—The National Drone Show presents Drone Training Sessions on December 7th, 2016. Register here.

OVERVIEW

UAV/Drones offer up new opportunities and technology for security, broadcast, training, newsgathering, surveillance, and so much more. During the National Drone Show, you will hear from FAA-certified experts and pilots about how your organization can best implement and prosper using UAV technology. Risk mitigation to best practices, legal direction to getting the best images, safety to choosing the best platform for your needs—all covered in this one-day workshop. Join us for an intensive day, with access to various drones and seasoned UAV pilots who will answer your questions and offer direction.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

The workshop is designed for all organizations and professionals wishing to incorporate UAV into their production workflow and for all UAV and Drone operators wishing to become pilots for commercial use.

Below is a list of topics and details covered during the workshop.

PREPARING FOR YOUR FAA PART 107 TEST

With the FAA's announcement of the new FAR Part 107, there is tremendous confusion about obtaining this certification. This session is a quick-start guide to receiving your very own Part 107 UAV Pilot certification from the FAA. While this session will not be long enough to cover all the materials needed to pass a Part 107 test, it will guide you through the process, detailing what you need to study and learn, and it clarify all the necessary steps to become Part 107 certified quickly and painlessly.

This session will be taught by a FAA Certified Instructor and will prepare you for studying to pass the Part 107 test.

INTEGRATING UAV INTO THE CORPORATE/COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT

Congratulations, you are ready to incorporate UAV into your business, and this is the time to do it!

• In this session we will cover how to effectively accomplish:
• Identifying the exact purpose of the UAV
• Defining your objectives and planning your UAV use
• Which UAV is better for the job required
• Preparing and training for UAV use
• Insurance considerations
• Editing your video

This session will clarify what your business needs to do to incorporate UAV and is taught by a veteran UAV operator/pilot.

UAV CINEMATOGRAPHY: A RECIPE FOR GUARANTEED SUCCESS

You have the right UAV, you have all the permits and are following all the regulations. You are ready to fly!

Learn how to optimize your field production time and build a plan to assure you capture the required shots. Following this unique, guaranteed “recipe” of shot styles, you will be able to convey your story and clearly communicate your message.

• This session will include the following:
• Creating a flight plan
• Avoiding pitfalls
• So, it is windy today – what should you do?
• Get these shots and you’ll be set!

This session will detail what you need to know to be successful with your UAV and will be taught by a veteran UAV operator/pilot.

IDENTIFYING & MITIGATING RISK IN UAV OPERATION

Understanding risk is the first step in reducing accidents while operating a UAV. Mitigation of risk carries across all aspects of any UAV project, including operational hazards, safety, efficiency, and overall insurance cost reduction. Protecting your investment in equipment and personnel along with protecting your client is key to success. Using internationally recognized standards and recommended practices from International Civil Aviation Organization, International Standards Organization, Occupational Health & Safety, and global UAV best practices, this session will detail mechanisms, practices, and tools to help identify and minimize risk points in any sort of UAV operation whether corporate, enterprise, infrastructure, or agency.

This session details how to identify and mitigate risk in UAV operation and is taught by experienced instructors from SGS HART Aviation, a leading provider of aviation auditing services around the globe, providing confidence in the safe and efficient delivery of aviation operations.

Ron Campbell, Regional RPAS Advisor, North America – SGS HART Aviation

Tracy Lamb, Global RPAS Safety Manager – SGS HART Aviation

FILTERS FOR UAV CAMERAS

Virtually every sUAV/RTF drone uses the same image-processing chip and most have similar lenses. Unfortunately for production, none of them are ideal and they all operate at very high shutter speeds. At this time there is no stock UAV/Drone camera that operates out of the box, to its full potential. WHY? Because none of the UAV image processing chips allow for shutter speed control, and as a result, it is up to the user to slow the shutter speed. This can only be done through the use of filters.

