Update on the Joint Task-Force for Networked Media

Brad Gilmer is president of Gilmer & Associates, Inc. He is also the executive director of the Advanced Media Workflow Association and the Executive Director of the Video Services Forum. Gilmer been a member and active participant in SMPTE since 1984. He was the first recipient of the SMPTE Workflow Systems Medal. — Gilmer was previously employed at Turner Broadcasting System in Atlanta where he and his staff were responsible for engineering and operations for the Entertainment Division. He is author of the monthly “Computer and Networks” column in Broadcast Engineering magazine, editor-in-chief of the “File Interchange Handbook” (Focal Press), and a contributor to the NAB Engineering Handbook.

Felix Poulin “has grown up” in studios and control rooms as his parents worked in TV production. His inherited interest in media production led him to a diploma in electrical engineering at the École Polytechnique de Montréal completed by a research project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After graduating, he began work as a wireless and digital audio expert on international productions, including Cirque du Soleil. Prior to the EBU, he has worked for national broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada as engineer in production technology. Poulin is managing multidisciplinary work groups related to media networks and storage at the EBU Technology and Innovation in Switzerland.