Since bonded cellular systems began appearing on the scene a decade ago, advances in compression, cellular connections and portability have made these systems among the fastest growing technology in newsgathering and AV production. IP is
also providing broadcasters with more flexibility to do remotes with fewer people. What does the future hold for this technology? What impact will 5G and the cloud have? Join us for a roundtable of experts who will discuss the challenges and opportunities this technology offers.

Moderated By:
Tom Butts – Future US

Speakers:

Jim Jachetta – VidOvation Corporation
Chris Crump – Comrex
Fred Poole Poole – TVU Networks
George Klippel – LiveU

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Tom Butts:
All right, the little hand’s on the one, the big hand’s on the three. That makes it 1:15, and time for the first session for the mobile. Who’s got it? Also, no one has mobile journalism or mo-jo for short? I’m Tom Butts, content director for TV Technology. Thank you for joining us today.
 

Tom Butts:
A few housekeeping things, we’re going to be going … we’re going to have probably about maybe five or ten minutes at the end for questions, or any time you feel like asking a question during this session, feel free to raise your hand. We also have some schedules in the back. At a glance, basically, one piece of paper that allows you to navigate what the various studios are offering today. Thank you again for joining us.
 

Tom Butts:
This is called Real News: New Technologies in Mobile News Gathering, and if you read the description, we didn’t really have, we didn’t talk about in the headline exactly what we’re talking about. Really, we’re talking about bonded cellular and the evolution of … we used to call it bonded cellular. We in the industry, we’re still not sure what to call it. We have called it … we call it IPENG. It’s basically using IP out in the field or anywhere you are to acquire and distribute video.
 

Tom Butts:
No, in ye olde days of broadcasting, up until about a decade ago, when you had to cover a news event, you had to fire up the news van, or you had to fire up the satellite news gathering truck, and you had to get the breaking news. Now, you don’t have to do that as much anymore. There’s still a lot of news vans out there, but they’ve taken on new roles, I think, in many cases, in the way that bonded cellular has seriously revolutionized not only the broadcast industry, but so many other industries. And we will talk about those today.