Accessibility solutions with HbbTV
2021-09-21 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax)
The first HbbTV webinar after the summer holiday break focuses on improving accessibility through HbbTV-based solutions. The session features use case examples from several European markets, a look at the upcoming EBU guideline for access services with HbbTV and future improvements, for example through bridging TV devices and apps, new features and specification updates.
Presenters
Olivia May, Head of Product Development, Freeview Play
Klaus Merkel, Senior Engineer, Distribution, rbb
Nigel Moore, Senior Manager, TV Engineering, Sony Europe
Agenda
• Freeview Play HbbTV Accessible TV Guide: use case examples, experiences, future plans
• Examples of how HbbTV can be used today to provide accessibility features
• The EBU guideline for access services with HbbTV
• Improvements in future specification updates
• Q&A
Moderator
Jörn Krieger, Freelance Journalist
Presenters’ Biographies
Olivia May currently leads Product Development at Freeview Play (Digital UK). Olivia joined Freeview Play from Youview where she was in Product Management with a focus on future media initiatives and platform strategy. Before Youview she worked as a consultant at PA Consulting, OC&C and Curzon Consulting for Sky on strategy and organisational projects.
Klaus Merkel joined rbb in April 2021 and actively contributes to the development of the standard and its practical application. From 1991-2021 Klaus had been employed at IRT where he was engaged in working groups for the definition and market introduction of open and interoperable platforms for interactive TV. He was deeply involved in the launch phase of HbbTV in 2009.
Nigel Moore is a Senior Manager in Sony Europe’s TV Engineering group, looking at technologies and features that can be brought into future TV products. One of his main focus areas is HbbTV, and Nigel is active in the Specification, Requirements and Steering groups. He also chairs HbbTV’s Licensing working group. Nigel started working at Sony in 2002, having previously been Technology VP for a streaming media start-up venture.
Replay
A recording of the 1-hour webinar is available on our YouTube channel.
PDF presentation downloads
Olivia May, Freeview Play (Digital UK)
Klaus Merkel, rbb
Nigel More, Sony Europe

HbbTV Demo Live #1
2021-09-28 15:00 - 15:30 (America/Halifax)
The first edition of our new HbbTV Symposium and Awards preview event HbbTV Demo Live features news, updates and showcases by Kineton, ERT, Sofia Digital, Vewd and SmarDTV.
Youtube Video available here

Extending the Reach of HbbTV TA to Set-top Box Markets
2021-10-19 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax)
Reaching a large number of viewers is one of the key issues for advertising. HbbTV has recently updated its specification for set-top box markets, “Application Discovery over Broadband” to integrate with HbbTV Targeted Advertising (TA). In this webinar, you hear about the target markets for this update and about how the two solutions fit together. You also hear about the components needed to deploy the combined solutions and the work of a task force in Germany aiming at such a deployment in practice. The presentations are followed by Q&A.
Presenters
Frank Heineberg, Senior Manager, Distribution, RTL/CBC
Jon Piesing, Director Standardisation, TP Vision
Joe Winograd, CTO, Verance
Klaus Merkel, Senior Engineer, Distribution, rbb/ARD
Moderator
Jörn Krieger, Freelance Journalist
Presenters’ Biographies
Frank Heineberg is Senior Manager programme distribution at CBC / RTL Deutschland since 2014, after having already been active in other functions at RTL and CBC since 1991. He is working on various new technology projects and represents RTL in standardisation bodies. Frank is also member of the HbbTV Steering Group.
Jon Piesing is the Vice-Chair of the HbbTV Association. He is also Chair of the Technical Module of the DVB Project and the Steering Committee of the CTA Web Application Video Ecosystem (WAVE) project. Jon, who has been a leading figure in the development of specifications for integration of TV and interactivity for more than 10 years, is Director, Standardisation for TP Vision, the manufacturer of Philips TV sets.
Joe Winograd is the Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Verance Corp and has directed the company’s development of watermark solutions since 1995. He led Verance’s efforts to establish the company’s technology as the industry standard for movies, TV and music and has guided its deployment in hundreds of millions of consumer electronics and entertainment products.
Klaus Merkel joined rbb in April 2021 and actively contributes to the development of the standard and its practical application. From 1991-2021 Klaus had been employed at IRT where he was engaged in working groups for the definition and market introduction of open and interoperable platforms for interactive TV. He was deeply involved in the launch phase of HbbTV in 2009.
A recording of the 1-hour webinar is available on our YouTube channel. The presentations can be downloaded as PDF documents: Frank, Jon, Joe, Klaus

HbbTV Demo Live #2
2021-10-26 15:00 - 15:30 (America/Halifax)
The second edition of the HbbTV Demo Live series provides exclusive insights by major market players into the new products and services to be unveiled at the HbbTV Symposium and Awards in Paris 2021.
Presenters:
Oliver Botti – Fincons
Anaïs Libolt – Dolby
Paul Martin – OBS
Pascal-Hippolyte Besson – Dotscreen
Moderator:
Jörn Krieger
Watch the recording on YouTube.

