Transcript a future-proof network

Simon Fell
Director of Technology & Innovation
THE WORLD’S FOREMOST ALLIANCE OF PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA
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74 Members in 56 countries in Europe & beyond
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35 Associate Members in 21 countries
TECHNOLOGY &
INNOVATION
• Shaping broadcast
technology and standards
• Anticipating
technical developments
• Contact with manufacturers
and operators
• Popular web-site:
tech.ebu.ch
THE WORLD'S
BIGGEST
BROADCASTING
NETWORK
• A future-proof network
• Event production
•Major football leagues
•All UEFA events
•2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™
European qualifiers
•Formula 1™
A FUTURE-PROOF
NETWORK
• 70,000 transmissions per
year
• 84,000 hours of news and
sport per year
• 67% of sport carried in HD
IBC 2013
• Three big themes
• UHDTV
• Spectrum
• Broadcast Studio
Infrastructure
ULTRA HDTV
• CE Industry already has the product brand
• Digital Europe wants to go with a standard now
• Do we want Ultra ‘HD Ready’ now or something
better?
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We are arguing for something more…
100Hz for Europe via ITU
10 Bit with 50/60 fps Phase 1 and 100/120 fps later
2020 Colour Gamut
Studios say they also want a step up!
MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON UHDTV
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“Mess” around real time studio interfaces for 100/120Hz, 12 bit HDR:
• SMPTE: Evolution of SDI to 6 and 12 Gbps
• SMPTE: Fibre optical interface (SMPTE 2036-4)
• ITU:
Input from Australia on a 3rd alternative to the ones above
• Urgent action on harmonisation, and limiting the options required
• At ITU-R Study Group 6 meeting last week new frame rates added to UHDTV:
• 100 Hz based on European demand, 120/1.001 based on Japanese demand
• Preliminary, final decision in April 2014
• EBU is actively contributing to the consumer UHD display label spec
• Great concern that consumer industry in only focusing on resolution
EBU ACTIONS ON UHDTV
Scientific testing:
- Resolution (done)
- Higher Frame rates (done)
- Higher dynamic range and colour (Jan 2014)
- HEVC performance and studio codecs (AVC Ultra and XAVC)
Events:
Workshop 25/26 November: UHD voices and choices. Almost booked out
Production technology seminar 28-30 January 2014.
DTT SPECTRUM - PREPARATIONS FOR WRC
2015
• Not as important in all regions but massive impact
where DTT is main transmission method.
• Can Mobile Broadband deliver the demands of TV
viewers (No) Monthly data cap = ?? Hrs of TV
• Will consumers be willing to pay to receive TV in
future - these are the issues.
• What would be the economic cost to countries to
switch to another platform? €XX bn
• HOW MUCH spectrum do Mobile Ops need?
• 90% in home traffic is Wifi
• Join us in the debate 800, 700? 600? Next…
STUDIO INFRASTRUCTURE
WHAT REPLACES HD-SDI
• Todays studio architecture well understood and
resilient over many years.
• UHDTV-2 may require 16 x Cables per source?
• Not feasible – FAIL!
• So is it next generation HD-SDI or IP?
• EBU Tech groups looking at options for the future.
LOSS OF THE TERRESTRIAL SPECTRUM
The UHF spectrum allocations
2006
Broadcasting
21
30
40
50
60
69
862 MHz
X
470 MHz
BC + Mobile
Broadcasting
30
40
50
60 61
2012
790 MHz
Broadcasting
21
30
BC + Mobile
40
470 MHz
2015
48
50
694 MHz
BC + Mobile
21
470 MHz
30
40
48
50
694 MHz
69
862 MHz
X
21
470 MHz
BC + Mobile
60 61
790 MHz
69
862 MHz
X
2007
BC + Mobile
60 61
790 MHz
69
862 MHz
DTT is the most popular TV System for EU
households
Terrestrial; 46%
Cable; 31%
Satellite; 23%
Broadband;6%
Source: Eurobarometer 396, 2013. Adds to more than 100%.
Households may use more than one platform.
THE FUTURE DISTRIBUTION OF MEDIA
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FOR 120 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS, 275 MILLION PEOPLE
(IN THE EU ALONE) THE TERRESTRIAL PLATFORM IS
THE MAIN ACCESS TO TV
>75%
50-75%
25-50%
< 25%
Data not collected
Source: Broadcast Networks Europe 2012
EVOLUTION OF LINEAR AND NON-LINEAR TV VIEWING
(MINUTES PER PERSON PER DAY) (AVERAGE IN EU BIG 5)
Source: IHS – ScreenDigest: Cross-platform Television Viewing Time FY 2012
Note: Forecast from 2012 // * 2020 forecast by EBU
CHANGING MARKET -OVER-THE-TOP SERVICES
Opportunities for broadcasters with HbbTV but competition with CE portals
WHAT IS EBU TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION DOING?
Joint task
force on
networked
media
Integrated
Media
production
Strategies
Quality
Control
Digital
radio
Platforms
Sustainability
Co-operative
Terrestrial
Networks
HbbTV
Future Networks
and Storage
Systems
TV Platforms
and Services
Broadband
Networks
Future Audio
and Radio
Prod
Beyond
HD
Spectrum
Management
and
regulation
Media
Information
management
EBU.IO
Provide a running environment for proofs-of-concept and expérimental services
Single stack of services to simplify development and delivery
Connect software engineers amongst our members and share projects
ROADMAP – EBU DEVELOPER NETWORK
September 2013
Published EBU Open Source projects
(Cloud, Hybrid Radio)
October 2013
EBU.io: iterative rollout of crowd-based features to
identify and gather interest in Open Source projects
November 18 and 19 2013
EBU DevCon – our first developers conference
ebu.github.io
RADIO BROADCASTING TO MOBILE DEVICES –
EURO-CHIP INITIATIVE
• Euro-Chip is not a silicon chip
• Marketing initiative from Radio directors in Europe to
push for free-to-air broadcast and tuner integration in
consumer devices
• Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by major
public service broadcasters to support the initiative
• Promotion to Device manufacturers, Car industry and
Mobile Network Operators (MNO)
THANKS
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