Joel Silver, president and founder of the Imaging Science Foundation (ISF), is one of the industry’s rock stars…who frequently writes articles for leading journals and also consults for organisations such as CNN, Epson, Bose, the BBC and many more.

But less known is that one of the main reasons he’s now an industry rock star is because of his work in IT: Joel is the co-inventor of the patented Microsoft Media Centre Calibration Wizard now in over 111,000,000 PCs.

Now CEDIA joins with the Imaging Science Foundation (ISF) to offer a course on delivering professional services for accurate and dependable electronic imaging.

Hosted at the Panasonic Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, UK, the 3-day course will run from 17th – 19th April 2012.

CEDIA releases the first white paper in a series on the incorporation of mobile devices in existing and new system designs-- Mobile Devices in Residential System Integration.

The association sees "an amazing rise" in the use of mobile devices as user interface. As a result, it is creating a series of white papers examining and recommending the best practices for mobile devices adoption as part of a converged IP-based home ecosystem.

The first white paper focuses on the need for an enterprise-grade wireless infrastructure strategy.

“Mobile device integration is a very real part of our industry’s future. It’s not going away,” CEDIA says. “Through these white papers, we hope to provide our members with guidance to navigate this emerging market opportunity.”

The first white paper is now available at the CEDIA Marketplace.

Go CEDIA Releases Mobile Devices in Residential Systems Integration White Paper

Does Wall Street think of Sharp as a one trick pony? Among all Japanese equally loss-making TV makers, Sharp is the worst performer amongst investors-- due to its reliance on a single market.

Unlike other companies, Sharp is a focused beast-- making around 60% of revenues from LCDs and audio-visual (a division covering own-brand LCD TVs, mobile phones, Blu-ray recorders and fax machines). In comparison the likes of Sony and Panasonic have far more diverse, sprawling business lines making up for the losses within respective TV divisions.

The company's failing to reach Apple quality standards in order to supply iPad displays didn't help, either.

Go Sharp Stuck on TVs as Samsung, Sony Rally (Bloomberg)

ISE 2013 is going to be bigger than this year's edition-- the show organisers are making the Amsterdam RAI Hall 8 available to both new and existing exhibitors.

You might remember Hall 8 as the part of the RAI hosting ISE 2005, the first time the show took place in Amsterdam.

"...[T]he response from exhibitors to our 2012 show has been overwhelmingly positive and, in the end, we felt we had no option but to expand our footprint for 2013." Integrated Systems Events MD Mike Blackman remarks.

At-show rebooking duiring ISE 2012 for 2013 resulted in the reservation of 28300 net square metres of floor space for existing ISE exhibitors. Further bookings have (so far) taken that amount to almost 31000 square metres-- larger than the area occupied at ISE 2012.

The organisers say Hall 8 will house a number of technologies, chiefly digital signage (expanding from the already sold out Halls 9 and 10). The new space will also open a key walkway between Hals 7 and 8, easing traffic congestion at the front of the venue.

Go Integrated Systems Europe

A diverse group of technology leaders announce the creation of the DASH Promoters Group dedicated to driving the broad adoption of MPEG's DASH (dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP) standard.

Reacting to the dramatic growth of Internet video, DASH defines a universal delivery format to provide end users with the best-possible video experience and dynamically adapts to changing network conditions during video streaming to devices.

CEDIA is offering a 3-day image calibration course in collaboration with the Imaging Science Foundation (ISF) at the Panasonic Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire.

Running on April 17-19 2012, the course covers a range of topics-- starting off with basic video processing, HD/SD encoding, colour management and 3D mathematical imaging.

Following that the course moves to a hands-on approach to ISF software guided calibration solutions, as well as EEDID/HDMI verification, 3D colour management and system building diagnosis.

CEDIA says the course combines the ISF Level 1 and 2 courses, and will have instruction from ISF founder and president Joel Silver. The organisation is also hosting a free 1 hour webinar on March 19 with more information on the course.

Go Improve Your Image With CEDIA