HbbTV Demo Live #3
2021-11-16 15:00 - 15:30 (America/Halifax)
The HbbTV Symposium and Awards preview event, HbbTV Demo Live, on November 16, 2021, 15:00-15:30 CET, features exclusive updates, market insights and live demos by Mediaset, Eurofins Digital Testing, Wiztivi and Konodrac
The replay is available on YouTube.

9th HbbTV Symposium and Awards on November 24-25 in Paris
2021-11-24 - 2021-11-25
The 9th HbbTV Symposium and Awards in Paris is co-hosted by the HbbTV Association and SALTO, the new French streaming platform founded by the leading domestic public and commercial broadcasters France Télévisions, TF1 and M6. SALTO’s commitment to the HbbTV standard has driven the awareness, development and prospects for HbbTV in the French market as the technology for interactive services enriching the TV experience.
Watch conference day 1 and conference day 2 as a replay on YouTube.
More information about the conference site and programme is available here.

HbbTV developments in the UK
2022-01-25 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax)
The first session of the HbbTV webinar series in 2022 explains how HbbTV operates in the UK with insights on market players, services, developments and trends. A special focus is on the collaboration between broadcasters, manufacturers, retailers and consumers. The presentations are followed by Q&A.
Presenters
James Jackson, Technology Director, Freeview/Digital UK
Richard Moreton, Business Development and Industrial Affairs, Samsung Electronics R&D Institute UK
Sylvain Thevenot, Managing Director, Netgem UK, CCO/CMO, Netgem Group
Moderator
Jörn Krieger, Freelance Journalist
Presenters’ Biographies
James Jackson is the Technology Director of Digital UK where he is responsible for the management of the technology, specifications and systems supporting the UK’s largest free-to-air television platform. Building on the success of Freeview, James has led the technical development of the Freeview Play platform, which offers free to view access to DTT broadcast and IP delivered content from all of the UK’s major broadcasters.
Richard Moreton works in the Business Development and Industrial Affairs team for Samsung R&D Institute where he supports Samsung’s European activities within the digital TV market, including forming strategic partnerships and defining European Standards for accessibility feature support on Samsung’s TV sets. Richard is also the Co-Chair of the HbbTV Requirements Group.
Sylvain Thevenot joined Netgem in 2015, creating the London office of Netgem Group, a leading provider of connected TV products since 1996. He has played a key role in transforming the business model from a set-top box vendor to a service provider. Sylvain launched Netgem TV in the UK, the ‘super aggregator TV service’ with Freeview Play/HbbTV at the heart, completed by the most popular OTT services such as Amazon Prime, YouTube, Britbox and BT Sport.
A recording of the 1-hour webinar is available on our YouTube channel. The presentations can be downloaded as PDF documents: James, Richard, Sylvain.

HbbTV in programmatic advertising and GDPR compliance
2022-02-22 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax)
The webinar focuses on HbbTV-based programmatic advertising solutions, data collection and consent management on connected TVs, and legal aspects.
Presenters
Agustin Perez, CEO & Founder, Sibbo Ventures
Margarita Lyadova, Senior Manager, Identity Solutions, Samba TV
Leslie Shanklin, VP & Global Head of Privacy, Discovery, Co-Chair HbbTV Privacy Task Force
Agenda
Introduction in programmatic advertising and GDPR requirements
Solutions, examples, experiences
Value of connected TV for advertisers
Improving the viewing experience
Legal challenges
Consent gathering for data collection in Targeted Advertising
Consent management tools
Q&A
Moderator
Jörn Krieger, Freelance Journalist
Presenters’ bios
Agustin Perez, CEO of Sibbo, founded the company that provides an IAB Europe compliance Consent Management Platform (CMP) for HbbTV, smart TV, apps, Android, Android TV, iOS, AMP and desktop. He was previously business development director at Orange Advertising and Senior Consultant, Logistics at different companies.
Margarita Lyadova leads the product development and strategy for Samba TV’s identity team. Samba’s proprietary identity graph is a capability used both by Samba proper and licensed out externally to any customers. Hailing from Nielsen and Adstra Data, Margarita’s expertise is focused on identity resolution, connected TV, and developing products exceeding client expectations.
Leslie Shanklin leads the global Privacy Office for Discovery, Inc. In her role, Leslie leads a team of lawyers and privacy professionals who are responsible for building and managing Discovery’s global data protection compliance programme and advising the business on the data protection aspects of Discovery’s global operations. Leslie, a Certified Information Privacy Professional in the US and Europe, is also currently serving as Co-Chair of the HbbTV Privacy Task Force.
A recording of the 1-hour webinar is available on our YouTube channel. The presentations can be downloaded as PDF documents: Agustin, Margarita, Leslie

