Chris Homer

Chris Homer

Director of Engineering at KGUN 9 TV

Chris Homer is a broadcast professional and has spent over 40 years in television engineering and operations for terrestrial and satellite broadcast, media, post-production and studio operations. He currently serves as Director of Engineering at Scripps station in Tucson, AZ KGUN TV.

Chris has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management and served in the United States Navy as a Naval Avionics Technician. He also served on the Board of Directors for the Advanced Television Standards Committee (ATSC), Board of Directors for the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA) and is currently chair of the ATSC 3.0 Specialist Group S34 on Applications.

He is an active member of SMPTE, SBE and IEEE Broadcast Television Society.

Sessions/Events
High Resolution + HDR. Cloud Production and Distribution.
Sunday, April 6 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM PDT
Cloud-Based Advanced Emergency Information (AEI) System for ATSC 3.0 and IP Delivery
Sunday, April 6 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM PDT
VVC Broadcast Deployment Update
Sunday, April 6 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
Safeguarding Media Integrity From The Growing Threat of Generative AI
Monday, April 7 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
AI on Location: Deploying Private Networks and Edge Compute for Next Gen Production Workflows
Monday, April 7 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM PDT
Ultra-low Latency Audio over Bluetooth - a New Benchmark
Tuesday, April 8 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM PDT
Functional Requirements for Dynamic Media Facilities
Tuesday, April 8 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM PDT