Register Now DTV Audio Group Seminar at NAB 2013!

The DTV Audio Group, in association with the Sports Video Group, invites you to attend the 2013 DTV Audio Seminar in Las Vegas: Evolving Audio Challenges and Solutions.  The event will be held from 1pm to 5:30pm on Sunday, April 7 at the Alexis Park Hotel in Las Vegas.

Registration for this free-of-charge and is open to all members of the digital television audio community. CLICK HERE to register now!

Here is the afternoon’s full program:

12:00pm Registration, Light Lunch Provided

1:00pm Opening Remarks
Featuring: Roger Charlesworth, Executive Director, DTVAG

1:15pm Stopping the Calm Act from Destroying Audio:  Evolving Solutions For In-Chain Intelligent Loudness and Dynamics Management
Featuring:
Jeffrey Riedmiller, Director Sound Platform Group, Dolby Laboratories
Tim Carroll, President and Founder, Linear Acoustic

2:00pm Strategic Planning for Enhanced Audio Accessibility and Multi language Support
Featuring:
Jim Starzynski, Director, Advanced Engineering & Principal Audio Engineer, NBC Universal (moderator)
Dan Holden, Comcast Fellow and Chief Scientist, Comcast Cable
Clyde Smith, Senior Vice President, New Technology, FOX Network Engineering and Operations
Patrick Waddell, Manager Standards and Regulatory, Harmonic
Oren Williams, Senior Manager Business Development Dolby Laboratories
Dave Wilson, Senior Director Technology and Standards, CEA

 3:00pm Networking Break

3:30pm Looking Forward: The Emerging Impact of Virtualization and Object Oriented Audio
Featuring: Steve Harvey, Contributing Editor Pro Sound News, TV Technology

3:45pm Recent Advances in On-Field Audio
Featuring: Kevin Cleary, Senior Technical Audio Producer, ESPN

4:00pm Mixing Music for the Small Screen: The Practical, Political, Technological and Aesthetic Challenges of Multi-Channel Music on for Entertainment Television
Featuring:
Michael Abbott, Independent Sound Designer, Engineer and Consultant
Bob Clearmountain, Recording Engineer and Producer
Josiah Gluck, Post and Pre-Production Mixer and Associate Music Mixer Saturday Night
Eric Schilling, Recording Engineer and Producer, Music Mixer Grammy Awards

 5:00pm 5.1 Operator Training Update
Featuring: Steve Silva, Director of Procedures and Training, Fox Networks Engineering & Operations

5:30pm Reception in Foyer