Insights into the HbbTV Developer Portal
2022-04-05 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax)
The webinar focuses on the new HbbTV Developer Portal at https://developer.www.hbbtv.org and provides details on its features, tools and services and the motives for its launch.
Presenters
Angelo Pettazzi, Consultant, Strategic Marketing, RTI-Mediaset, Chair of HbbTV MEWG
David Uhlmann, Head of Video Solutions EMEA, Google
Hrvoje Bašić, Principal Consultant, App Stream
Agenda
– Introduction to the project and the HbbTV Marketing and Education Working Group (MEWG)
– Background on the need for the HbbTV Developer Portal, explanation of the process and the discussion in MEWG
– Portal features: sections, content, interaction with Stack Overflow, MEWG and the HbbTV Association
– First-hand insights into the development and launch of the HbbTV Developer Portal by App Stream
– Q&A
Moderator
Jörn Krieger, Freelance Journalist
Presenters’ bios
Angelo Pettazzi is Consultant at RTI-Mediaset Strategic Marketing, Chair of the HbbTV Marketing and Education Working Group (MEWG) and a member of the HbbTV Steering Group. With more than 35 year experience in the industry, Angelo has been involved in HbbTV activities since 2015 as the RTI-Mediaset representative in the HbbTV Association.
David Uhlmann, Head of Video Solutions EMEA at Google, brings Google-powered cross-screen monetisation solutions to broadcaster and OTT streaming providers. As part of his role, David leads Google’s Addressable TV efforts in HbbTV.
Hrvoje Bašić, Principal Consultant at App Stream, is a software development professional with over 20 years of experience. He is focused on digital transformation and software development projects within the satcom and broadcast industries.
A recording of the 1-hour webinar is available on our YouTube channel. The presentation by Hrvoje Bašić (App Stream) can be downloaded as a PDF document here.

Ultra HD services via HbbTV
2022-04-26 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax)
The webinar shows how the HbbTV standard can be used to offer Ultra HD (UHD) services, both via DVB broadcast and IP streaming solutions. An introduction to the integration of UHD into the HbbTV specifications, HDR support and codec options, is followed by best practice examples and experiences, a focus on technical aspects and challenges. The webinar includes a Q&A session with the speakers after the presentations.
Presenters
Klaus Merkel, Senior Engineer, Distribution, rbb/ARD
Stephen Perrott, Senior R&D Engineer, BBC
Rufael Mekuria, Lead Research Engineer, Unified Streaming
Moderator
Jörn Krieger, Freelance Journalist
Presenters’ bios
Klaus Merkel joined rbb in April 2021 and actively contributes to the development of the standard and its practical application. From 1991-2021 Klaus had been employed at IRT where he was engaged in working groups for the definition and market introduction of open and interoperable platforms for interactive TV. He was deeply involved in the launch phase of HbbTV in 2009.
Stephen Perrott is a Senior Engineer with 20 years’ experience in the BBC’s Research and Development department. His current research includes IP delivery of media, in particular Adaptive Bitrate systems and the use of MPEG DASH and represents the BBC on these topics in DVB and MPEG standardisation activities. He has been closely involved in developing the media encoding and delivery chain for the BBC’s UHD trials.
A recording of the 1-hour webinar is available on our YouTube channel. The presentations can be downloaded as PDF documents here: Klaus Merkel, Stephen Perrott, Rufael Mekuria

