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Principal Lead, Solutions

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Director of Federal Sales

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Chief Commercial Officer

CHESA Launches Turnkey Drone First Responder Program for Public Safety Agencies Nationwide

Baltimore, MD — CHESA (Chesapeake Systems), a leading U.S.-based systems integrator, is proud to announce its new Drone as First Responder (DFR) solution for public safety agencies across the United States. This fully integrated offering ...

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NAB 2026: The Year the Industry Ran Out of Excuses

Themes, Shifts, and What It All Means The 2026 NAB Show didn’t just wrap with a record 58,000+ registered attendees. It wrapped with a verdict: the broadcast and media technology industry has officially moved past ...

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From Legacy SDI to Full ST 2110

Modernizing Broadcast at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services How CHESA designed, staged, and deployed a complete SMPTE ST 2110 broadcast infrastructure for one of the largest federal communications operations in Washington, D.C. ...

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Inside the Broadcast Revolution: Key Takeaways from DCMUG’s Night at Monumental Sports

On March 9th, the DC Media Users Group (DCMUG) gathered for what turned out to be one of its best events yet. Hosted by CHESA and a roster of top-tier technology sponsors, the evening kicked ...

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The Em Dash: From Printing Press to AI Tell

Introduction For centuries, the em dash has quietly served writers as one of the most expressive tools in punctuation—a simple line capable of interrupting thought, adding emphasis, or shifting tone mid-sentence. Born in the early ...

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When Machines Enter the Control Room

The final vendor panel at Chesafest 2026 saved its most time-sensitive question for last. For the first three panels, AI was a topic you could discuss at a philosophical remove. The file system will evolve ...

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Automation, AI, and the Limits of Machine Decision-Making

The third vendor panel at Chesafest 2026 started with a question that sounds deceptively simple: how much of what media operations teams do today will be done by machines by 2030? The answers ranged from ...

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Thought Leaders

Jason Paquin

Chief Executive Officer

Ryan Lakey

Principal Lead, Solutions

Patrick Johnson

Director of Federal Sales

Lance Hukill

Chief Commercial Officer

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Blog

Media Composer 2026.8 Pad Locks Bin Locking on Third-Party Storage — Add More Coin to Release

Avid shipped Media Composer 2026.8 on September 1, 2026, carrying a genuinely long feature list — PhraseFindAI Multicam Auto Cut, deeper Transcript Tools, an updated OpenTimelineIO adapter, a rebuilt "What's New" window, and an uncapped Media Composer First tier. But for most working editors and organizations, none of that is...

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Cultural and Operational Shifts in ...

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Interoperability with Third-Party T...

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Executive Briefing: Security & ...

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Metadata Management and Asset Retri...

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