VidTrans 98
Conference Program
The conference program for VidTranS 98 built on the conference theme: "Video
Telecommunications in the Era of Digital Television."
Television and telecommunications industry speakers examined the changes that the FCC's
DTV mandate is having on various segments of the video transport services marketplace.
The conference examined changing industry practices, the resulting demand for new
services, and the technologies that will underlie these services.
Sunday, 4 October 1998 |
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| 7:00 - 9:30 PM |
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Welcome Reception |
Monday, 5 October 1998 |
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| 8:00 |
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Call to Order & Announcements Matt Peterson, President, SWI |
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| 8:10 |
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Introduction of VSF board, officers, members & VidTranS exhibitors Matt Peterson, President, SWI |
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| 8:25 |
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Welcome Brendan Smith, President, Video Services Forum |
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| 8:35 |
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1A-1 Keynote Address Joel Brinkley, Author, Defining Vision: The Battle for the Future of Television Washington Correspondent, New York Times |
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| 9:15 |
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1A-2 New Standards for Studio Operations - New Opportunities for Video Services S. Merrill Weiss, Senior Partner, Merrill Weiss Group |
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| 9:45 |
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Break |
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| 10:00 |
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1A-3 HDTV Transport via ATM - A Case Study Fred Huffman, Senior Engineer, MCI Worldcom |
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| 10:30 |
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HDTV Video Feed |
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| 10:50 |
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1A-4 View from the Satellite Industry Wes Hanemayer, Vice President of Satellite Operations, Vyvx |
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| 11:20 |
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1A-5 Video Internetworking for Broadcasters Robert Oddo, Consulting Engineer, Cisco Systems |
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| 11:50 |
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Wrap-up & announcements Matt Peterson, President, SWI |
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| 12:00 |
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Conference Lunch |
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| 1:15 |
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1P-1 Defining Quality of Compressed Digital Video Services David Fibush, Program Management Consultant, Tektronix |
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| 1:45 |
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1P-2 Routing & Control Issues in Metropolitan Switched Video Networks Rick Clarkson, Transmission Product Line Manager, Artel Video Systems |
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| 2:15 |
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1P-3 Implications of Network Impairments on MPEG Transport Alex Leyn, Senior Hardware Engineer, PixStream |
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| 2:45 |
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Break |
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| 3:00 |
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1P-4 Management and Development of Video Network Management and Control Greg Davey, Broadband Technology Development Manager, Bell Canada |
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| 3:30 |
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1P-5 Testing TV Transport Services over ATM Alan Schoenberg, National Sales Manager, ECI Telecom, Inc. |
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| 4:00 |
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Announcements & Next Day Review Matt Peterson, President, SWI |
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| 4:10 |
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Adjourn |
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Exhibit Hours 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
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Tuesday, 6 October 1998 |
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| 8:00 |
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Call to Order & Announcements Matt Peterson, President, SWI |
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| 8:05 |
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2A-1 Keynote Address Richard E. Wiley, Senior Partner, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, and Former FCC Chairman |
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| 8:45 |
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2A-2 Challenges to Implementing DTV Peter Dare, Senior Vice President, Sony Electronics, Inc. |
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| 9:15 |
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2A-3 MPEG Basics: Video, Transport and Service Information Mark Schaffer, Senior Systems Engineering Manager, NDS Americas |
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| 9:45 |
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Break |
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| 10:00 |
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2A-4 End-to-End Video Transmissions Solutions over Hybrid Networks Francois Gariepy, Chief Technology Officer, Jazz Media Network |
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| 10:30 |
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2A-5 Studio-Transmission Links for DTV Jim Durant, Application Specialist, BARCO Communication Systems |
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| 11:00 |
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2A-6 Panel: Views from the Users Matt Peterson, President, Scenic Wonders, Inc. (chair) Adam Conrad, Senior Vice President, Sky Latin America Robert Henninger, President/CEO, Henninger Media Services Brent Stranathan, Vice President-Broadcast Distribution, CBS Television Network Richard Wolf, Vice President, ABC Television Network |
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| 12:00 |
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Conference Lunch |
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| 2:30 |
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2P-1 The Future of SONET for DTV Lee Johnson, Vice President of Systems Marketing, Scientific-Atlanta |
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| 3:00 |
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2P-2 Panel: Comparing On-Network vs. Overlay Video Network Solutions for a New Era of Television Tony Lapolito, Director, Product Line Management, Artel Video Systems (chair) Tim Kraskey, Vice President, Marketing-CSD, Ascend Communications Anthony Magliocco, National Sales Manager for Broadcast & Entertainment, ECI Telecom |
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| 4:00 |
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2P-3 MPEG-2 Digital Video Transport via ATM Applications and Technologies Tom Fabian, Director of Global Broadcast Marketing & Product Development, Teleglobe |
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| 4:30 |
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Announcements & Next Day Review Matt Peterson, President, SWI |
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| 4:45 |
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Adjourn |
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Exhibit Hours 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM |
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Wednesday, 7 October 1998 |
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| 8:00 |
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Call to Order & Announcements Matt Peterson, President, SWI |
| 8:05 |
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3A-1 DTV Policy: Is the Emperor Wearing Clothes or is There a Pony in There Somewhere James Burger, Attorney, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson |
| 8:35 |
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3A-2 SMPTE 259M Video Transport on Wavelength-Divison Multiplexed Systems Andrew Osmond, Technical Director, Video Products Group |
| 9:05 |
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3A-3 Panel: Wave Division Multiplexing Steve Storozum, Vice President-Marketing & Sales, Video Products Group (chair) James Rouse, Director of Network Development, Cambrian Systems Corporation Don Sipes, Vice President of Technology, Transmission Networks 
Systems Division, Scientific-AtlantaWes Simpson, Director of Digital Video Business Unit, ADC Broadband Communications |
| 10:05 |
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Break |
| 10:20 |
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3A-4 IP-Based Multimedia Networking Using Layer 3 Switching Reed Majors, Director of Video Networking Products, Minerva Systems Marc Pfeiffer, Director of Internetworking, Newbridge Networks |
| 11:10 |
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3A-5 Filling the Gap: Video Transport Between H.320 and MPEG-2 Bandwidth David Beiko, Manager Business Development, ABL Canada, Inc. |
| 11:40 |
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Closing |
| 11:45 |
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Adjourn |
| Exhibit Hours 9 AM - 12 PM | ||