Workshop: Open-Source Media Application Reference Tools
2022-05-09 15:00 - 17:30 (America/Halifax)
This online workshop is organised by the DVB Project and the 5G Media Action Group in collaboration with the DASH Industry Forum, CTA WAVE and the HbbTV Association. It is open to anyone with an interest in open-source reference tools for use in the context of media applications. The workshop will take place on Zoom, in meeting mode on Monday, May 9, 2022, 15:00 to 17:30 CEST.
It is not planned to make a recording available afterwards and we hope that those who attend will participate actively with questions and in the discussion session.
Please register here: https://us02web.zoom
Agenda
The workshop is focused on the development of open-source software for media applications with a series of status updates and roadmaps on relevant projects from the five organisations mentioned above. These will be followed by a discussion on how collaboration and interoperability can be improved and potential next steps into commercial deployments.
The full agenda will be developed over the coming weeks and includes participation from:

5G-MAG reference tools – Johann Mika (ORS)
DVB-I reference tools – Paul Higgs (Huawei) and Juha Joki (Sofia Digital)
CTA WAVE Test Suite – presenter to be confirmed
Dash.js development – Daniel Silhavy (Fraunhofer FOKUS)
JCCP (Joint Streaming Conformance Software Project) – Romain Bouqueau (GPAC Licensing)
HbbTV Reference Video Application – Juha Joki (Sofia Digital)

ANGA COM 2022
2022-05-10 - 2022-05-12 | Cologne Fairground
ANGA COM is Europe’s leading business platform for Broadband, Television and Online. It brings together network operators, vendors and content providers on all issues of broadband and media distribution. The next show date is 10 to 12 May 2022 in Cologne/Germany.
ANGA COM’s key topics include: Gigabit Networks, FTTX, 5G, OTT, AppTV, Cloud TV, Video Streaming, Smart City and Smart Home. Most recently, ANGA COM counted more than 500 exhibitors from 35 countries and 20,000 participants from 83 countries.
Among the largest exhibitors were telecom vendors such as Appear, AVM, Casa Systems, Cisco, CommScope, HUBER+SUHNER, Synamedia and Teleste. The speaker line-up of the conference programme with 2,400 participants included C-level representatives of Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Tele2, Sunrise, TDC, freenet, Eutelsat, ProSiebenSat.1, RTL Television and Discovery.

Deploying new developments in DASH - hardware-based DRM, multiple Periods and more
2022-06-13 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax)
Recent developments relating to DASH include US content provider requirements to use hardware-based DRM such as Play Ready SL3000 and server-side ad insertion, which in turn may result in DASH content with multiple Periods rather than just one Period throughout as is most current practice.
Three organisations that have been working on these topics in the context of HbbTV share their experiences. This includes the HbbTV Association DASH-DRM reference app (developed by Sofia Digital), the DASH-IF dash.js player (developed by Fraunhofer FOKUS) and work in the context of the UK Freeview Play platform.
Agenda
• MSE based media playback on HbbTV using dash.js (Fraunhofer FOKUS)
o Latest dash.js developments and features
o Multi-Period DASH and DRM in dash.js
o dash.js on HbbTV
• HbbTV DASH DRM Reference App (Sofia Digital)
o Latest Application features
o Usage statistics and test results
o Future plans and how to participate
o Very short demo
• Significance of SL3000 and experiences in testing it (Digital UK)
o The drive to use PlayReady SL3000 protection. The intended Content Provider use case(s).
o Proof of concept work findings
o Testing devices and working with the device manufacturers / suppliers
o (very) Brief overview of additional DASH stream features / standards of interest (to Digital UK)
• Q&A
Presenters
Daniel Silhavy, Scientist and Project Manager, Fraunhofer FOKUS
Louay Bassbouss, Scientist and Senior Project Manager R&D, Fraunhofer FOKUS
Juha Joki, Director, Broadcast and Testing, Sofia Digital
Mark Riley, Video Streaming Architect, Digital UK
Moderator
Jörn Krieger, Freelance Journalist
Presenters’ bios
Daniel Silhavy: Scientist and project manager at Fraunhofer FOKUS. He is also the lead developer of the dash.js project and the development coordinator for the 5G-MAG Reference Tools. His main area of expertise includes adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming focusing on MPEG-DASH, Digital Rights Management (DRM), 5G media streaming and video-encoding. Daniel is actively contributing to standardisation work done in DASH-IF and CTA-WAVE.
Louay Bassbouss: Scientist and senior project manager R&D at Fraunhofer FOKUS. He works on Future Web Applications, Multiscreen Technologies & Standards, and 5G Media Streaming. Louay actively participates in various standardisation groups in W3C, HbbTV and CTA. He is the co-chair of the W3C Second Screen Working and Community Groups. Louay also teaches at the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) in the field of Open Distributed Systems and Advanced Web Technologies.
Juha Joki has many years’ experience in DVB and HbbTV technologies. Currently he is in charge of DVB Broadcast products and testing and certification services for DVB, HbbTV and Smart TV apps and solutions at Sofia Digital.
Mark Riley: Video Streaming Architect at Digital UK. 30 years experience as part of the audio/video streaming industry. Software development background, specialising in audio/video driver development, now focusing more on content playback for embedded consumer devices and the implications for the end-to-end architecture. Worked for many UK based companies including NDS, Canal+, Pace, YouView, Sky etc. Currently, working as part of the Digital UK tech team, focusing on prototyping, specifying, testing and debugging DASH and DRM features for and with the various TV manufacturers and content providers, e.g. BBC, ITV, CH4, CH5, UKTV etc.
A recording of the 1-hour webinar is available on our YouTube channel. The presentations can be downloaded as PDF documents here: Daniel Silhavy & Louay Bassbouss, Juha Joki, Mark Riley

