Video: Automating Digital Asset Production with SCTE Messages

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From the SMPTE Technical conference, a talk on SCTE 104 and SCTE 35 which allow for live insertion of ads.

Content production networks produce up to 70 different variants of each program asset to meet obligations to a growing number of distribution partners. An improved vocabulary for SCTE 104 and SCTE 35 messages enables in-band description and instructions for processing content segments of live streams. With this information, the production of live and on-demand digital assets can be automated to extract, format and brand assets to meet the various requirements.

This talk describes the critical elements of designing and implementing systems that automate the creating the digital assets. We see a modular, highly scalable architecture and and end-to-end technology for automation. And we finish with looking at how to define structure and timing in the schemas.

Presented By: Jim Duval and Eric Openshaw

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Webinar: Reducing Churn, Building Engagement & Delighting Subscribers

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The Streaming Video Alliance is back with the next in their webinar series and the focus turns to churn.

Viewer churn is the OTT killer. But keeping subscribers engaged and coming back to a service involves more than just great content. It requires a keen eye on the data—from ensuring a great Quality of Experience (QoE) to making smart marketing decisions about content to providing excellent customer service, data is key.

  • What should you be measuring?
  • What are the key metrics and their thresholds?
  • How do you implement all of this into an existing workflow?

This panel will explore the kind of data that can have a meaningful impact on an OTT experience, best practices for measuring different elements within the workflow, and the techniques to capture the data that you need.

Panelists include:
Aditya Ganjam from Conviva
Nick Nelson from OWNZONES
Jonathan Shields from Nice People at Work
and Brenton Ough from Touchstream

This topic will be moderated by Jason Thibeault, the Executive Director of the Streaming Video Alliance.

Video: HEVC Vs AV1 and the Future of the Codec Battle

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In this debate from NAB 2018, the panel discusses the video codecs which are competing to be the next-generation standard in the OTT environment and, notably, HEVC and AV1 being the front-runners. The debate on which video standard is best suited to our industry is in full swing especially as the Alliance for Open Media released AV1 at the NAB Show and Apple is supporting HEVC in its products and has decided to join the Alliance for Open Media as a founding member. This panel discusses the pros and cons of HEVC and AV1, and also put in perspective content-aware encoding techniques with AVC that might be a strong challenger in the short term for OTT distribution.

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Speakers

Jan Ozer Moderator
Jan Ozer
Principal

Doceo Publishing
Thierry Fautier Mr Thierry Fautier

VP, Video Strategy

Harmonic
Michael Coward Mike Coward

Director of Engineering

Facebook
Christopher Mueller Christopher Mueller

CTO

BitMovin
Matt Frost Matt Frost

Head of Strategy and Partnerships

Google Chrome Media

Webinar: The future of broadcast and media – IBC2018 preview

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Date: 23rd August 2018, 16:00 BST

A panel of broadcasters and exhibitors guide us through their predictions of the hot topics from IP to AI, the rise-and-rise of OTT, and the impact of 5G, blockchain and ATSC 3.0.

Plus the new focus on building an efficient supply chain to create, manage, store and distribute content.

Don’t miss the highlights of IBC2018 with this inside preview of the big themes and must-see tech on this year’s show floor.

Speakers:

Jeremy Dujardin

 Jeremy Dujardin, Chief Technology Officer,

Global Media & Entertainment Services, Tata Communications
Tim Felstead Tim Felstead, Director of Strategic and Operation Marketing,

Broadcast and Media, Rohde & Schwarz
Kathy Bienz Kathy Bienz, Director North America, IABM
Jurgita Rhodes Jurgita Rhodes, Partner, Marquis Media Partners
Moderator:
Robert Ambrose Robert Ambrose, Managing Consultant, High Green Media