Jake MacLeod’s wrap-up of the proceedings at the HD Communications Summit/HD Comm ’09 on September 15, 2009, at New World Stages in New York City is now available in the original PowerPoint format.
It can be accessed here. A derivative work of the highlights in blog form (i.e. text-based) is expected to be posted tomorrow.
[...] In a summary of last week’s proceedings, Jack MacLeod, a Principal Vice President at CTO at Bechtel had “ecosystem” highlighted on many of his PowerPoint slides. Participants said that “a full and effective ecosystem is essential for success” and a “full ecosystem of industry partners” was needed. For all the talking around codecs and the need for more, fewer, or individual tailored codcs to wireline and mobile usage, there was consistent agreement that making HD work was more than “just a codec” issue, but involved handset hardware and interoperability/peering agreements. Speakers also called for a more formal forum for promotion and coordination of HD Voice. [...]