Meeting: Narrative in Live Sports Broadcasting with BT Sport

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Location: Loughborough University London, Here East, Off Waterden Road, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, E20 3BS

An evening with BT Sport’s Live Match Director, Séan Hughes, examines narrative in televised sport looking at Champions League games such as Bayern Munich V Arsenal, Barcelona V Manchester City and much more. If you enjoy sport commentary, sport broadcasting or if you have an interest in the business of Sport, this insightful event is for you.

Live sports broadcasting is the longest unscripted drama on television. Players, managers and fans play a key role in delivering the story of the game, with no script or predetermined outcome. With millions of pounds riding on every move, the story of sport can change in a second. BT Sport has pioneered a number of innovations to the narration and storytelling of sport. The BT Sport App, UHDTV and Dolby Atmos deliver a first-rate visual and sonic experience.

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Meeting: 5G, what does it mean for media and broadcast?

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RTS Thames Valley
Meeting: Wed 15 November 2017, 18:30 – 21:30 GMT
Location: Pincents Manor, Theale, RG31 4UQ View Map

Chaired by John Ive of the IABM, this meeting looks at 5G which officially launches in 2020. How will it change the media landscape?
More bandwidth and network performance is welcome and could change once again how we view and use mobile devices and even outperform fixed installations. There are challenges with the requirement of a new network infrastructure which raises the question of the speed of penetration.

    Discussing this are

  • Steve Plunkett, Chief Technology Officer, Ericsson
  • Matt Stagg, Head of Mobile & Video Content at EE

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Video: Comparing and Choosing The Best HEVC Codec

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On-demand Presentation
Content distributors and aggregators adding HEVC to their delivery pipeline will have plenty of codec options, but who has the time to evaluate their features, output quality, and performance?

No worries—codec specialist Jan Ozer has done the work for you. He’s evaluated leading contenders like x265, MainConcept, Beamr, Intel, and NTT and he’ll share his results. You’ll walk away from this session with a much clearer picture of the strengths and weaknesses of your HEVC encoding options for VOD streaming.
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Webinar: LTO-8—The New Enterprise Tape Drive

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Live Webinar:Nov 15 6:00 pm GMT | On Demand after

Kieran Maloney and Ryan Duffy share the six reasons LTO tape has risen to the top as the best enterprise option with its latest eighth generation release: capacity, performance, error rate, material, cost of ownership, and diversification.

LTO advancements complement Quantum’s Scalar® libraries, further extending their position as an efficiency leader, making them the best solution to address today’s big data challenges and replace end-of-life proprietary tape systems.

Learn about the features of the latest LTO technology release, specific cost of ownership comparisons versus proprietary tape, and the future roadmap for development.
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