This session will focus on three types of filters that benefit UAV/drone operators:

• Polarizers
• Neutral Density
• Gradients

Each of these filters serves a particular purpose. In this session, you will learn when to a specific filter to maximize the potential of your UAV and get the best possible footage.

Taught by a veteran UAV operator/pilot, this session defines the types of filters available and how to successfully incorporate these filters with your UAV use.

A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF CURRENT UAV VEHICLES, TOOLS, FUNCTIONS, AND ADD-ONS

Need to get a UAV but unsure which one fits your needs? Several UAV/Drone tools will be shown in this session and attendees will gain perspective on how to determine the correct tool for the job requirements. Cameras, lenses, filters, battery types, launch/landing tools, software, and discussion of optimizing platforms are the focus of this session.

Taught by a veteran UAV operator/pilot, this session details UAV tools available and how to choose the right UAV for your business.

UAV INSTRUCTORS

Douglas Spotted Eagle

Douglas has a long history in aviation; he is one of two FAI International Judges in the USA, a USPA National Judge, with ratings as a USPA Instructor/Examiner, and one of a few Safety and Training Advisors at Large in North America, in addition to sport pilot ratings. With over 350 hours of flight time, over 6,000 skydives, and having completed numerous aerial cinematography projects, Douglas has an intimate knowledge of the FAA FARs, FSIMs, and how they fit into the aerial imaging world. Douglas is an FMC instructor with 18 years of experience teaching Sony, Apple, Adobe, and production hardware and software practices. Skydiving, flying, video, and music are Douglas’ passions.

Luisa Casasnovas Winters

Luisa is a private pilot, soon to receive her Certified Flight Instructor’s rating from the FAA with over 350 hours of flight time. An Adobe Master Instructor, Luisa has been an educator for over 30 years teaching Adobe, Apple and production classes for clients in government, military and private organizations. Luisa started teaching for FMC in 2005 and has become one of FMC’s top instructors. “Flying and teaching became natural to me; if we can teach people how to fly, they will continue life believing there’s nothing they cannot do.”

Ron Campbell – SGS HART AVIATION

Ron is the Regional RPAS Advisor, North America for SGS HART Aviation. SGS HART Aviation offers comprehensive aviation consulting and assessment services to give you the support you need to ensure the delivery of safe, efficient and reliable services – wherever your operations are in the world.

Tracy Lamb – SGS HART AVIATION

Tracy is the Global RPAS Safety Manager for SGS HART Aviation and has extensive experience in UAV Operations, risk assessments and safety and technical audits globally.

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UHD, 4K, 5K, 6K, 8K, HDR, color spaces, Rec. 709 vs. BT. 2020, log, LUTs, RAW, raw. When do you use them? How do you use them? As digital cinema cameras evolve, it’s critical that you learn not only how a particular camera system operates but how modern production works as a whole.

Cameras from ARRI, Blackmagic Design,Canon, Panasonic, Sony and RED allow for 4K and HDR acquisition—with expansive color spaces, multiple recording options, a range of resolutions and codecs, and raw and log support.

It can be challenging keep abreast of the options and possibilities in modern production, so we’ve developed a one-day workshop we’ll be offering during Government Video Expo. The workshop takes place on Wednesday, Dec. 7, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Led by Jem Schofield of theC47, it will detail how modern digital cinema cameras work so you can make informed decisions about how to shoot your next project.

This production workshop will focus on:

• Learning the best practices for shooting 4K with today’s digital cinema cameras
• Examining the realities of HDR production
• Understanding log versus raw recording
• Successfully exposing for log
• Understanding capture and distribution color spaces
• Developing log and LUT workflows with digital cinema cameras
• Working with monitor LUTs

For more information and to register, visit www.gvexpo.com/production. I hope to see you there!

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MADISON, WI–TechLogix has introduced a compact automated control system for classroom and meeting room settings.

