Shows & Conferences

BE@NAB2009

clajoie — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:40:06 GMT

I'm sure you're all as excited about the NAB Show this year as we are. Around here, we're just getting started. Check out all the ways Broadcast Engineering is bringing the NAB Show to you:

Broadcast Engineering’s Briefing Room: Check out the Briefing Room for the latest show news, company announcements and product updates straight from the companies themselves.

BETV: Watch product demonstrations, interviews and more from last year’s NAB Show, and stay tuned for more videos from this year’s show starting Monday, April 20.

BE@NAB: Let us bring NAB2009 straight to you. Beginning Monday, April 20, Broadcast Engineering writers and editors will be blogging live from the show. Come back often for daily updates providing company news, first-hand accounts, industry analyses, interviews, videos and more.

BE@NAB Live Update: Sign up for Broadcast Engineering’s Beyond the Headlines or NAB Update newsletters and receive BE@NAB Live Update. This special show edition newsletter will blast daily from Monday, April 20, to Friday, April 24. Get the latest updates from the blog, BETV and the Briefing Room all conveniently highlighted for you in one newsletter.

NAB Update: In addition to our daily show newsletter, get the latest show news from our seasonal newsletter that runs weekly through May 21.

Brad on Broadcast: Follow Broadcast Engineering editorial director Brad Dick as he navigates the sea of content leading up to NAB and keeps tabs on industry developments. Also keep an eye out for his special series on being green in a changing broadcasting landscape.

Excellence Awards: You chose them, so check out the winners of our annual Excellence Awards at NAB.

Pick Hits: Broadcast Engineering’s annual best-of-show awards will be presented at the NAB Show on Thursday, April 23. Looking to help? Click here to find out more about being a Pick Hits judge.

Broadcast Engineering Forum: You're here! Start a discussion and make your predictions for what’s going to be hot at NAB2009.

Don't forget to check back regularly April 20-24 to see all of the ways Broadcast Engineering is bringing NAB2009 to you!

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Call for Papers: Workshop in "Nanoengineering and Nanomputing Applications for Pervasive Health Environments of the Future"

samuz21 — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 08:08:23 GMT

Call for Papers: Workshop in "Nanoengineering and Nanomputing Applications for Pervasive Health Environments of the Future"

2nd International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA 2009), Corfu, Greece June 9-13, 2009

http://www.petrae.org/workshop.htm

This workshop focuses on nano-computing and nano-engineering applications and services in health and assistive environments that are based on information and communication technologies and use ambient intelligence to promote innovation and ubiquitous access to information and communication for life-long learning, higher quality of life for the elderly, and for citizens with special needs. Research in nanoscale science and engineering is about to revolutionize many fields and lead to a new technological infrastructure that will have major impact on health care, as well as areas such as biotechnology, environment, energy, transportation, and others.

Topics of Interest

We solicit contributions to the following topics:
    * Nano and biotechnologies and distributed computing
    * Nanohealth and Safety
    * Nanomachines for drug delivery and clinical applications
    * Nano-biosensor design, manufacturing and health applications
    * Nanobioelectronics and biomaterials
    * Grid computing
    * Patient biomedical and clinical diagnostics
    * Assistive environments and remote security monitoring
    * Evaluation methodologies for health applications
    * Microfabrication issues
    * Nanoscale architectures for human centered applications
    * Nanomachine drug delivery tracking
    * Minimal power grid computing and power scavenging nanosystems
    * Neural net based real-time information nanosystems
    * Intelligent nanocomputing
    * Nano-medicine
    * Low cost and rapid biometric devices
    * Computational Genomics and Proteomics
    * Interfaces, architectures and intelligence of point-of-care & personalized diagnostics

Important Dates

Paper Submission Deadline:   February 20, 2009
Paper Acceptance Notification:   March 15, 2009
Camera Ready Paper Deadline:   April 3, 2009

BE@IBC2008

clajoie — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:12:08 GMT

Broadcast Engineering was all over IBC2008 this year. Here's just a taste in case you missed it:

BE@IBC — From the show floor, Broadcast Engineering's editors and contributors blogged live, providing first-person accounts, analyses and industry updates throughout the show.
BETV — Broadcast Engineering TV also provided live coverage from the show floor, featuring product demonstrations and interviews from key industry players.
BE@IBC Live Update — If you're looking for highlights, check out Broadcast Engineering's exclusive show update newsletter, highlighting each day's blog posts, videos and related news from the Briefing Room. Click for the current issue or visit our BE@IBC page for the archive.

Thanks so much for being a part of IBC2008 with us, even if you couldn't be there. Stay tuned for continuing show coverage only from Broadcast Engineering.

Have any comments about our coverage of IBC2008? Create a new topic in our forums and let us know what you think! Or e-mail your questions/comments/concerns to editor@broadcastengineering.com.

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Summer NAMM returns to Nashville

JKontney — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:34:52 GMT

Just got back from Summer NAMM in Nashville. It was surprisingly busy, especially since the show ran back-to-back with InfoComm, causing several manufacturers to opt out. The show's focus really was on musical instruments, so there's not a whole lot of pro audio news to report. However, a few cool new products were in evidence:

Sensaphonics was showing the dB Check, a handheld level meter that actually measures A-weighted SPL reaching the ear. You just plug it in between your IEM source and any Sensaphonics custom earphones, select model and duration, and it tells you the average level AND recommended daily exposure limits on both the OSHA and NIOSH scales. Very cool.

API introduced a new line of analog signal processing gear called Arsenal Audio. Initial models include: the Arsenal R20, a two-channel mic preamp; the Arsenal R24, a two-channel, 4-band EQ; and the Arsenal V14, a 4-band EQ with parametric modeled on the classic 562.

