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Rogers Communications Centre Newsletter The Digital Edge that represented the Rogers Communications Centre's newsletter is no longer in production. The Digital Edge was established to document both the advancement of technology in the Centre as well as report on research and developmental activities. It was published 1999 through 2003. Information on activities that occur related to the Rogers Centre can be found on our website at www.rcc.ryerson.ca. For print we recommend The Faculty of Communication and Design's echo newsletter and echoReview. Below is an archive of The Digital Edge newsletter; The Digital Edge Archive
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Winter 2003 - The winter 2003 issue looks
at the partnerships that established Ryerson's
High Definition production facilities, Ryerson's
role with the New Media Trainers Alliance and
the Electronic Multimedia Awards, CDTV's pioneering
efforts, Global Threads via the Access Grid, the
Rogers Centre turning 10 and news that includes
the establishment of a broadcast master control,
CFI Funding and the hosting of the Innovations
in Digital Television seminar.
Spring 2002 - The spring 2002 issue contains
articles on Rogers Centre research work in radiosity,
a gift from the Toronto Star, gesture based interface
research, PARIS revamped, SPIRIT radio, Montreal's
Cite du Multimedia, a faculty profile of Dr. Gene
Allen, the work of Albert Duan and Access Grid
development in the Rogers Communications Centre.
Spring 2001 - The spring 2001 issue looks
at a linear High Definition Television Editing
facility established to edit a program for Vision
TV, pioneering work in terrestrial digital television,
DVD authoring, the Visual Computing Lab, the 23rd
Annual Tara Awards, improvements to the Inscriber
lab and the Toronto New Media Trainers Alliance.
Fall
2000 - The fall 2000 issue includes articles
on the launch of Studio C as a 16*9 aspect ratio
television studio, the editing revolution around
the rollout of 1394 technology, DVD's move into
Ryerson's mainstream, PERFECTE Canada's first
student produced HDTV drama, efforts to develop
streaming media for Ryerson, the development of
Channel 84, CoMedia's SIGGRAPH presentation, Singapore,
Rogers Centre participation at ConvergeTV, Canadian
Digital Television Inc., a feature on Beverly
Milligan, the launch of Interactive Broadcast
Ontario and large plasma displays.
Winter
2000 - The winter 2000 issue contains articles
on Ryerson's half century role in developing the
Canadian Television industry, the Rogers Communications
Centre involvement in developing Ryerson's online
Distance Education technology and content, Journalism
Lab upgrades, SMART Toronto, a feature on Ike
Morgulis and the academic impact of nonlinear
editing technology.
Fall
1999 - The fall 1999 issue included stories
on the establishment of the Dolby 5.1 lab production
lab, the conference activities of the Centre using
MBONE, the RRC's involvement in interactive broadcasting,
the activities of the Digital Media Projects Office,
a profile of Terry Harvey, a feature on the issue
of the Rogers millennium postage stamp and a report
on the CoMedia research project.
Our Original Mission Statement - Published
in 1999 this document outlines the mission and
highlights facilities and projects by the Rogers
Communications Centre.