The TL-INCT-0 is an inline controller that picks up any HDMI activity in the room and outputs control command to connected devices through built-in CEC, RS232 & relay controllers. Commands can be customized and the included HDMI port, RS232 port and dual logic relay ports can all be simultaneously used. For more versatility, the TL-INCT-01 features analog and digital audio de-embedding.

“Everything from powering on hardwired sources to connecting portable BYOD tablets, laptops and phones. Automated processors like the TL-INCT-01 are transforming meeting spaces by controlling devices without manual user intervention. Simply activate your source device and the room comes alive,” explains Cameron Smith, TechLogix CEO.

For more information, visit TechLogix’s website.

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ALEXANDRIA, VA.—With the newest of FCC closed captioning rules requiring online video to be captioned now fully in effect, now is a good time to remind those who operate PEG channels on what type of programming must be captioned and what can be exempt.

For starters, closed captioning rules for PEG stations fall under the same general closed captioning rules for all television stations, with one exception, according to Carol Studenmund, owner and president of LNS Captioning, a Portland, Oregon-based closed captioning company.

“What’s left out in the conversation is the Americans with Disabilities Act,” she said.

The rules start to get tricky for PEG operators because they are obligated to adhere to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. For PEG operators whose budgets are tied into their local governments’ overall budget–PEGs are considered a “Title II” entity which is defined as a state or local government body under the ADA–such channels are required to provide services to accommodate persons with disabilities, regardless of the FCC exemptions your station qualifies for.

“Entities that qualify for an exemption under Section 713 may be obligated under other federal statutes, such as the ADA, to make their services and programs, including video programming services, accessible to an individual with disability upon request,” according to the FCC.

For those who aren’t familiar with the Rehabilitation Act, the federal law was passed in 1973 prohibiting programs run by, assisted financially by, and contracted by federal agencies from discriminating on the basis of a person’s disability. Section 508, an amended provision of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 passed in 1998, requires that disabled members of the public be allowed access to public information that is comparable to access available to the non-disabled persons.

“It goes hand in hand with the ADA regarding access to digital content generated by anyone connected to the federal government,” said Studenmund.

For non-profit PEG stations whose budgets aren’t tied to a federal, state, or local government entity, closed captioning rules fall under the general rules for all non-PEG television stations and are split into two categories: television and internet.

Television Captioning Rules

For television, the FCC dictates that all “new, non-exempt” programming must be captioned and 75 percent of all “pre-rule” programming must be captioned. “Pre-rule” programming constitutes all analog-based programming published before January 1st, 1998 and all digital programs published before July 1, 2002.

If a specific program falls under any of these thirteen FCC criteria’s then the program is exempt from needing closed captions. In special circumstances, stations can have their captioning duties waived by filing an online undue burden petition with the FCC.

Internet Captioning Rules

Internet rules vary if the program is a full-length show, video clip or archived program. According to FCC rules, full length programming for the internet, previously broadcast with captions, must have captions if “the program was prerecorded, not edited for the internet and aired after September 30th, 2012.” The same caption rule applies if the program was “prerecorded and substantially edited after and aired after September 30, 2013.” If the program aired “live or near live after March 30, 2013” then it must have captions as well.

Any archived PEG programs on the internet must be captioned “within 15 days after being televised with captions as of March 30 of 2016,” according to the FCC.

Portions of PEG programs must be captioned on the internet if the clip is a single excerpt of a program. As of January 1, 2017, clips that are montages must be captioned and starting July 1, 2017 “clips of live or near-live programming must also have captions,” according to the FCC.

Caption Quality Standards

FCC rules for caption quality are fairly straightforward. They must be accurate, meaning the caption must reflect the whole dialogue, other sounds, music and must identify speakers. The captions must sync with corresponding dialogue and sounds as much as possible and appear to viewers at reasonable times. The captions must run the whole length of the program and they are not to cover up important on-screen information such as, character faces, featured text and graphics. Captioning quality for the internet must be at least the same quality when it was originally aired.

What Tools Do PEG Channels Use?

