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Advance list of attendees
Attendees as at 25 April 2003
Siti Aminah, Bournemouth University
Anver Anderson, Anver Limited
Sergey Arkhipov, Russian Media Group
Tim Ayris, World Radio Network
Karen Ball, EuropeStar
Arthur Bastings, Turner Broadcasting
John Begert, Discovery Networks
Guy Bisson, Screen Digest
Shida Bolai, CCN Television
Jacquie Bond, BBC Technology
Alan Booth, BBC World Service
Douglas Boyd, University of Kentucky
Mark Brayne, BBC
Graham Brown, BBC Technology
Alistair Brown, BBC World
Danielle Burke, Bournemouth University
Mark Byford, BBC World Service & Global News
Gunda Cannon, Auf Deutsch
Karina Chabour, France Télévisions
Madhav Chinnappa, BBC News
Tien-ray Chou, Central Broadcasting System
Linden Clark, Radio New Zealand International
Clare Cockram, Candela Media
Jeff Cohen, World Radio Network
Alistair Coleman, BBC Monitoring
Dave Colfer, MTV
Brian Conniff, Executive Director
Chantal Cooke, Passion Radio
Allen Cooper, InterMedia Survey Institute
Rick Cotton, CNBC Europe
Patrick Cross, BBC World
Ioannis Crouch, Bournemouth University
Gerard Donelan, SES-Astra
Joanne Duchesne, Amnesty International
Richard Dukes, Autocue
Christophe Duplay, SES-Global
Morand Fachot, EBU
Ahmad Fawzi, United Nations Information Centre, London
Matthew Finn, Radio New Zealand
Ian Fletcher, Omnibus Systems
Yosri Fouda, al Jazeera
Trevor Francis, Quantel
Roger Gane, Ipsos-RSL
Valerie Geller, Geller Media
Simon Gillett, World Radio Network
Jim Gold, NewsXchange
Peter Gordon, VT Merlin Communications
Nik Gowing, BBC World
N Habbi Gunze, Tanzania Broadcasting Commission
Amira Halperin, Israel Television
Gordon Harold, Brendon Associates
Sue Harris,
Lee Harris,
Alan Heil,
Susan Hewitt, Tech TV
Richard Hurd, VT Merlin Communications
Eddie Iroh, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria
Dennis Israel, InterMedia Survey Institute
David Jackson, Voice of America
Janet James, Association for International Broadcasting
Edwina Jarvis, World Radio Network
Michael Jermey, ITN International
Nick Johnson, Osborne Clarke
Melanie Jones,
Tim Keeler, Association for International Broadcasting
Debbie Keeler, Association for International Broadcasting
David Keighley, Media Digest
Alasdair Kennedy, Convera
Wolfgang Klein, Dalet A.N.N
Gee Krishnan, TV Today India
Miroslav Krupicka, Director
Steve Kyte,
Jean Larin, Radio Canada International
Philip Laven, European Broadcasting Union
Mark Leonard, Foreign Policy Centre
Johan Linden, Swedish TV
Sarah Lindsay, BBC World
Jenny Liu, Bournemouth University
Nicolas Lombard, Swiss Radio International
David Lowen, International TV and Media Consulting
Göran Löwing, Radio Sweden International
Sheena MacDonald,
Jonathan Marks, Radio Netherlands
Alan Marmion, al Jazeera
Simon Marrett, The Production Show
Raymond Marshall, BBC World
Fred Martenson, BBC World Service
Lorne Mason, VT Merlin Communications
Dave McKendrick,
Chris McWhinnie, BBC Monitoring
Deidre Melvin, Bournemouth University
Nigel Milan, SBS
Oliver Mojen, German TV
Tim Molloy, IRN
Olivier Montchenu, EuroNews
George Moore, Jr, Director
Juhani Niinistö, YLE
Andy Nobbs, Teletrax
Thami Ntenteni, Channel Africa
Eamonn O’Donnell, Bournemouth University
Peter Owen, IBC
James Paton, Bournemouth University
Roch Pellerin, ESPN Classic Sport
Jacquie Penfound, MTV
Reinhard Penzel, Sony BPE
Carl Perry, BBC Technology
Aidan Prendergast, BBC Technology
Jonathan Richards,
Ian Ritchie, APTN
Erica Rowe, BBC World
Alison Rust, BBC World
Daniel Sandelson, Clifford Chance
Joanne Sawicki, Joanne Sawicki Media
Stephan Schindler, SGI
Adrian Scott, Bakewell House Consultancy
Jaz Sehmi, Candela Media
Amy Selwyn, BBC News
Mike Severyn, TSI Systems
Mike Slocombe, Urban75.com
Elizabeth Smith, Commonwealth Broadcasting Association
Simon Spanswick, Association for International Broadcasting
Anne Sseruwagi, Radio Sweden International
Kerry Stevenson, Association for International Broadcasting
Anne-Marie Swift, AP ENPS
Ted Taylor, Panasonic Broadcast
Rick Thompson, T-Media
Rick Thompson, T-Media
Professor Howard Tumber, City University, London
Simon Twiston-Davies, CASBAA
Craig Vermay,
Zaire Versi, RAGA Sprl
Tom Walters, Association for International Broadcasting
Tao-fang Wang, Central Broadcasting System
Neville Wheeler, Cisco Systems Limited
Lisa Whelan, EuropeStar
Colin Wilding, BBC World Service
Lesley Wilson, PanAmSat Europe Limited
David Witherow, The Radio Authority
David Woolfson, Turner Broadcasting System International
Tom Wragg, Autocue
Simon Wyatt, iCAf
Hong Kong uplink partner
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Tandberg demodulator for US cable market
Tandberg Television will launch a multi-channel 8VSB demodulator for cable headends at this year’s Cable-Tec Expo in Philadelphia, starting May 11. The TT6330 MediaLink is a cost-effective, compact solution designed to take off-air 8VSB digital television (DTV) signals and demodulate them into individual ASI streams for remultiplexing and remodulation prior to transport through a cable network. The multi-channel capacity of the TT6330 allows cable operators to feed existing off-air transmissions while adding newly established DTV channels to their systems.
Designed as a scalable solution, cable networks can start small and expand the quantity of demodulators as the network’s number of channels is increased. Up to 13 channels of demodulation can be realized in one 3RU chassis, thereby saving valuable rack space over other currently available solutions. When positioned at a central headend or local network hub, the demodulator accepts transmissions directly from the antenna and demodulates them to an ASI format. Those ASI output signals are then forwarded either to a cable headend multiplexer or directly to a digital cable modulator.
France 3 Chooses Thomson
Major French broadcaster France 3 has made the transition to a server-based infrastructure for its new state-of-the-art national master control room with four Grass Valley PVS 1000 Profile XP Media Platform standard-definition (SD) servers from Thomson. As part of a multi-million Euro deal, the equipment will be installed at the network’s national facility in Paris and immediately help it streamline the handling of programme and commercial material.
Once the new playout system is installed by Thomson, the France 3 master control room will be able to access files stored on the Profile servers from anywhere inside the facility via a high-speed Fibre Channel network, allowing greater than real-time transfer speeds and the capability to play a clip on-air while it is being digitised onto the network. Two PVS 1000 servers will be used for ingest and system monitoring while two will distribute programmes directly to air.