FOKUS Media Web Symposium
2022-06-21 - 2022-06-22
Since 2010, the FOKUS Media Web Symposium has developed into an expert meeting for media tech professionals, welcoming year by year around 200+ participants from all over the globe. The conference, tutorials and workshops cover deep insights in internet delivered media and discuss the newest developments in web media technologies. In between, coffee breaks and lunch offer the opportunity to network and to see the demos and exhibits of Fraunhofer FOKUS and MWS event partners.
The symposium will consist of interactive discussions and deep dives on several enabler technologies including:

Artificial Intelligence for Media: AI-based-Encoding, content analytics and metadata, AI based media solutions, content provenance and authenticity
Advanced Streaming Technologies: DASH, HLS, SAND, LL Streaming, HbbTV, Media Delivery in 5G+, Video Player Tech, DRM, Quality of Experience
Media Applications and Services: Addressable TV, Dynamic Ad Insertion/Substitution, Audience Measurement, Monetization, audiovisual conferencing

The full programme can be found here. Please register here to take part in the event.

UHD Plugfest by DTG and Deutsche TV Plattform
2022-06-28 08:00 - 2022-06-30 17:00 (America/Halifax)
The Digital TV Group (DTG) and Deutsche TV-Plattform (DTVP) are delighted to announce that our joint UHD Plugfest is back after a two-year Covid hiatus!
Registration is now open for our 12th UHD Plugfest, which will take place in London from June 28-30 this year.
Building on the success of our previous Plugfests in London and Berlin, this event provides a fantastic, controlled platform for all participants to work towards interoperability in providing excellent user experience.
The three-day event will cover HDMI/HDCP, USB, HDR, HFR, 4K/8K video content including NGA, and HbbTV, and is open to all relevant technical teams interested in testing their products/software/content from an interoperability perspective, including:

TV, STB & AVR manufacturers
Streaming device providers
TV platform operators
Audio-Video content providers
Audio-Video encoders
Test equipment providers
TV application developers
Industry associations

More details on the Plugfest coverage and test schedule will follow later, but registration is open now! For registration simply fill in the short form available at https://dtg.org.uk/2022/04/13/dtg-hosts-12th-uhd-plugfest/.
Free for all DTG & DTVP members. Nominal fee applicable for non-members.

HbbTV Symposium Digital Experience
2022-06-28 15:00 - 15:45 (America/Halifax)
The HbbTV Symposium Digital Experience on June 28, 15:00-15:45 CEST, is the first preview event of the HbbTV Symposium and Awards 2022.
The 45-minute live session features the latest market figures, news, updates and showcases by Kineton, Yotta Media Labs, Mediaset and Omdia as well as first insights into the 10th HbbTV Symposium and Awards, taking place on November 9-10, 2022 in Prague, Czech Republic.
Speakers
Angelo Pettazzi, HbbTV Association
Iva Dohnálková, AKTV
Paul Gray, Omdia
Aniello Saulino, Kineton
Raj Patel, Yotta Media Labs
Fabio Guarnaccia, Mediaset
Vincent Grivet, HbbTV Association
Moderator
Jörn Krieger
Replay
The recording of the live session is available here.
PDF presentation downloads
Angelo Pettazzi, HbbTV Association
Paul Gray, Omdia
Aniello Saulino, Kineton

