Webinar: Compression Economics


Date: Today, 23rd July, 2018 16:00 BST / 8am PST

This joint webinar from the IABM and V-Nova, will dive into the current state of the compression market, exploring new technologies and assessing compression costs and benefits to broadcasters, operators and OTT providers.

“More with less,” this has always been the compression mantra since the beginning. With the rise of new media and the emergence of immersive formats such as UHD and VR, compression vendors have been again asked to deliver better quality at a reduced bit-rate.

    Topics include:

  • Industry trends driving demand for improved video compression
  • Shift from hardware to software (and virtualisation) – impact on compression vendors and benefits for operators
  • The benefits of next-generation video compression for AVOD and SVOD services. What are the dynamics? How much of an effect can it have on a streaming video business?
  • The rise of AI – how artificial intelligence can improve compression economics
  • Immersive formats – UHD/VR demand by end-users; economics of delivering these formats and how best to do so
  • HEVC, AV1 and PERSEUS Plus – the various factors dictating what codec to choose and in which scenarios they have most value

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Webinar: Media at the Edge – A new content technology perspective


Date: 26th July 2018, 16:00 BST

IBC365 continues it’s excellent webinars with this one looking at how pushing computing out to the ‘edge’, meaning closer to the user, will help Broadcasters.

In this webinar, you will learn:

  • What Edge computing is and why it will be key to broadcasting, media and entertainment
  • How edge computing is rapidly evolving to provide content anywhere and everywhere through the IoT and soon across 5G networks
  • What mobile edge computing means for production, processing and video distribution
  • How new consumer experiences, VR, AR, UHD streaming will be driven by the availability of edge infrastructure
  • How to secure the critical IT infrastructure which will house valuable content at the edge of the network

Register now!

Speakers:

Damon Neale

Damon Neale, Chief Technology Officer, BASE Media Cloud

Steven Carlini

Steven Carlini, Senior Director, Data Centre Global Solutions, Schenider Electric
Moderator:

Ambrose McNevin

Ambrose McNevin, Managing Director, Tech Marketing Content Ltd

Webinar: AWS Innovate 2018 Online Conference


Tomorrow, Thursday 19th 2018, 11:00-15:00 BST

At AWS Innovate Online Conference hear the very latest from Dr Werner Vogels, CTO Amazon.com and Craig Stires, Head of Big Data and Analytics, AWS, APAC then dive deep into any of the 50+ business and technical sessions across ten tracks delivered by AWS experts. This free online conference is designed to inspire and educate you about AWS services and help you develop the skills to design, deploy, and operate infrastructure and applications.

Featuring multiple tracks including a ‘Step by Step Guide to Building your Own Video On-Demand Architecture’. This promises to be a really useful intro/refresher in cloud technology.

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Webinar: The Art of Visual Effects – How the ILM Art Department Works from Vision to Post


July 19th 2018, 5:30pm PDT, 8:30 ET
The HPA Young Entertainment Professionals (YEP) will be teaming up with Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) for the third webinar in the series, The Art of Visual Effects: How the ILM Art Department works from vision to post.

The previous webinars are now available as an on-demand videos, see bottom of this post.

The ILM Art Department is a key component to both pre-production and post-production workflows. This webinar illustrates the role of the Art Department in feature film development from concept art through visual effects design and marketing imagery, all working within the director’s vision. Tune in for illustrations of developing stories and ideas as well as the technical and creative problem solving at work in VFX post-production. This webinar will be presented by ILM’s Creative Director David Nakabayashi and Global Senior Department Manager Jennifer Coronado.

The YEP webinar series is geared towards early- to mid-career M&E professionals and is one facet of the YEP programme’s commitment to facilitating industry education on standards and practices as they relate to business, production, technology, and emerging trends.

Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to have these experts take you through their workflow processes from every angle. Register now!

Previous Webinars:
Color Theory and the Art of Color
End to End Scripted Episodic Workflows