The third annual NewsTECHForum, which gets underway today, Dec. 14, has a more digital flavor than in the past, with sessions on Targeting Millennials, Story-Centric Workflow and News Everywhere. The 2016 elections will play a big role, in a keynote interview with CBS News President David Rhodes and sessions on Augmented Reality and Covering the Races and Election Night.
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NewsTECHForum Will Shine A Spotlight On Elections, Digital And Cutting-Edge Workflows
Two years ago TVNewsCheck and SVG launched NewsTECHForum, a conference designed to give news and technology executives a break from the action to talk about the challenges specific to their sector of the television industry.
This year’s program, set to unfold today and tomorrow, Dec. 14-15, at the New York Hilton, is bigger than ever, spanning a half day Monday and a full day Tuesday. It is also more digital, with sessions on Targeting Millennials, Story-Centric Workflow and News Everywhere.
The 2016 elections loom large and NewsTECHForum will reflect that, with a keynote interview with CBS News President David Rhodes on Monday and sessions on Augmented Reality and Covering the Races, Covering Election Night on Tuesday.
Spectrum, much in the news these days, finds its way into our program in a Monday session on ENG, where speakers will address, among other issues, the Department of Defense’s desire to reclaim spectrum currently used for newsgathering in the field. Another Monday session will update executives on the government’s efforts to grab spectrum used for wireless mics, intercoms and other devices critical to broadcasting from breaking news or the sports field.
Spectrum takes center stage during Tuesday morning’s keynote address, when Anne Schelle, managing director of the Pearl TV consortium, will talk about ATSC 3.0 and other new developments that could change dramatically the way news is distributed to and monetized mobile devices.
In addition to gathering news and technology executives from the networks and station groups, NewsTECHForum also puts the news technology community in touch with 2,000 of their peers in sports production. The conference is co-located with the SVG Summit, a two-day event that attracts leaders in sports broadcasting and production and features a technology showcase with more than 60 companies participating.
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If you haven’t yet registered for NewsTECHForum 2016, please do so here.
The conversation promises to be cutting-edge.
Kathy Haley is co-founder NewsCheckMedia, which publishes TVNewsCheck, the leading source of business news for the broadcast television industry, and NetNewsCheck, reporting from the front lines of digital disruption.
Here’s the full agenda (for more details, click here):
Monday, Dec. 14
(All sessions take place in Murray Hill A and B, Second Floor)
1-1:30 p.m. — Keynote Interview: David Rhodes, CBS News president
1:30 -2:30 p.m. — News Leaders on the Issues
2:30-3:15 p.m. — ENG 2016
3:15-3:45 p.m. — Networking Break
3:45- 4:30 p.m. — White Spaces / Wireless Mics: What’s Next?
4:15-4:30 p.m. — Case Study No.1: Avid/Orad
4:30-5:15 p.m. — Multimedia News 2016 – Targeting Millennials
5:30-7 p.m. — Networking Reception at SVG Summit Exhibits
Tuesday, Dec. 15
8-9 a.m. — SVG Summit Exhibits Open/Continental Breakfast
9-9:30 a.m. — Keynote Address: Anne Schelle, Pearl TV managing director
9:30-10:15 a.m. — Virtual Sets / Augmented Reality
10:15-10:30 a.m. — Networking Break
10:30-11:15 a.m. — Election 2016 — Covering the Races, Covering Election Night
11:15-11:30 a.m. — Case Study No. 2: Wayin
11:30-12:30 p.m. — Toward a Story-Centric Workflow
12:30 – 2 p.m. — Networking Lunch
2:00 – 2:45 p.m. — Popemania, Pope TV
2:45-3 p.m. — Case Study No. 3: SeaChange International
3-3:45 p.m. — News Everywhere
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