HbbTV developments in Italy
2022-07-19 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax)
The webinar focuses on the role of HbbTV in the Italian market, addressing the current situation, new developments and challenges. The speakers provide insights into innovative HbbTV applications, experiences from deployments and discuss their future plans.
Agenda
– RTL 102.5 PLAY on connected TVs
– Adding a video layer to radio (radiovisione)
– DVB-T and DVB-S radio via HbbTV to smart TVs
– History of the HbbTV adoption in Italy
– HbbTV application development and examples
– Targeted Advertising and monetisation via HbbTV
– Q&A
Presenters
Eugenio La Teana, Head of Innovation, RTL 102.5
Annamaria Spera, Head of Media TV, Kineton
Marco Trentin, Co-Founder, Broadbandy
Moderator
Jörn Krieger, Freelance Journalist
Speakers’ bios
Graduated in computer science, Annamaria Spera is currently head of the Media TV area of Kineton, a leading company in the TV entertainment area that aims to create innovative solutions in response to current and future needs. Expert in media application development and validation. She has international experience, dealing with the main realities of the industry and applications in vogue. She has been responsible for the launch of the first HbbTV application for Italy with the broadcaster RTL 102.5. Annamaria also leads the Kineton European validation test centre.
Eugenio La Teana is passionate about technology and human behaviour analysis, a communication and media sector expert in its form of entertainment, information and service for the community. His experience developed through the application of the evolutionary processes of radio, an extremely fluid medium. A change can arise from a new idea. Or the ideas to innovate are the result of an analysis of the needs of current and future users of a product or service.
Replay
The recording of the live session is available here.
PDF presentation downloads
Eugenio La Teana, RTL 102.5
Annamaria Spera, Kineton
Marco Trentin, Broadbandy

HbbTV Symposium and Awards Premiere
2022-09-28 15:00 - 15:45 (America/Halifax)
The HbbTV Symposium Premiere will introduce the main topics of our annual key summit and discuss the most important current industry developments and trends.
Agenda
15:00 Welcome introduction
Jörn Krieger
Moderator
15:05 HbbTV Symposium and Awards in Prague
Iva DOHNALKOVA, AKTV
Julian CLOVER, Broadband TV News
Angelo PETTAZZI, HbbTV Association
15:15 HbbTV 2022 Premiere – Round Table
KINETON
YOTTA MEDIA
MAINSTREAMING
15:30 Final Speech
Vincent Grivet
HbbTV Chair
Watch the webinar recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XLfNsk_Cms

HbbTV Demo Live
2022-10-13 15:00 - 15:30 (America/Halifax)
The first edition of the 3-part HbbTV Demo Live series provides exclusive insights by major market players into the new products and services to be unveiled at the HbbTV Symposium and Awards in Prague 2022.
Presenters:
Pasquale Marinaro – Kineton
Mathieu Ghariani – Netgem
Daniele Novaga – Tivù
Juha Joki – Sofia Digital
Philippe Loussararian – Ateme
Moderator:
Jörn Krieger
Watch the recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVvToPqZJ3s

Media Cybersecurity Seminar 2022
2022-10-18 09:00 - 2022-10-19 17:00 (America/Halifax) | EBU, Le Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland
The annual EBU Media Cybersecurity Seminar is the only industry event focusing on cybersecurity for media in general and public service media in particular. It assembles a line-up of leading security experts for an exchange on current cybersecurity risks and trends, latest technologies and best practices to mitigate those risks in the media industry.

HbbTV Demo Live #2
2022-11-03 15:00 - 15:45 (America/Halifax)
The second edition of the HbbTV Demo Live series provides exclusive insights by major market players into the new products and services to be unveiled at the HbbTV Symposium and Awards in Prague 2022 in a 45-minute live session,
Presenters:
Fabio Guarnaccia – Mediaset
Shira Leffel – Smartclip
Stanislas Leridon – Dotscreen
Guillaume Lorillard – Wiztivi
Moritz Wuttke – Konodrac
Raj Patel – Yotta
Moderator:
Dr Jörn Krieger
The recording is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VowD-dYGfJQ.

10th HbbTV Symposium and Awards 2022 in Prague (November 9-10)
2022-11-09 - 2022-11-10

Avenir de la TNT
2022-11-15 | Maison de L’Arisanant, 12, Avenue Marceau, 75008 Paris
Un second colloque pour passer à l’action !

