatively =
scheduled for September.
Suggestions and volunteers for upcoming meeting locations and programs are =
welcome. Please contact Ron Caird or Dave Siegler.
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Job Opportunities:
Two job opportunities have been submitted by Mark Apton, Corporate =
Recruiter. For more information check the Atlanta SMPTE web site or please =
contact Mark at Phone: 408 241-1603, Cell: 408 910-6632, Fax: 425 =
944-8699, mapton@pacbell.net
The client firm is an exciting software development and services company =
focused on digital broadcast, post production, management and workflow =
technology for the media industry.
1. Enterprise Architect - located in Atlanta. Responsible for managing the =
full lifecycle of requirements, design, implementation, testing and =
deployment of large-scale systems for their customers. Our products are =
targeted at the Broadcast industry, and are based on standard Enterprise =
Architectures. The Enterprise Architect must be experienced in all aspects =
of the software development cycle including experience in DVB (digital =
video broadcast) over IP is a must.
2. System Engineer - located mostly in Atlanta or New York and partly in =
Bristol (on-site with client). Requires broadcast hardware experience and =
Unix (Solaris) and NT O.S. Admin., SDI, NTSE/PAL, storage, network admin. =
and man-machine interface. This is part IT and part broadcast work.
Andy Funk     afunk516@foxtv.com =20
News Operations Supervisor, FOX5 Atlanta / WAGA-TV
1551 Briarcliff Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30306  404-898-0116
KB7UV