Society of 
Motion Picture and Television Engineers
Atlanta Section

Section Officials

Chair
David Siegler
Turner Studios
404-885-0314
[email protected]

Secretary/Treasurer
Zandra Clarke
Turner Networks
[email protected]

Membership Chair
T.J. Scott
Thomson Multimedia
770-338-4273
[email protected]

Program Chair
Ron Caird
Miranda
770-578-0096
[email protected]


Managers

Sterling Davis �04
Cox Broadcasting
404-843-5230
[email protected]

Earl Higgins �04
AVID Broadcast
770-889-4591
[email protected]

Roger Hatcher �05
Georgia Technology Authority
404-656-2919
[email protected]

Ron Caird �05
Miranda
770-578-0096
[email protected]

Jim Edwards �05
Tektronix
[email protected]

 
Webmaster 
Andy Funk 
FOX5 News, WAGA-TV
404-898-0116
[email protected]


Internet Mailing Lists

  • Atlanta SMPTE List
              

    Members of this list receive meeting announcements and other information specifically related to the Atlanta Section of SMPTE.
            
              

  • AtlTech List
          

    This list for those in the Atlanta area interested in broadcast, television and motion picture engineering. It is a "place" online where SMPTE members interested in the SBE can learn of what they're doing, and where SBE members can learn of SMPTE activities, etc.
        


 

Next Meeting:

Monday, February 9, 2026

Food by Georgia Dome Catering at 6:30 PM
Program Starts at  7:30 PM

Hosted by:

CTG and Evertz

Location:

Georgia Dome
One Georgia Dome Dr.
Atlanta, GA
404 223-8805

Topics:

Trends in Monitoring and Plasma Displays

Orest Holyk
Product Development Manager
Evertz Microsystems Ltd.

�and�
Dan Burnett
Director of Sales
Comprehensive Technical Group, Inc.

Orest Holyk, Product Development Manager of Evertz Microsystems Ltd. Will provide an update of broadcast signal monitoring requirements from "seeing is believing" on-screen-displays to networked "monitoring by exception". Examples will be drawn from recent case studies and field reports.

Also, Dan Burnett, Director of Sales for Comprehensive Technical Group, Inc. will present a short overview on the improvements in Plasma Display technology, compliments of SONY Display Group.

Directions:

Entrance to the Georgia Dome parking lot is from
Northside Drive (US Routes 41/19 )
Just North of Martin Luther King Blvd.


PLEASE POST

Invite your Friends And Colleagues


Job Posting:

The DeKalb County school system is looking for a Chief Engineer. This is a new position for a new educational access service. Details are available online.


News of Related Organizations:

The Peach State Chapter of the Society of Broadcast Engineers web site at www.broadcast.net/~sbe5/ has  information on the activities of this related group.

The Order of the Iron Test Pattern has reorganized, with new levels of membership available such that those with as little as 15-minutes experience now qualify. The Order's Creed: "Through snow and glitches, dropouts, ghosts and now cliff-effect, we survive � undaunted." Those interested in the order can learn more at its web site.

Program Suggestions:

Is there a topic that you would like us to cover or want to present? Do you have new equipment or a facility you would like to show off?

We are always looking for hosts and presenters for our meetings. 

Please contact: 

David Siegler
Section Chair
404-885-0314
[email protected]
Ron Caird
Section Program Chair
770-578-0096
[email protected]

Section Internet Mailing List

We have a full-featured Internet mailing list for support of Section activities. List members receive meeting notices and other appropriate announcements. The list is easily administered via the web. You can subscribe, unsubscribe, and change your list options �yourself�  on the list Info Page, or view past list messages kept the list Archive.

And now there's another list that may be of interest � AtlTech � created for those in the Atlanta area interested in broadcast, television and motion picture engineering. It is a "place" online where SMPTE members interested in the SBE can learn of what they're doing, and where SBE members can learn of SMPTE activities, etc. You can subscribe, unsubscribe, and change your list options �yourself�  on the list Info Page, or view past list message kept in the list Archive.


Comments?

Send your announcements, job openings, or other information of general interest to Program Chair Ron Caird:

[email protected]
Voice:  770-578-0096
FAX: 770-578-0677

Have comments or suggestions for the Section web site? Send them to Andy Funk, [email protected] or [email protected].


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