En 2021, la loi a prévu le principe de la modernisation de la plateforme TNT.
Il faut, maintenant, la mettre en oeuvre.
L’objectif de ce colloque est de mobiliser les acteurs du secteur : pouvoirs publics, chaînes, fabricants de téléviseurs, opérateurs de diffusion, antennistes, bailleurs sociaux, syndics de copropriétés, grande distribution…
Mettre en avant tout l’intérêt de la plateforme TNT. Premier mode de réception en France, elle couvre 97 % de la population, 68 % des foyers l’utilisent (enquête IFOP – mai 2018), elle est gratuite, libre d’accès, assise sur une technologie à la fois résiliente et robuste qui ne risque pas la saturation, peu importe le nombre de personnes “reliées” aux émetteurs.

HbbTV and Gaming
2022-12-12 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax)
Gaming applications have become increasingly popular with the rising market penetration of smart TVs and connected CE devices. In this webinar, we will focus on the opportunities the HbbTV specifications offer to industry players in the growing area of cloud gaming, discussing market figures, use cases, monetisation and future trends.
Presenters
George Jijiashvili, Principal Analyst, Games, Omdia
Aniello Saulino, Head of Development, Media Applications, Kineton
Timuçin Bilgör, President, BUBA Ventures/Digitiwise
Moderator
Jörn Krieger, Freelance Journalist
Speakers’ bios
George Jijiashvili is a principal analyst at Omdia, leading research into games and AR/VR technologies. Based in London, he produces insight into the games sector through regular reports, market sizing and forecasting. His specialisms include the video game market, cloud gaming, subscription services, and wearable technology. He is a regular speaker at major technology exhibitions and is a respected industry commentator, regularly quoted in mainstream publications.
Passionate about technology, Aniello Saulino joined Kineton at the company’s foundation. He started his journey creating Kineton’s HbbTV development framework and now leads the media applications division as head of development. Nello follows the entire development process, from the collection of requirements through to maintenance. He is in charge of various media projects, being always in close contact with the customer in the pursuit of continuous improvement.
Timuçin Bilgör is the founder and president of BUBA Ventures, based in İstanbul. Boğaziçi University Business Angles Ventures (BUBA) is Turkey’s first university-based angel investment network, specialising in technology, medicine and agriculture. Digitiwise is one of BUBA Ventures’ investment companies, based in Finland, which focuses on addressable TV advertisement technology. Timuçin is also a university lecturer at Boğaziçi University.
Replay
The recording of the live session is available here.
PDF presentation downloads
George Jijiashvili, Omdia
Aniello Saulino, Kineton
Timuçin Bilgör, BUBA Ventures/Digitiwise

36th HbbTV Interoperability Workshop, London, February 27–28, 2023
2023-02-27 - 2023-02-28 | DTG, 5th Floor, 89 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TP, United Kingdom
Following the successful event in February 2020, the Digital TV Group (DTG) is delighted to host the next HbbTV Interoperability Workshop (‘Plugfest’) in February this year. This event will once again bring together HbbTV application developers and manufacturers from the UK and Europe to drive interoperability across all applications and devices.
The HbbTV Plugfest is a two-day event open to everyone interested in HbbTV interoperability, including DTG & HbbTV members and non-members.
Date: Monday 27th February and Tuesday 28th February 2023
Venue: DTG, 5th Floor, 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP, UK
Who: Free for all DTG & HbbTV members. Nominal fee applicable for non-members.
The Plugfest forms part of a week-long series of events, hosted by the DTG, focused on HbbTV conformance, including a pre-release HbbTV Test Event and HbbTV Testing Group meeting which are open for HbbTV members only from Wednesday 1st March to Friday 3rd March 2023.
The Test Event will be a hybrid event with an opportunity for manufacturers to execute tests on their devices at our offices or remotely and log those executions as part of the evidence required to approve test cases for the v2023-1 release.
Representatives of Test Material Providers will attend or be available to discuss problems found either with the test material or implementations.
Register here: https://dtg.org.uk/2023/01/10/2023-hbbtv-plugfest-announced/

