Monday SVG Audio Production and Distribution Workshop

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Presented by:
Roger Charlesworth, SVG Audio, Executive Director
Jim Starzynski, NBCUniversal, Director and Principal Audio Engineer; SVG Audio, Chairman

As live sports programing migrates to premium streaming platforms, the legacy barriers to improved video and audio are being removed at the same time live content is sharing these distribution channels with higher quality cinematically-derived and premium-episodic content. We will take an assessment of the transition to HDR video and immersive audio as the default standard for global events and major sports leagues.
Presenter: Cherylene McKinney, Dolby Laboratories, Director, Commercial Partnerships

The rapidly evolving television distribution landscape has expanded the possibilities for improved accessibly and personalization features, whether by next generation codecs, or by dynamically adaptive streams. What are the current and future best-in-class solutions and what can legacy platforms do to raise minimum standards and enhance user experiences?
Presenter: Derik Yarnell, Comcast Cable, Architect

As European broadcasters begin to finally roll-out next generation audio codecs, they are able to take advantage of the expanding capabilities of ST-2110 to support more audio channels, along with reliable transport of audio and video metadata throughout the production process. We will take a look at how ST-2110-enabled plant architecture is empowering HDR and immersive audio, along with object audio-enhanced accessibility and personalization features coordinated via serial ADM.
Presenters:
James Cowdery, Dolby Laboratories, Senior Staff Architect
Felix Nemirovsky, Dolby Laboratories, Solutions Architect

ESPN’s multi-week coverage of the US Open tennis has become a sandbox for new ideas and innovation. Audio production coordinator, Florian Brown shares some highlights from this year’s Open and give us a glimpse of the scale and unique fly-packed audio production model for this event.
Presenter: Florian Brown, ESPN, Senior Audio Engineer and Audio Production Consultant

Karl Malone shares a behind-the-scenes preview of audio production for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. He will discuss how IP signal acquisition at the venue, and full scale at home production in Stamford, are revolutionizing how audio for the games is created.
Presenter: Karl Malone, NBC Sports and Olympics, Senior Director of Audio Engineering

An impact of the transition to streamed distribution of sports content is the ability to cover more events simultaneously and thus the need to do so without greatly expanding staffing or facilities. Inevitably the result will be to move more production into the cloud. While sophisticated audio solutions are starting to emerge, does moving to the cloud create an opportunity to leverage AI-powered autonomous mixing at the same time? Rob Oldfield provides a behind the scenes look at the solutions being tested and deployed now.
Presenter: Rob Oldfield, Salsa Sound, Co-Founder and CEO

Panelists will share their perspectives on live audio production and distribution, including the role of the streaming migration on opening up premium immersive production, while expanding the volume of content produced for wide distribution. This discussion will explore the ongoing transition to production-hubbing and assess the potential future impact of artificial intelligence and large-scale cloud-based production virtualization.
Panelists:
Florian Brown, ESPN, Senior Audio Engineer and Audio Production Consultant
Karl Malone, NBC Sports and Olympics, Senior Director of Audio Engineering
Brian Rio, Warner Bros Discovery Sports, Director of Creative Services
Glenn Stilwell, Friday Night Baseball, Live Mixing Consultant, Sound Supervisor