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"Cobalt Digital - FCC Auction 100MHz of the Remaining C-Band Spectrum" |
Our next meeting will be at the normal time- 6:30 PM.
This month’s SBE Meeting will feature a presentation by Cobalt Digital brought to SBE53 by Trock Media.
The recently passed “Big Beautiful Bill” has mandated that the FCC auction 100MHz of the remaining C-Band spectrum, with the option to auction all the remaining spectrum. The FCC has already issued the relevant NPRM, which is in the comments phase. The likely result is that C-Band satellite will no longer be available for broadcast distribution once the regulations are implemented. An alternative must be identified for the broadcasters who use C-Band satellite for distribution.
Satellite is the ideal mechanism to transmit the same information to a large number of locations that are geographically distributed. Once the satellite is in place, scaling is relatively simple – just add an antenna. However, with C-Band going away, the satellite alternative is Ku-Band, which has plenty of bandwidth, but one major drawback: due to the higher frequencies used, Ku-Band is subject to rain fade, which is not acceptable for distribution. The Internet could be used instead but scaling and cost may become a problem. One alternative is to employ a hybrid system – use the Ku-Band satellite for the “heavy lifting” and use the Internet to “fix the problems” (recover any lost data). The Video Services Forum has published Technical Recommendation TR-06-4 Part 7, which addresses exactly this situation – adding an Internet recovery channel to the satellite system, in a backward-compatible way, so the solution can be deployed gradually. This presentation is a technical overview of TR-06-4 Part 7. It will also touch upon the upcoming Parts 8 and 9 Technical Recommendations. Part 8 is similar to Part 7, with some technical advantages, and Part 9 is the OTA-Hybrid solution, where the same technology is applied to an ATSC 3.0 feed.
The presenter of this presentation, Dr. Ciro Noronha holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica, Brazil, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He has worked in compressed video over IP since 1995. Dr. Noronha has previously held engineering management positions at Optivision, SkyStream, Tandberg Television and Ericsson, having led the development of several compression and networking products, including encoders, decoders, transcoders, gateways, and multiplexers. In 1999 and 2001, he had appointments as Consulting Professor at the Electrical Engineering Department at Stanford University. Dr. Noronha was one of the founders of ImmediaTV Corporation, acquired by Cobalt Digital in 2016 and is currently Chief Technology Officer at Cobalt Digital. Dr. Noronha is the author or co-author of many academic papers and has seven issued patents. Dr. Noronha is the editor for the Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST) series of Technical Recommendations from the Video Services Forum, as well as the President of the RIST Forum.
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Seminar Workshop - March, 2018
Seminar Workshop - October, 2014
SBE Chapter 53 wants to thank everyone who attended the 'IT Seminar and CBNE Workshop' in October, 2014. We especially want to thank American Tower, Broadcasters General Store, Nemal, and Clear Channel for their generous support of the seminar and SBE Chapter 53. We also want to thank you, our attendees and members for making this a great seminar. The seminar does count toward your continuing education credits. If you attended the seminar, please be sure to make a note of your attendance for credit.
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