IBC 2013: The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) will present the session “Beyond HD: The Technology Landscape for Future Broadcasting” at IBC.

Dr Hans Hoffmann of the EBU will convene the debate on the current state of ultra-high definition television (UHDTV).

Senior figures from media companies and technology suppliers will provide a practical view of the technology systems, as well as a look at the future roadmap for UHDTV.

The session will include a review of the definition of UHD, the publication of the SMPTE UHDTV Study Group report, and lessons learned from the UHDTV work done at the 2013 Wimbledon Tennis Championship and Confederation Cup.

It will close with a panel discussion on the opportunities and barriers to full deployment of UHDTV and will feature representatives from Panasonic Europe, Samsung, Sony, Disney, the BBC, Sky Germany, Sky TV UK, and NBC Universal.

The session will take place on September 15 at 11am in room E102.

SMPTE will also showcase CamBook 3 in Amsterdam.

It has been designed to help users optimise image quality with “ease and speed”.

SMPTE said the tool helps engineers align and set up cameras to REC 709, compare and match camera makes and models, and test lenses for colorimetry and resolution.

It features a number of DSC test elements, including the CamAlign colorbar and greyscale with “SpectroGray” patented spectrophotometrically neutral grayscale, a 12-chip colorbar with four standard skin tones, resolution trumpets, and both 16:9 and 4:3 framing lines.

Additional DSC test elements include three matte reference chips — 18% grey, DSC Warm, and 90% CamWhite — as well as a DSC BackFocus Pattern, all of which SMPTE said were previously unavailable in any the organisation’s CamBooks. 

Hall 8

Stand F51f

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