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May 13, 2013

NAB Broadcast Engineering Conference Sessions Now Online

This year's NAB Broadcast Engineering Conference (BEC), held from April 5 - 11, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada as part of the 2013 NAB Show, was jam-packed with interesting technical presentations and lively panel discussions. Even though the conference is over, a large portion of the content presented is available in the NAB BEC Proceedings, which compiles almost 70 papers presented at the BEC, available to order online at the NAB Store. (The Proceedings are available either as a book with CD, or as a CD only.)

In addition, through the NAB Show Playback online portal, you can find audio recordings of the presentations synchronized with the PowerPoint slides used. Using the Advanced Search feature of the site allows you to display all the 2013 BEC recordings (sample screen capture at right shows user interface).

To use NAB Show Playback, here are some helpful tips:

  • Access to the online content can be purchased starting at $249 (pricing depends upon your registration status at the 2013 NAB Show). Show attendees who registered for a SMART Pass receive complimentary access to Playback. Once purchased, access is granted to all of the conference sessions available.

  • A number of complimentary partial presentations are accessible through the Playback home page. Selecting a complimentary session will immediately take you to the user interface so you can sample how the presentations have been captured for online access before purchasing access to the entire online library.

  • If you previously purchased access to Playback, you should have already received an email that contains your username and password. If you registered for NAB Show SMART Pass, you received access to Playback as part of your registration, and should also have received an email that contains your username and password. Use those to login. (If you did not receive this email you can contact Playback for assistance by sending an email to multiviewmediasupport@multiview.com).

  • Your purchase gives you access to all of the content available on Playback, which includes the BEC, the Broadcast Management Conference, Super Sessions, General Sessions, the Cloud Computing Conference, the Disruptive Media Conference and the Technology Summit on Cinema.


  • Click here for a complete list of BEC presentations, showing which are available through NAB Show Playback, and/or in papers included in the Proceedings.



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