SBE Chapter 20 thanks the SMPTE Pittsburgh Section for the opportunity to attend their meetings from 2014 to 2023. We are saddened to hear that the Section has been dissolved.

Our next meeting will be on

Wednesday, September 11, 2024
12:00 to 1:00 PM
WPXI Executive Conference Room
4145 Evergreen Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15214

We will have an in-person presentation from Jamie Walsh of LumenServe on Tower Lighting. Brief description and bio are included below. Our presenters will be providing lunch, so please reply and let us know if you are coming.

Here is a link to a Teams meeting if you are unable to attend in person.

Looking forward to seeing you at our next meeting!

The FAA compliance rules for your tower’s obstruction lighting continue to be updated as evidenced by the November 2020 circular. LumenServe℠ will review some key aspects of the regulations that you need to know. LEDs have been around for many years, however, in the tower lighting world their deployment is creating big changes. In addition, the traditional practice of procurement, maintenance and monitoring has a new model: Tower Lighting as a Service®. LumenServe℠ is at the forefront of this new approach to tower lighting, and we will explore its advantages and implications

Jamie Marsh is the Director of Sales at LumenServe℠ , Inc. He has over 20 years of sales, marketing and business development experience providing uncommon solutions to common challenges in arenas such as technology, SaaS, IT infrastructure, manufacturing, IoT and telecommunications. His unique background encompasses roles in product management, application engineering, channel/distribution management and marketing content creation. He has also held managerial and leadership positions at Tecnomatix-UniCam (now Siemens), Segway, BigBelly Solar and Murphy Tower Service.

Notes from our August, 2024 meeting:

SBE Chapter 20 held our monthly meeting August 14th, 2024 at WPXI-TV 4145 Evergreen Rd, Pittsburgh. There were 11 members and guests in attendance, including virtual attendees.

We began the meeting with some announcements on SBE coming events. Live webinars will be held on August 15th and August 22nd. The SBE National Meeting will be held in Middleton, WI, during the Midwest Regional Broadcasters Clinic, to be held on September 11th. Board Meeting will be on September 10th. The Regional PAB Meeting will be held at Midwest Broadcast and Multimedia Technology Conference on October 2nd-3rd at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.

We had Bob Caniglia and Grace McInnis as virtual guests from BlackMagic Design. Bob presented on various new Blackmagic product offerings. Blackmagic Camera, SMPTE 2110 IP Converter, DaVinci Resolve Replay, 4K Routers, Blackmagic VideoHub, and Micro Studio Camera were among the products discussed.

We will meet again in one month on September 11th in the WPXI-TV Executive Conference Room. It was decided to include a virtual invite for those unable to attend in person for meetings going forward.

Some available resources on the SBE website:

Certification Preparation: https://sbe.org/certification/sbe-certification-exam-preparation/

Practice Questions for Certification: https://sbe.org/certification/sbe-certpreview/