Mark Schubin’s Technology Year In Review – 2022
An abbreviated version of what was presented at the 2022 HPA Retreat. More
Some Possible Futures of Motion Imaging by Mark Schubin
Can your actors speak every human language? Can they move as well as the best dancers? Does it matter if they’re dead? How do you know if they’re dead? Does content need to go anywhere anymore? Is it better for the planet if it does? Join SMPTE Fellow and Presidential Proclamation winner Mark Schubin as […] More
Origins of the Sportscast by Mark Schubin (History of Media Series)
When he was inducted into Baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1976, former pitcher and manager Bob Lemon told the Cooperstown crowd that he was introduced to the sport and his future team soon after his birth, when his mother took him to see the World Series. But the games were being played in Brooklyn and […] More
Origins of the Newscast by Mark Schubin (History of Media Series)
We live in a world of the 24-hour news cycle. Would you believe the idea was published in 1846? A war correspondent is injured on the job in the Middle East and becomes the video news story; that was published in 1882, complete with press markings on the vehicle, product placement on the news set, […] More
HPA 2021 Technology Year in Review by Mark Schubin
Mark Schubin’s annual Technology Year in Review, from the HPA Tech Retreat 2021. This is a re-recording of the original presentation. Oops! At slide 57 (about 12:14 in), I said “petabyte,” and it should have been “petabit.” TRT: 15:14 More
Opera and Technology: Pre- and Post-Pandemic (part of the Fandom of the Opera series) by Mark Schubin
A re-recording of the presentation given to the SMPTE New England section on April 21, 2021. TRT: 1:04:16 More
A History of Television by Mark Schubin
Thomas Edison’s earliest patent filing (a caveat) for motion pictures was in 1888, but 11 years earlier the first publication about television appeared, and there has not been a year since without television research. Yet there does not appear to have been any video research — not even speculation or fantasy — prior to 1877. […] More
HPA 2020 Technology Year in Review: Wasn’t the Future Wonderful?
Presented at the 2020 HPA Technology Retreat on February 19, 2020. More
The End of the Line: A Brief Introduction to Human Aural & Visual Perception
TRT: 1:10:15 Recorded at the SMPTE New York Section February meeting February 12, 2020 CBS Broadcast Center 524 West 57th Street New York, NY 10019 More
AI and Broadcasting: The Best Use Case
If you’ve read my writing before, you know I love to pick a topic and rant. Been doing it since my Television Broadcast magazine editing days. So here we go. But first, a little introduction… If you attended IBC 2019, or read about the latest developments at the show, you probably ran across a few […] More