Tech Papers 2021
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Technical PapersIBC Technical Papers Presentation Sessions
The Technical Papers Programme features original, novel research on solutions to real-world problems faced by the international broadcast and digital media industry. Papers cover all industry sectors across the media, entertainment and technology industries and are delivered by a mix of industry professionals, academics, and R&D experts.
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Technical PapersIET announce Best of IBC Technical Papers
The IET have announced the publication of The best of IET and IBC 2024 from IBC2024, once again showcasing the groundbreaking research presented through the papers. The papers have been selected by IBC’s Technical Papers Committee for being novel, topical, analytical and well-written and which have the potential to make ...
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Technical PapersTechnical Papers 2024 Session: Streaming – the view from each end
In this session from IBC2024, AWS India and the BBC present their fascinating work on streaming, as part of the IBC Technical Papers.
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Technical PapersTechnical Papers 2024 Session: Provenance – what can we trust?
In this session from IBC2024, two authors from BBC R&D and Verance Corporation present their work on provenance in news broadcasting as part of the IBC Technical Papers.
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Technical PapersTechnical Papers 2024 Session: Advances in Video Coding – encoder optimisations and film grain
In this session from IBC2024, IMAX, MediaKind, Fraunhofer HHI and Ericsson present their work on video coding, as part of the IBC Technical Papers
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Technical PapersTechnical Papers 2024 Session: Sustainability – energy efficiency, spanning devices to delivery systems
In this session from IBC2024, three authors present their work on Sustainability in the M&E ecosystem as part of the IBC Technical Papers.
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Technical PapersTechnical Papers 2024 Session: XR – advances in capturing, rendering, and delivering
In this session from IBC2024, four authors will each present their impressive research in the field of XR, as part of the IBC Technical Papers.
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Technical PapersTechnical Papers 2024: Audio & Speech – advances in production
In this session from IBC2024, two authors present their work on Audio Description and implementing Audio Definition Model as part of the IBC Technical Papers.
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Technical PapersTechnical Papers 2024 Session: 5G Case Studies – public network slicing trials and striving for low latency
In this session from IBC2024, Telestra Broadcast Service and the BBC present their work 5G Case Studies as part of the IBC Technical Papers.
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Technical PapersTechnical Papers 2024 Session: AI in Production – training and targeting
In this session from IBC2024, three authors from NHK, Viaccess-Orca and European Broadcasting Union present their work on the application of AI to media production as part of the IBC Technical Papers.
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Technical PapersTechnical Papers 2024 Session: 5G Technology - convergence with broadcast
In this session from IBC2024, Qualcomm Technologies Inc and Qualcomm Germany GmbH present their work on 5G broadcast as part of the IBC Technical Papers
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Technical PapersIBC2024 Tech Papers: Optimising 5G for low latency broadcast production
This paper examines the collaborative efforts of BBC R&D, TV2 and Neutral Wireless to investigate and optimise 5G for low latency production in TV studio settings and multi-camera outdoor broadcasts, which in many aspects differ from newsgathering.
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Technical PapersIBC2024 Tech papers: Sub-6GHz 5G Slicing on Public Networks - Field Results, Observations and Roadmap to Ubiquitous 5G Access for Professional Media
This paper examines the technical details of trials following the evolution from LTE QCI-driven prioritisation and scheduling, through the impact of Radio Resource Scheduling, and the realisation of slicing through the User Equipment Route Selection Policy.
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Technical PapersIBC2024 Tech papers: Ready for deployment: VVC’s adoption and interoperability status
This paper starts with an overview of the latest VVC adoption and deployment status including an overview and comparison of VVC profiles in major application standards. The paper provides an overview of the MC-IF VVC technical guidelines which document VVC interoperability points adopted across relevant application specifications.
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Technical PapersIBC2024 Tech Papers: Enhancing Film Grain Coding in VVC: Improving Encoding Quality and Efficiency
This study contributes to advancing the understanding and implementation of film grain handling techniques in VVC open-source implementations, with implications for enhancing the viewing experience in multimedia applications.
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Technical PapersIBC2024 Tech Papers: “Quantitative assessment of film grain similarity: an objective model ”
This paper proposes an objective film grain similarity model using a data-driven approach, which aligns closely with human perception, demonstrating a high correlation with subjective studies.
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Technical PapersIBC2024 Tech Papers: Novel coding methods for storage bit-cost, transcoding complexity, and transmission efficiency trade-off optimization of multi-profile video delivery system
This paper specifically targets a system to improve the trade-off between the storage bit-cost of the different representations, the transcoding complexity and transmission efficiency (i.e. bitrate-quality trade-off at transmission) of the requested representation by the end-client while guaranteeing that the delivered output bitstream remains compliant with the legacy decoding system ...
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Technical PapersIBC2024 Tech Papers: Live music in virtual immersive spaces
This paper presents approaches the BBC has been trialling for delivering live events into virtual immersive spaces. Trials are being run to explore the use of low-latency volumetric capture technology of the artists, to allow virtual attendees, through their avatars, to interact with the performer and each other. Other trials ...
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Technical PapersIBC2024 Tech Papers: Novel Image Sensor with Area-Based Optimisation of Shooting Conditions for Immersive Content Productions
This paper describes a novel scene-adaptive imaging technology designed to enhance the image quality of wide-angle immersive videos such as 360-degree videos. It addresses the challenge of balancing resolution, frame rate, and dynamic range due to sensor limitations by dynamically adjusting shooting conditions within a single frame on the basis ...
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Technical PapersIBC2024 Tech Papers: Large Multimodal Model-based Video Encoding Optimization
This paper demonstrates that our LMM-based approach not only significantly reduces the computational complexity required for sampling based per-title video encoding—by an astounding 13 times—but also maintains the same level of bitrate saving. These findings not only pave the way for more efficient and adaptive video encoding strategies but also ...
