Grass Valley invites industry to action-packed virtual events program

Grass Valley is set to share its knowledge, insight and latest solutions news with customers and the wider media and entertainment industry via a comprehensive 12-week virtual platform – GV LIVE Presents – which kicks off later this month. Built around the talent, expertise and passion of Grass Valley’s industry experts, the program will feature debate and vision on the hot topics driving the TV industry, as well as new product launches, customer case studies, deep dive product demonstrations and webinars.

Tim Shoulders, Grass Valley’s president, commented: “We are deeply committed to working closely with our customers and partners as they drive to keep audiences connected through these extraordinary times. We are excited to be launching our GV LIVE Presents program, bringing together our team of experts to delve into the topics that have shaped this unprecedented 2020, and that will set the stage for 2021. As the frontrunner in the industry’s charge towards a software-defined future, we will shine a spotlight on the future of live production and video delivery with cloud-based applications and cloud computing, as well as single-stream IP workflows. Customers remain at the very heart of the Grass Valley ethos, and we will continue to deliver solutions that provide the reliability, robustness, and performance that makes us the benchmark for the industry.”

On October 13 at 11am EDT, Grass Valley will go live with the first of its innovative customer engagement events GV Live Presents 2020. The company will share strategic updates, customer use cases and its latest product innovations via an hour-long live newscast streamed around the globe. Broadcast live from a TV studio in South Florida and hosted by Grass Valley’s President Tim Shoulders, attendees will learn firsthand about the latest Grass Valley innovations that are helping customers navigate the new world of media.

For the rest of 2020, Grass Valley technical specialists will also deliver a series of deep dive, interactive content through the GV Live Studios program. The series will kick off with insight from Grass Valley’s president Tim Shoulders and Black Dragon Capital’s founder and CEO Louis Hernandez Jr; five live showings will follow exploring the hottest topics affecting the industry both today and tomorrow:

• Put IP to Work – September 29 at 11am EDT
• Getting Back to Live – October 6 at 11am EDT
• Introducing EDIUS X – October 20 at 11am EDT
• GVTA – GV Collaborates – November 20 at 11am EDT
• Leveraging the Cloud for Broadcast – December 11 at 11am EDT

Also part of this year’s virtual event series is a second GV Live Presents 2020, on December 4, which will feature a roundtable with Grass Valley professionals and customers looking at the new reality of an industry at the tipping point of transformation. BCS Bureau