Tascam previewed its SD-01U surround decoder, a rackmount device that accepts Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic II and DTS signals for a 5.1 surround output. It includes a measurement microphone for system alignment and onboard DSP to handle lip sync delay for plasma monitors plus 11-band EQ, delay, phase and trim for each speaker output.

Numark came out with a couple products designed to help transfer vinyl LPs into digital storage. The PT-01USB is a portable turntable that can run on battery power, while the LP 2 CD system sports a 1GB flash drive onboard. the LP 2 CD offers high-end (24-bit, 192 kHz) digitization and the ability to output archive-ready uncompressed WAV files. Both systems are supplied with appropriate software for both Mac and PC environments.

Interestingly, Abbey Road Studios (yes, THAT Abbey Road) has entered into the plug-in market with the release of its Brilliance Pack, which provides authentic emulations of vintage EMI presence EQs for both Mac and PC-based DAW systems. These plug-ins were designed using the original EMI analog schematics, retain the same operational characteristics, and are offered in TDM, RTAS, AU and VST formats.

Z Right Stuff showed a potentially useful product, the Z-Bar -- an amplifier miking bracket that replaces floor stands by suspending the microphone in front of a guitar amp. Those who regularly record or broadcast rock bands might find it useful to have a few of these in their kits. Savagely simple and effective.

I'm sure there was plenty more of interest, but I got distracted... by the stunning Moog Guitar, by the Robot Les Paul and Robot SG self-tuning guitars from Gibson, and by all the other fun and shiny toys...

Official NAB numbers are out -- NAB a success?

clajoie — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:34:49 GMT

So, the official attendance numbers have been released from the NAB and apparently attendance was down from last year. If you were keeping up with Broadcast Engineering's blog coverage, there were a few posts from editor Brad Dick that particularly mention a slight but noticeable amount of extra space when walking the aisles. Is it the economy? Are people going to other shows?

I think it's definitely both. I mean, in our extended discussion in the forum about Apple and Avid pulling out of NAB last year, one of the main reasons that everyone offered up was that the companies simply didn't find it cost-effective to have space at the show itself (but did have a presence nonetheless). Let's face it, for anyone (companies, media, your average broadcaster) these shows are expensive. In this sort of economic environment, it makes sense that companies would be carefully considering the pros and cons of going to NAB.

And in considering whether to attend NAB, I'm sure a lot of smaller niche companies chose to drop out this year in favor of another show(s) that targets their specific audience in a better way. A good example of this is UK telestrator/multiviewer provider e-mediavision.com. I met with managing director Kash Acharya on the Wednesday of NAB to talk about some of the company's new offerings. And, as I routinely do, I asked about how the company was being received at the show. He responded less than enthusiastically, because his company is looking to target the technologists and people behind the scenes, not so much the broadcasters themselves. This isn't to say that e-mediavision.com is done w/ NAB, just that the company is looking for other shows that are more niche oriented. But, he did mention the convergence of the newsroom operators, and how, soon enough, the technological lines in the newsroom are becoming blurred, which will give rise to the "dreaded" broadcast technologist......but more on that later.

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BE@NAB wrap-up

clajoie — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:02:55 GMT

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April 25, 2008

Spring Suptic April 25th, 2008

This year, Broadcast Engineering offered unprecedented coverage of the NAB Show:

NAB Update e-newsletter: We send the latest announcements from the NAB and companies to your inbox each week for 10 weeks leading up to the show and for five weeks after the show.
Broadcast Engineering TV: We captured all the action. Watch product demos, key speeches and more.
BE@NAB blog: We gave you our personal take on events and new product announcements, including more than 20 audio interviews.
Broadcast Engineering Show Portal Direct from NAB: The place to find all things NAB, pulling content from every corner of our Web site, including e-newsletters, blogs, Broadcast Engineering TV, The Briefing Room and more.
Pick Hits: Our independent judges scoured the show floor the best and brightest of the new offerings at the show and selected 40 winners.
Broadcast Engineering Excellence Awards: Winners of our annual competition were honored at an awards ceremony on the show floor.
The Briefing Room: Get the company’s official press release on new products that they released during NAB season.
IPTV Pavilion: Here exhibitors showcased their latest products and services centered on content distribution and delivery. The IPTV Pavilion and it’s Web portal and e-newsletter focused on the distribution and delivery of IPTV services, uniting content and new technology to provide innovative solutions to telecom organizations.

And there’s more to come. It isn’t yet May, and I’m already looking forward to our June issue of the magazine. In it we’ll have our NAB wrap-up — filled to the brim with in depth reviews of the latest technology trends and new products announced at the show, including, of course, details on the Pick Hit winners.

IPTV@NAB

clajoie — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:17:46 GMT

In conjunction with Telephony magazine, Broadcast Engineering will be sponsoring the IPTV Pavilion at NAB2008! Stop by and check us out. Leading up to the show we'll be producing a series of newsletters dedicated to IPTV as well hosting a microsite that will be your one-stop resource for IPTV@NAB news, product information, commentary, podcasts and more! Check it out here, and we hope to see you at NAB2008.

Apple pulls out of this years NAB

kobiashi_maru — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:19:05 GMT

There is going to be a lot of empty space on the Lower South location.

The good stuff at NAB

paulthurston — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:01:04 GMT

One of the things that fascinates me of the NAB convention is where people eat. I’ve always been amazed as to how certain engineers now exactly where to go to get good, cheap, tasty food while many pay for bad, expensive, uninviting food. When Chileans, find a fine spot to eat, we call that a “picada,” place. A place that had good, cheap and tasty food. On your trips to NAB, have you found any “Picadas?”