Some PEG operators face a variety of production situations that may need captioning. Whether it’s a live broadcast of a city council meeting or a post edit of a community event, the chosen captioning tool affects a station’s production efficiency and capabilities.

For PEG channels serving a predominately bilingual community for example, Dalet Digital Media Systems has customized a closed captioning workflow for Canada’s Cable Public Affairs Channel. The Dalet workflow enables the network–which broadcasts Canada’s Parliament and Supreme Court meetings –to caption magazine-style shows, live productions and long-form programming–in two languages. Live CPAC content is transcribed by operators through live captioning methods and edited content is sent to an offsite captioning service. Both types of content are then sent back to CPAC where Dalet’s system deciphers and automatically converts the necessary caption data for playout to the web or general cable.

Digital Nirvana, a Fremont, Calif.-based provider of digital media management and intelligence solutions, offers a custom live and post production captioning service. The service provides pop-on and roll-up captioning for technology platforms in production situations for schools, hospitals, corporations, and government organizations. The service handles multiple SD and HD video formats as well as a wide range of caption file formats. Digital Nirvana also provides a team of experienced captioners for applicable situations.

In November 2015, the FCC held a roundtable discussion on closed captioning requirements for PEG channels. The video can be viewed here on Youtube.

See also: The Changing Role of Closed Captioning for PEG Channels.","PublishDate" : "08/23/2016","URL" : "/article/closed-captioning-rules-for-peg-channels-a-refresh-and-handy-tools/115936"},{"Id" : "115937","Summary" : "The “Government Video Website of the Week” feature focuses on online resources of interest to our readers","Title" : "Government Video’s Website of the Week: Monroe Police Department","Thumbnail" : "/Portals/0/MonroePoliceDepartment.jpg","Article" : "

The home page of the Monroe Police Department's website.

This week’s website of the week is the public affairs site for Monroe, Louisiana’s Police Department. The site serves as a profile for the overall department and hosts a number of resources for Monroe citizens.

By scrolling down the front page alone, visitors to the site are treated to profiles of the many faces that make up the Monroe Police Department. For instance, visitors can read up on profile features of the Monroe Police Chief, the department itself and a memorial to late officers. A whole separate section featuring current officers is featured alongside compelling pictures and videos of the department at work.

Citizens can access a ‘Crime Stoppers’ portal to submit any tips to the department on an incident or submit a commendation on a particular officer. An easily accessible careers portal also exists at the top of website’s directory. Lastly, the department’s blog called, “The Source,” features periodical anecdotes of the department’s activity.

Have you seen a standout website that you think would make a good candidate for Government Video’s Website of the Week? Drop us a line at cvigliano@nbmedia.com!

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ORLANDO, FL–Florida's Ninth Judicial Circuit Court has upgraded its digital audio infrastructure with Biamp System’s Tesira platform.

Faced with a growing number of judicial case dockets across its seven campuses, the court needed a solution that could accommodate specific courtroom needs and improve the quality of the court system’s interpretation services. Jamy Crum, senior engineer for the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court’s A/V department, says Tesira was selected for its open architecture DSP.

Biamp Tesira's EX-MOD expanders replaced three pieces of equipment for each interpreter headset connection point, reducing potential failure points. In addition, Tesira SERVER-IO’s and Tesira FORTÉ devices were installed in various courtrooms to increase audio quality.

The court systems interpretation service now allows interpreters to call into proceedings from any district with a Cisco Telepresence codec over IP or a standard telephone. Another unique new function comes from Tesira’s incorporation with Biamp’s Canvas GUI, allowing interpreters to switch between audio routing matrices and control audio levels they are receiving in real time.

Crum says Biamp has always been “at the heart of the Ninth’s A/V technology,” as it was previously using Biamp’s AudiaFLEX devices to support its audio operations.

“Biamp's open architecture DSP platform has provided the foundation that makes it possible to integrate additional elements easily into existing systems.”

