Webinar: AWS Insights Conference

Posted on by Russell Trafford-Jones


Date: 15th November from 7AM PT / 15:00 GMT

Amazon Web Services is back with another free conference, this time looking at video tech innovation, content distribution and more! From business to tech, there are free sessions for whatever angle you look at broadcasting from.

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Highlights:
“Production in the Cloud: Trends, Challenges and Solutions”
“3 Strategies: Achieving Great Video Quality Without Breaking the Bank”
“How to Build and Benfit from Live VOD Workflows”

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Speakers

Kiran Patel Kiran Patel
Solutions Marketing Manager, AWS Elemental
Jack Wenzinger Jack Wenzinger
Partner Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
Mark Stephens Mark Stephens
Partner Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
Usman Shakeel Usman Shakeel
World Wide Tech Lead for Media &Entertainment, Amazon Web Services

Webinar: 5G Broadcast: Engine of Next Generation Networks

Posted on by Russell Trafford-Jones


Date:Thursday, November 08, 2018 15:00 GMT
For decades, organizations have strived to create high quality, affordable mobile television. Now, after the introduction of the new FeMBMS 5G broadcast network standard, this dream is becoming reality. With 5G broadcasts, billions of consumers worldwide can transform their existing smartphones and tablets into mobile receivers capable of accessing TV services, media content, social networks and many other forms of media.

In Europe, Rohde & Schwarz is at the cutting edge of this technology revolution. In one German field trial, 5G Today, R&S is partnering other forward-thinking organizations such as broadcaster, Bayerischer Rundfunk and mobile network operator, Telefónica 02. Together, they have enabled large-scale transmission of media content in broadcast mode based on mobile technology and terrestrial transmitter networks.

Join a special webinar hosted by TVB Europe where you can learn how this new business development can generate fresh audiences and major revenue streams for organizations like yours. The webinar will be hosted by Rohde & Schwarz who will guide you through this fascinating new mobile media landscape, illustrating how this technology can revolutionize your business profitability.

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Webinar: Next Generation TV

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Date: Thursday 15th November 2018, 11am PT, 2pm ET, 18:00 GMT

OTT is just TV—or at least it should be. Viewers are looking to OTT services not simply as an add-on to broadcast or cable, but as a replacement. Akamai, Bitmovin and EZDRM join forces in this Streaming Media webinar to shed light on how to make your OTT service as reliable, robust, and feature-rich as broadcast or cable, as well as how to add features and functionality that the previous generation of TV simply can’t match.

Video: Sky Tech Summit, Redefining the visual experience – advances in UHD & HDR

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From Sky’s 2018 Tech Summit, we hear from across the industry about the activities the industry is engaged in to improve television and move it into the future.

Chris Johns, from Sky, starts by walking us through the current advances in TV; delivery methods, choice, and advances in video and audio.

Ian Nock from the UltraHD Forum, gives us the low-down on where UHD displays are heading, the inter-op work being spearheaded by the UHD Forum and specifications being agreed to bring technologies like HDR and Dolby Atmos into our homes.

Carys Hughes from Sky, explains her work ensuring that lip sync keeps pace with recent technology and remains at 0ms.

Phil Layton from BBC R&D takes us through the live UHD events the BBC has been doing, showing us how they have been steaming live.

Gill Reston also explains what the DPP has been doing in the industry particularly with IMF.

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Speakers

Chris Johns Chris Johns
Chief Engineer, Broadcast Strategy,
Sky UK
Ian Nock Ian Nock
Chair of the Ultra HD Forum Interop-WG
Founder of Fairmile West
Carys Hughes Carys Hughes
Design Engineer (Emerging Technologies)
Sky
Phil Layton Phil Layton
Head of Broadcast & Connected Systems,
BBC Research & Development
Gill Reston Jill Reston
Senior Project Manager,
DPP