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Video: Spectral Quality – Improving Colors to Improve Videos

Posted on by Russell Trafford-Jones

Vimeo’s Vittorio Giovara discusses ways to improve viewer retention by improving videos paying attention to colour space and colour volume. This talk covers how and why High Dynamic Range (HDR) works, Wide Color Gamut (WCG), 10-bit vs 8-bit video and also discusses the importance of frame rate on viewer retention.

After all, 4K has gotten most of the headlines, but there are other ways to improve the quality of your streaming video that have even more visual impact. This talk explores video colorimetry, ranging from video quality concepts to the latest trends in the industry. Vimeo’s experience is used as a practical implementation example and showcases how new compression technologies are deployed for the benefit of creators and their audiences.

This isn’t just about pretty videos, Vittorio shows the economic benefits of producing a better product.

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Video: Lights, Colors, Artwork

Posted on by Russell Trafford-Jones


Mark Watson from Netflix examines how to combine SDR and HDR video from many sources into one seamless experience. How do you manage the different colour spaces, the difference in dynamic range, the types of HDR? Mark talks about how the different delivery formats differ and presents ways in which they can be unified, representing the work that Netflix is putting in to create a rich, seamless and dynamic auto-playing user experience.

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Webinar: HDR – Bright prospects ahead, but where are we now?

Posted on by Russell Trafford-Jones


Time: 15:00 BST, Wednesday June 13th 2018

A review of current technology and real-world deployments

  • The WOW factor: Why HDR?
  • HDR standards: HLG, PQ or HDR10 variants?
  • Content availability: HD or UHD?
  • Consumer displays: Mobile phones or 4K/8K TV?
  • HDR distribution: Broadcast, OTT or 4G/5G?
  • Real world deployments

The competition for viewers’ eyeballs and their disposable income has never been fiercer. Great picture quality is one weapon that service providers – especially broadcasters – can deploy to attract and retain viewers.

It’s true that millions of 4K ready TVs have been sold, but in practice most TVs sold before 2017 don’t have any support for HDR at all. Many different variants of HDR have also emerged in an attempt to offer higher quality coupled with some backwards compatibility with those early TVs, but broadcasters have been perhaps understandably reluctant to commit to producing 4K or HDR content with the costs of the ill-fated 3DTV still on their books.

This webinar looks at HDR in general and the different variants that have emerged. The drive for 4K, or even 8K, content and displays is contrasted with consumers’ willingness to watch full HD with HDR on the latest mobile phone displays…
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Speakers:

David Smith
Technology Manager
Rohde & Schwarz

Andy Quested
Technology Strategy & Architecture
BBC Design + Engineering

Paul Clennell
Chief Technology Officer
dock10

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