WABE President Tessa Potter & Broadcast Technician Margi Chauhan
Roy Folkman, Cinesys & Greg Stewart, APTN
Rob Kowalchuk, Corney Unger & Tom Wiebe Golden West Broadcasting with Wojciech Kobylinki DEMA
WABE (Western Association of Broadcast Engineers) staged a Media Meetup in Winnipeg earlier this month where about 40 WABE friends gathered to listen to Roy Folkman from Cinesystalk about AI in Media, ahead of the WABE 2024 Convention in Edmonton in September. “If you think WABE 2024 is only for tech enthusiasts, think again,” writes President Tessa Potter in her May update. Read more here.
ATSC, the Broadcast Standards Association, will host its annual NextGen Broadcast Conferenceat the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. in mid-June. The program will focus on new opportunities for broadcasting utilizing ATSC 3.0, the next-generation broadcast standard now available to viewers in 75 markets across the U.S., 80% of viewers in South Korea and soon 66% in Jamaica. The two-day conference looking at next-gen broadcast options and devices runs Thursday, June 13 and Friday, June 14, and is open to all.
Avid is introducing a ground-breaking series of micro-certifications through a new collaboration with Post Super, an educational platform specializing in post-production. The Avid/Post Super co-branded courses and micro-certifications, crafted by industry veterans, draw upon real-world experiences and best practices. In addition to technical instruction, the certifications delve into the underlying principles and philosophies that drive effective post-production workflows, from the fundamentals of the cutting room to collaborative editing.
