Webinar: AWS – Behind the Stream

Date: November 14, 2019 / 8am PST / 11am EST / 16:00 GMT

Behind The Stream is an online show containing three webinars designed for sports media broadcasters, athletic teams, and digital rights holders.

The first of the three sessions here covers creating the right experience for the service. Particularly in sports, there are different ways to present graphics and stats, to have interactivity and to innovate in order to keep the audience with you and interested.

The second session is an intriguing look into using machine learning to analyse the video to create metadata, including player tracking and then how to process and display that data to add an extra layer of interest for the audience.

Lastly, but the longest session of the three, is an hour spent whiteboarding the streaming system itself, how the different elements in the cloud work together and the things to look out for when implementing this for yourself.

Whilst these sessions are specifically about AWS services, much of the principles can be carried over to other cloud providers. With this factor and AWS being synonymous, for many, with ‘cloud’, learning the AWS way of doing things is a fantastic way to learn about operating in the cloud in general.

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Webinar: Video Ad Optimisation

Date: 24th October, 2019 Time: 10am PST / 1pm EDT / 18:00 GMT

If there’s one thing that’s been clear throughout all the years of streaming video on the internet, it’s that if the viewer doesn’t have a good time, it’s literally a big turn-off. If you’re going to show ads, show them well otherwise it can make for a terrible experience. Problems with ads undermine trust in an otherwise great service.

This is the topic under the spotlight in this webinar from the Streaming Video Alliance which brings together CommScope (previously ARRIS), IAB Tech Labs, Adobe and Conviva to discuss the best practices for getting ads right examining how to deliver them and ways to insert them.

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Speakers

Dave Romrell Dave Romrell
Engineering Fellow, Advance Research Group,
CommScope (previously ARRIS)
Chris Hock Chris Hock
Head of Business Strategy and Development, Media & Entertainment, Adobe
Advertising Working Group Co-Chair, Streaming Video Alliance
Sean Wilkinson Sean Wilkinson
Head of Corporate Development,
Conviva
Amit Shetty Amit Shetty
Senior Director, Video & Audio Products,
IAB
Jason Thibeault Jason Thibeault
Executive Director,
Streaming Video Alliance

Webinar: Creating brand loyalty and new TV revenues with next-generation voice control

With smart speakers, mobile phones and computers all sporting voice-controlled interfaces, it’s no surprise that smart TVs, Apple TVs and others can be voice controlled. This webinar looks at how much consumers expect control and what they expect.

Getting voice right, can be a really big differentiator in terms of enjoyment and confidence of a service and the speakers discuss how that can enhance retention and growth.

As seen with a recent update to Apple’s HomePod which allows it to recognise who’s speaking, voice can be used for personalisation, security and privacy when carefully applied to the service.

The webinar will also discuss fraud reduction and ecommerce opportunities.

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Speakers

Sebastian Reeve Sebastian Reeve
Director, EMEA, Intelligent Engagement
Nuance Communications
Pieter Vervoort Pieter Vervoort
VP Entertainment Products,
Liberty Global
Daniel Whaley Daniel Whaley
Senior Architect, Product (Voice & AI)
BBC

Webinar: See it Differently: IBC2019 Preview

IBC is a culmination of the conference plus the exhibition. While the curation and themes of the conference are evident, the exhibition floor is the result of market forces which are harder to predict.

This panel brings together innovative exhibitors and experienced industry experts to explore what’s new this year, and find out which cutting-edge trends there will be to seek out, including:
• Controlling and monitoring more efficient, automated media supply chains.
• Mapping the rise of cloud and software-defined hyperconverged infrastructure.
• Delivering compelling user experiences for staff and consumers alike.
• Emerging business and technology models for broadcast and digital media.

The editor of the IBC Daily, George Bevir, brings in the people you need to help you navigate the exhibition, conference including IBC hacks: essential tips and tricks for getting the most out of IBC, the RAI and your time in Amsterdam.

Speakers

George Bevir George Bevir
Editor,
IBC365 & IBC Daily
Mathieu Yerle Mathieu Yerle
Director of Sales & Product Strategy,
Connect
Ruben Spruijt Ruben Spruijt
Senior Technologist,
Nutanix Xi Frame
Mary Ann Halford Mary Ann Halford
Senior Independent Consultant
Ciaran Doran Ciaran Doran
EVP International Sales & Marketing,
Pixel Power