Ian MacSpadden

Media professional and technology journalist - Reporting on the media business and the technologies behind it.

[Ian MacSpadden @MacSpadden]

Really enjoyed both participating in and attending the TV Tech online Summit today @TVTechnology . Its always a great pre NAB primer covering relevant concepts and technologies in the media industry.

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Join me and some true industry leaders for the @TVTechnology pre NAB Summit next week. I am on a panel discussing Remote Technology Production offerings making an impact. Many of which we use at today @azpublicmedia - https://t.co/xogNBNjgQD

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I will be presenting at TechConnect'24 this year in Vegas. The topic is Implementing New Facility & Infrastructure Design Elements,Where my friend Chris Ostertag and myself will be discussing the challenges of. https://t.co/x8nWoBVvsS

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Public Television has a long tradition of Innovation, from the invention of closed captioning to the earliest HD TV stations. Today at the Tucson Festival of Books, community members were invited in to see @azpublicmedia 's virtual studios, and 'visualize' themselves in them.

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With the failure of the AT&T cell network yesterday, the singular host of FirstNet emergency comms for our nations first responders, the need to revisit the partnership with public broadcasters hopefully is clearly apparent - Hope leadership stops by - https://t.co/ssBZFtcoej

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The Arizona Clean Elections team has chosen @BitfireTV studios to be 'neutral ground' for upcoming political debates. Great idea and use of the technology! https://t.co/HzZFKuXmfR

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@azpublicmedia installed their @atsc_updates NextGenTV encoders & @TriveniDigital Guidebuilder for the ATSC 3 launch in Tucson next month! AZPM will be the ATSC 1 host partnering with @Telemundo who will be the ATSC 3 host, a great community partnership. https://t.co/vtt9j41BmF

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@azpublicmedia installed their @atsc_updates NextGenTV encoders & @TriveniDigital Guidebuilder for the ATSC 3 launch in Tucson next month! AZPM will be the ATSC 1 host partnering with @Telemundo who will be the ATSC 3 host, a great community partnership. https://t.co/vtt9j41BmF

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The @azpublicmedia team celebrates the ground breaking for their new building. The new media facility will be up and operational in 2025, serving PBS viewers and NPR listeners in Arizona! https://t.co/rrNFr1YXai

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At last years @CES VinFast and several others were debuting electric bikes, cars and motorcycles, this year Honda joins the party. How about a rebrand as the Consumer Transportation Show... #CTS https://t.co/Qt5TBXLcRE

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When asked "did @azpublicmedia supercharge their new generator", the answer is that the 'snorkel' is to keep snow from getting sucked in. In AZ most don't think of this as an issue... But at 9000 ft it is a thing...

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The @smpteconnect media technology summit in Hollywood this year kept me busy, from hosting a session to being a panelist and finally receiving an award at the Gala... professional societies are still relevant!

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The @azpublicmedia technology team pulled off a well orchestrated transmitter replacement at 9,000ft, readying the organization for the next 20 years of TV broadcasting and being ATSC 3 ready... clean setup. https://t.co/saxgqwVtvp

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Join me at this year's SMPTE MTS @smpteconnect in LA, I will be both presenting and hosting a session! https://t.co/yy6xm4IXDk and https://t.co/aYshqBnAHa

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Congrats to the University of Arizona's @uazjschool for the launch of their student technology training spaces. Hands on experience with the tools of the trade are so important for the student experience. It was fun to help with the project.

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I often am presenting to professionals and students about broadcast technologies and the future of the media industry. Here I had a unique audience to discuss @atsc_updates NextgenTV to, I had a blast interacting with great questions from the audience! https://t.co/EezNYl7QPy

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A touching gift from technology guru and artist Phil Cianci for a collaboration on the @smpteconnect Magic and Miracles: 100 Years of Moving Image Science and Technology!

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Sage words from a friend of public media (and opera). Industry historian AND futurist Mark Schubin @schubincafe about the future of broadcasting ... https://t.co/PrJKKzIL2w

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Thrilled that @azpublicmedia has launched their capital campaign for their new facility. With an amazing team from @SmithGroup who helped us design the building to @onediversified who helped us plan the technology for the space, amazing facility design : https://t.co/NmZSGDL6JN

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At NAB 2023 I had a great opportunity to discuss the SMPTE RIS and student education efforts around Virtual Production. https://t.co/E8xnJI1kR4 #smpte @smpteconnect