For more information on the Ninth Circuit Court’s A/V setup, see “AV Central to 21st Century Justice.” ","PublishDate" : "08/23/2016","URL" : "/article/biamp-unifies-florida-circuit-courts-audio-platform/115935"},{"Id" : "115934","Summary" : "Technavio report looks at global security as a service market","Title" : "Report: Video Surveillance Service Market Valued at $1.5B by 2020","Thumbnail" : "/Portals/0/technavio.jpeg","Article" : "

LONDON– Technavio, a U.K.-based global technology researcher, has published a report on expected growth areas in the global security as a service market, estimating that by 2020, the overall market for what it terms ”video surveillance as a service” (VsaaS) will be valued at $1.5 billion.

The report studies VsaaS in three geographic areas of the global security market: The Americas, which constitutes close to 65% of the market; second, Asia and Pacific, making up 15% of the market; and the third being Europe, Middle East, and Africa, which takes up 20% of the market.

According to the report, the America’s (and specifically the U.S.) foothold in the video surveillance market is largely due to its willingness to adapt new technologies, especially in the areas aiming to allow for better remote viewing of video footage.

“A key factor that is aiding the growth of the market in the region is the ability of VSaaS solutions to allow for remote viewing of video footage, especially on smartphones,” said Amrita Choudhury, a lead IT security research analyst with Technavio. “The commercial sector in this region is a major adopter of VSaaS. Many companies use video surveillance for the purpose of measuring productivity.”

The report bases its assessment of the European, Middle Eastern and African markets on the region’s use of stringent regulations to force organizations to adopt video surveillance technology.

According to the report, India is one of the fastest growing markets in the Asia Pacific region, noting that the country’s public and private organizations typically use on average around 250 security cameras. Also cited for the APAC region, is the expected rise in cloud-based services where most of the work is currently taking place in Japan, India and Thailand.

Technavio cites Axis Communications, Bosch Security Systems, Cisco Systems, Honeywell Security and Panasonic as the most prevalent vendors in the video surveillance market.

Visit Technavio’s posting to request to see the whole report.","PublishDate" : "08/23/2016","URL" : "/article/report-video-surveillance-service-market-valued-at-b-by-/115934"},{"Id" : "115933","Summary" : "The “Government Video Website of the Week” feature focuses on online resources of interest to our readers","Title" : "Government Video’s Website of the Week: Data.Gov","Thumbnail" : "/Portals/0/Data.gov-screenshot.jpg","Article" : "

This week’s website of the week is Data.Gov, a public repository of federal government information produced by the executive branch. The website is run by the U.S. General Services Administration’s Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies.

Visitors to the home page are greeted with a portal of the many topics the site provides data, reports and resources on. Also provided to visitors is portal to a list of applications powered by open government data. Apps like Base Directory, which shows more than 15,000 establishments on U.S. Military bases around the world and, Alternative Fueling Locator, which helps finds users the nearest alternative fueling stations.

The website even provides extensive amounts of space for local government information by way of forums and sub-forums. An important thing to note is not every locality in the United States is posted to Data.gov because the site requires each individual local government to sign up and request to have their records posted. The data topics on local governments range anywhere from ‘incidents of crime’ in Chicago to ‘Baltimore City Employee Salaries in FY2016.’

Have you seen a standout website that you think would make a good candidate for Government Video’s Website of the Week? Drop us a line at cvigliano@nbmedia.com!

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The UTAH-400 Series 2 Routing Switcher Installed at KSPS-TV

SPOKANE, WA–PBS affiliate KSPS-TV is transitioning its facilities to a new signal router with Utah Scientific.

“With our previous router nearing its end of life, we needed a robust and future-proof replacement,” said Steve Covert, studio engineer, KSPS-TV.

To be fully operational by September, the UTAH-400 Series 2 router will manage program signals on KSPS-TV’s three broadcast channels and six educational cable channels as well as master control operations for two other stations.

The 144x144 router is configured for 96 inputs and 72 outputs. Utah’s SoftPanel-2 software and UCP-Series panels provide for router control.

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