Talk on Television - Do You Need It?
Television: Do you need it?
How important is broadcasting service vis-à-vis health, water, energy, education and transport? This presentation will discuss how rapid technological advancements are disrupting broadcasting operations. We do not hear much about broadcasting or communications presentations. This presentation from an electronics and telecommunications engineer shares the challenges that the broadcasting industry has been going through and how it addresses infrastructure development and economic and environmental sustainability.
It is 100 Years since John Logie Baird’s historic demonstrations of television at the Selfridge’s department store in London. Television production, distribution and consumption have changed dramatically over this century.
How important is broadcasting service vis-a-vis health, water, energy, education and transport? This presentation will discuss how rapid technological advancements are disrupting broadcasting operations. The future broadcasting and media landscape will be dominantly online only. Are we ready to embrace some technologies such as AI and content discovery for trustworthy and resilient service?
Join the Engineering New Zealand Manawatu Branch for this insightful in-person event on 22 May 2025 at the WSP office in Palmerston North.
IET and IEEE members are cordially invited.
Registration Link https://www.engineeringnz.org/courses-events/event/television-do-you-need-it/
Speaker: Amal Punchihewa
Amal serves many volunteer positions (such as Exec. Comm. Member of Media Technical Network (MTN) of IET, Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE-BTS) among professional engineering organisations such as IET-Institution of Engineering and Technology (UK), Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (USA) Broadcast Technology Society. He is a Chartered Engineer of IET (UK), Fellow of IET and FEngNZ and a Senior Member of IEEE-BTS. You can read more about the speaker’s profile on LinkedIn or get to know more on the day when you are attending the event.
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- Date: 22 May 2025
- Time: 05:30 AM UTC to 07:00 AM UTC
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- WSP Palmerston North
- 49 Victoria Avenue
- Palmerston North, North Island
- New Zealand
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Talk on Television: Do you need it?
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Speaker: Amal Punchihewa
Amal serves many volunteer positions (such as Exec. Comm. Member of Media Technical Network (MTN) of IET, Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE-BTS) among professional engineering organisations such as IET-Institution of Engineering and Technology (UK), Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (USA) Broadcast Technology Society. He is a Chartered Engineer of IET (UK), Fellow of IET and FEngNZ and a Senior Member of IEEE-BTS. You can read more about the speaker’s profile on LinkedIn or get to know more on the day when you are attending the event.