— Lunch Presentation HomeTown Buffet –Clovis–
MPEG-2 vs. MPEG-4 and… The World of 3G/4G Video Transmissions
(Shaw & Peach ) — Hosted Lunch — Meet in back banquet room
Ellen Hyker, Manager of Client Relations and Services at Vislink, will be giving this months presentation at the SBE66 February meeting. Known as the former West Coast Engineer on the Sprint Nextel project, Ellen worked with over 110 stations, and a dozen independent production facilities to transition them from analog to digital in the BAS bands during the 5 year project. Formerly the Technical Manager of NBC Nightly News and the Today Show in New York, as well as the Field Operations Manager at KNBC in LA, and Director of Operations at WMAQ in Chicago, Ellen has over 30 years of broadcast experience in a variety of technical, operational and editorial roles.
Can MPEG-4 Improve your ENG News gathering?
Get on-the-air with 3G / 4G video transmissions
Since Broadcasters have started going HD, MPEG2 has been the encoding standard that’s allowed HD quality transmission from the field. Now, there is the H.264 (MPEG-4 Part 10) video compression standard which is a two-fold improvement in efficiency compared with MPEG-2. As a result, a microwave link is able to transmit high-definition video at low bit rates. The presentation will compare the MPEG2 and MPEG4 standards and show you how MPEG4 can improve ENG news gathering, especially if you’ve got multi-path problems!
Also very much on the minds of just about every broadcaster who has a news crew in the field- how to get that signal back with having to build another $100K receive site…..enter the world of 3G/4G video transmission. Using broadband cards and backpacks or “lunch buckets,” these wireless transmission platforms can get you on the air, even when you’re away from your primary site, or perhaps blocked by buildings or other obstructions. The new Vislink “Airstream” will be the buzz at the NAB. Hear about it now, before its release, and find out more about this type of transmission opportunity.
