TVN Webinar: Content Hubs For The TV Station Group

As station groups continue their move into the cloud, opportunities for hubbing increase and amplified cooperation and collaboration among newsrooms increases. On July 16 at 1 p.m. ET, leaders from The E.W. Scripps Co., Sinclair, Ross Video and Sony Electronics will share how groups are making progress along that journey and the practices they’re honing along the way in a TVNewsCheck Working Lunch Webinar, “Content Hubs For The TV Station Group.”

“Hubbing for master control is now well established, with playout and ingest hubbing also well along the way for many groups, so what are they tackling next?” said Michael Depp, chief content officer, NewsCheckMedia and TVNewsCheck editor. “This conversation will look at how groups are progressing towards emerging regional hubs, how much production hubbing is happening and the potential cost savings being found in that.

“It will also explore how station groups and their sister networks are optimizing content creation and version, and how news storytellers see these opportunities,” Depp added.

Speakers

Cameryn Beck, Senior Director of Local News Strategy, The E.W. Scripps Co. — She works directly with Scripps television stations on the development, implementation and execution of their content strategies on all platforms.   

Prior to joining Scripps in 2014, Beck was a news director at KTVK in Phoenix and in Sacramento at CBS O&O KOVR. She also worked as an assistant news director and executive producer at KOVR. Beck spent the first 10 years of her career as a producer at KCRA Sacramento. 

She is a graduate of San Diego State University where she received a degree in telecommunications & film.

Walid Hamri, AVP, Media Systems Engineering, Sinclair Broadcast Group — He leads Sinclair’s technology transformation and continuous improvement for broadcast, cable and digital distribution.

Prior to joining Sinclair, he was the VP of solutions & business development at Ateme and chief product officer at SeaChange where he led the product and solution team in promoting the multi-screen video delivery platform.

He holds a B.S. in electronics and computer science and a M.S in image and processing and multimedia from Grenoble Institute of Technology in France

Jenn Jarvis, Solutions Manager, Production Workflow, Ross Video — She specializes in optimizing content creation workflows for newsrooms and media organizations. Since joining Ross in 2012, Jarvis has held various roles, including demonstration artist, trainer and product manager for Ross Video’s newsroom computer system (Inception) and media asset management system (Streamline).

Prior to her work at Ross, Jarvis spent eight years in local news as a reporter, digital media manager and newsroom leader, experiences that continue to shape her user-centric approach today.

Joe Walker, Chief Strategic Officer, Crispin — He is no stranger to broadcast operations, having started his broadcast career in his local NBC affiliate’s master control as an operator before joining his local PBS station as a broadcast engineer, with stops in production, traffic and IT along the way.

Walker’s various experiences throughout both commercial and public broadcast operations help him quickly understand customer needs and identify solutions for them. Starting as a Tier 2 support technician in 2007, Walker has managed Crispin’s technical support, software QC, manufacturing and project management teams before moving to his current role as the senior director over all of these departments.

When he’s not spending time with his wife and two sons, Walker’s main hobby is classic car restoration. “I have a 1965 Chevelle that my dad and uncle built back in the ’70s, so it’s got some family history,” he says. “I like to tinker around and modify it with today’s technology.” While Joe doesn’t intend to race it, he loves taking it out on the back roads to see what it can do.

Glen Dickson, TVNewsCheck contributing editor will moderate.

Register here.

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