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Thought LeadershipHDR specification...a long road
The specification for HDR has been some time in the making as technology changed and stakeholders juggled their varying constraints.
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Industry TrendsSatellites grow from hundreds to many thousands
Typically, the world’s main satellite operators launch about 20 communications spacecraft into orbit each year. Some are placed to capture new business, while others replace satellites that have reached their ‘end of life’.
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Industry TrendsIs the futuristic smart home closer than expected?
In 2016 the smart home appliances sector gathered pace as global shipments grew to 247 million refrigeration and laundry units, a 4% increase on the previous year.
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Industry TrendsConsumers demand à la carte TV menu
The growing popularity of original video content and an increasing number of consumers paying for multiple streaming services are the central findings in the quarterly Voice of the Connected User Landscape (VoCUL) survey from 451 Research.
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Industry TrendsConsumers shape best marketing practice
Existing marketing trends are changing with the escalation of millennial viewing culture. This proved to be a reoccurring theme throughout the two days at Cable Congress 2017.
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Industry TrendsEurovision and AsiaSat expand partnership
The Asia Pacific region will receive more content from EBU members thanks to an extension of Eurovision’s deal with AsiaSat
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Executive InterviewsGidon Katz: Sending TV over the top
Positioning itself as a mainstream pay-TV offering means Now TV has some specific demands, but customer retention remains the biggest challenge.
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Executive InterviewsPeter Kerckhoff: The bridge between telecoms and media
Operating across the worlds of telecoms and media, Deutsche Telekom’s Kerckhoff believes he understands the challenges and opportunities faced by both markets.
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Executive InterviewsDavid Atkins: Engineering the IP future
Supporting the next generation of broadcast and media professionals is essential for industry growth and development; manufacturers can do more to welcome newcomers by designing systems that resemble what engineers are used to.
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Industry TrendsUS TV providers lost 1m subs in 2016
The top 10 television service providers in the United States lost 937,000 television customers in 2016.
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Technical PapersRemote interpreting for live events and broadcast – inclusion in multiple ways
Live content gathers the highest audience share on TV today – since pre-produced content can already be viewed on demand.
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Technical PapersH2B2VS (HEVC hybrid broadcast broadband video services) – building innovative solutions over hybrid networks
Started in January 2013, H2B2VS (1) is a Eureka Celtic-Plus project.
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Technical PapersA workflow for next generation immersive content
Virtual Reality (VR), Video, and Video games are converging. Movies and games are getting closer, sharing techniques and contents.
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Technical PapersThe full monty: Moving beyond the hybrid cloud
Many media companies are moving some of their video and visual effects workflows to the cloud, but leaving some components—such as primary data storage and editing workstations—on-premises.
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Technical PapersDelivery of High Dynamic Range video using existing broadcast infrastructure
4K Ultra High Definition (UHD) TV displays were introduced in 2012, with the promise of fundamentally changing television through having four times the spatial resolution of High Definition TV (HDTV), with 3840x2160 pixels.
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Technical PapersEnhancing MPEG DASH performance via server and network assistance
Over the last few years, HTTP-based adaptive streaming has become the technology of choice for streaming media content over the Internet.
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Technical PapersArchitectures and protocols powering illegal content streaming over the internet
The history of pay-TV [1, 2, 3], considering the business at stake, is unsurprisingly tightly coupled with the history of content services piracy, effectively proving the saying that “security is a process, not a product” in this industry.
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Technical PapersWireless distribution of audiovisual media services
There has never been more content available and consumed then there is today. The huge popularity of media is not new.
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Technical PapersImproving user experience when HTTP adaptive streaming clients compete for bandwidth
The increasing number of connected displays is driving the current explosion of Internet video traffic.
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Technical PapersUsing IMF for international distribution: What does that mean?
Speed reading can often lead to misinterpretation. The title of this paper, “USING IMF FOR INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION”, is intentionally ambiguous, hence the subtitle WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? Assuming that you interpret IMF as SMPTE’s Interoperable Mastering Format (1), the ambiguity comes from the word using.
