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, Chief Technology Officer,
Global Media & Entertainment Services, Tata Communications
Tim Felstead, Director of Strategic and Operation Marketing,
Broadcast and Media, Rohde & Schwarz
Kathy Bienz, Director North America, IABM
Jurgita Rhodes, Partner, Marquis Media Partners
Moderator:
Robert Ambrose, Managing Consultant, High Green Media
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
This webinar brings examples from Leading OTT operators and providers describing how they drive audience growth through quality and user experience. Of course, great content alone is not enough to sustain a successful on-demand internet-delivered OTT service.
The speakers will reveal the risk factors that can destroy audience engagement, including poor streaming performance and data privacy and security fears and as OTT becomes inseparable from live broadcast, solutions for streaming time-sensitive, high-value live events and sports are assessed.
Whether it’s broadcaster catch-up, special-interest content or producers like HBO and Disney going direct, the pressure is on for platforms trying to compete with the big beasts Netflix and Amazon. With the announcement of Salto as a joint venture of broadcasters in France, and UK channels investing in updating Freeview Play, OTT is centre-stage once again.
Audiences have huge expectations of user experience, video image and quality-of-service – regardless of the network or device they are using. Delivering and managing a consistently-high quality of experience is crucial for media companies wanting to deliver a popular, engaging and profitable OTT service – whatever the content and business model.
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Speakers:
Guilherme Saraiva, CTO, Rede Telecine
Steve Miller-Jones, Senior Director of Product Management, Limelight Networks
In this webinar from IBC365, sponsored by Tedial, we hear about how Artificial Intelligence in live broadcast from Daniel McDonnell of Timeline TV, Dr. Rob Oldfield from Salsa sound and Jérôme Wauthoz from Tedial.
They discuss the fact that producing and managing the most valuable live sport broadcasts is being transformed through AI-enabled tools automating critical parts the production process. From AI cameras focusing in on the action, automated multi-channel sound mixes, to powerful media management tools linking live action with real-time metadata to speed production and automate match highlights creation.
You’ll hear about cutting-edge tools for live sports production and hear from leading broadcasters that are using them.
Daniel McDonnell, Managing Director, Timeline Television
Daniel McDonnell began his career as a trainee at the BBC in 1989. He worked for the corporation for 17 years as an engineer and VT operator and in later years as an editor.
He formed Timeline in 2006 to specialise in providing server systems and shared edit systems to the broadcast sector. The company has now grown to have more than 130 full time staff. Covering large sporting events such as Wimbledon, Timeline TV provides outside broadcasts, post-production and studio-based services to major UK and International networks such as the BBC and ITV, as well as to the independent sector.
For the America’s Cup the company developed robotic, waterproof camera systems to capture the action from the competing yachts. It also recently designed and built the world’s most advanced IP 4K HDR outside broadcast truck.
Dr Rob Oldfield, Co-Founder, Salsa Sound
Once an academic, now an entrepreneur; Rob completed his PhD at the University of Salford in Audio technology, and continued working at the university in a research and consultancy for several years until he co-founded Salsa Sound Ltd.
Rob’s interests are primarily in improving broadcast audio quality and developing new audio capture technologies for a better end-user experience.
Patented technology from his research led to the recent formation of spin-out company (Salsa Sound) which received backing from the Royal Academy of Engineering who appointed Rob as one of their Enterprise Fellows. Salsa Sound focuses specifically on sports broadcast and Rob’s goal is to make the sound of sport on the TV more engaging, more cinematic and more interactive.
Jérôme Wauthoz, Vice President Products, Tedial
Jerome Wauthoz joined Tedial in 2017 following more than 22 years at EVS Broadcast Equipment.
He has a deep understanding of live production workflows and extensive experience analysing customer needs across global markets. He launched his career at EVS as a software engineer and subsequently held management-level positions, including R&D manager; product manager and market solutions manager.
Prior to joining Tedial he served as vice president of products, responsible for overseeing the team tasked with developing the company’s next-generation solutions. Jerome holds a degree in Masters in Engineering in Electro-Mechanics from Liège University, Belgium where he also served as an assistant teacher.
Moderator
Robert Ambrose, Managing Consultant, High Green Media
Rob Ambrose (@rambrose) is a consultant, industry analyst, writer and technologist providing strategic advice and content creation to media companies and their technology vendors.
As Founder and Managing Consultant at High Green Media, Rob has expert knowledge of media business systems and the content supply chain – ranging from scheduling and rights management through to content operations, media asset management and workflow. He’s focused on the transformative impact of cloud and data analytics on the media technology landscape.
He’s an active speaker and presenter on media and entertainment industry trends and has extensive international experience, working directly with media companies and vendors in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and North America. Rob holds an MBA with Distinction from Imperial College, London.
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