Webinar: The WAVE Test Environment for HbbTV and ATSC
2023-03-06 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Berlin)
The webinar focuses on the WAVE test environment for HbbTV and ATSC and includes an introduction to the WAVE project, details on the relevance to HbbTV and examples of WMAS testing, DPCTF & observation framework device testing and the implementation in the context of HbbTV testing.
Agenda
Introduction
Bob Campbell, Director of Engineering, Resillion, Chair, Improving Interoperability Task Force, HbbTV Association
The relevance to HbbTV
Jon Piesing, Director Standardisation, TP Vision, Vice-Chair, HbbTV Association
WMAS testing
Louay Bassbouss, Scientist and Senior Project Manager R&D, Fraunhofer FOKUS
DPCTF & Observation Framework device testing
Yan Jiang, Senior Software Engineer, Resillion
Implementation in the context of HbbTV testing
Yan Jiang & Bob Campbell, Resillion
Q&A
Moderator
Jörn Krieger, Freelance Journalist
Speakers’ bios

Dr Bob Campbell is Director of Engineering at Resillion (formerly Eurofins Digital Testing). He is responsible for the delivery of products including its CI+ Test Tool, Ligada HbbTV test harness and HbbTV Test Suites used around the world. Bob also represents the company in standards bodies, in the HbbTV Association Steering Group, CTA WAVE, ATSC and other organisations.
Jon Piesing is the Vice-Chair of the HbbTV Association. He is also Chair of the Technical Module of the DVB Project and the Steering Committee of the CTA WAVE project. Jon, who has been a leading figure in the development of specifications for integration of TV and interactivity for more than 10 years, is Director, Standardisation for TP Vision, the manufacturer of Philips TV sets.
Dr Louay Bassbouss is Scientist and Senior Project Manager R&D at Fraunhofer FOKUS. He works on Future Web Applications, Multiscreen Technologies & Standards, and 5G Media Streaming. Louay actively participates in various standardisation groups in W3C, HbbTV and CTA. He is the co-chair of the W3C Second Screen Working and Community Groups.
Yan Jiang is Senior Engineer at Resillion. Her involvements include the DPCTF WAVE project, Device Observation Framework, audio test content for the WAVE Device Playback test suite and the WMAS API test subset for purposes including ATSC3.0/HbbTV usage. Yan is also involved in HbbTV testing such as providing the HbbTV Automation tool, TAR report and test cases.
Replay
The recording of the live session is available here.
PDF presentation downloads
Jon Piesing, TP Vision, HbbTV Association
Dr Louay Bassbouss, Fraunhofer FOKUS
Yan Jiang, Resillion

Connected TV World Summit 2023
2023-03-21 - 2023-03-22 | Convene 22 Bishopsgate, 22 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ, United Kingdom
Connected TV World Summit, the thought-leadership event dedicated to the future of pay-TV, broadcasting and streaming, will return to London, UK on March 21-22, 2023.
The HbbTV Association is an official partner of the event. The conference programme will include a speech by HbbTV Chairman Vincent Grivet.
The Connected TV World Summit with major market players in pay-TV, broadcasting, streaming, studios, and TV tech will take place in its new home, Convene 22 Bishopsgate, a new event space in London’s second-tallest building in the heart of the city.
You can expect new thinking and best practice with global relevance. 2023 will be a stand-out year for the thriving D2C, SVOD, AVOD, Connected TV, FAST, streaming content, sports streaming and premium video adtech markets.
Discussions will include:
– The raison d’être for pay-TV when viewers can see their favourite pay channel content via a D2C app.
– The purpose of FTA aggregators now streaming apps deliver a first-class experience in free homes.
– How the fight for attention influences where content will be made available.
– Sustainable growth and profit strategies after a decade of revolution and experimentation.
– How the TV industry decarbonises and ends the process as large and profitable as when it began.
– Near-term revenue wins, like addressable TV, and virgin markets (like the driverless car).
More details on the Connected TV World Summit 2023 are available here including the list of speakers and the key topics. Please register at https://www.adwantedevents.com/connectedtvsummit/register.

ANGA COM 2023
2023-05-23 - 2023-05-25 | Cologne Fairground
ANGA COM is Europe’s leading business platform for Broadband, Television and Online. It brings together network operators, vendors and content providers on all issues of broadband and media distribution. The next show date is 23 to 25 May 2023 in Cologne/Germany.
ANGA COM’s key topics include Gigabit Networks, FTTX, 5G, OTT, AppTV, Cloud TV, Video Streaming, Smart City and Smart Home. The last ANGA COM counted 390 exhibitors from 33 countries and more than 18,000 participants from 82 countries.
Among the largest exhibitors are telecom vendors such as Amadys, Astra, AVM, Casa Systems, CommScope, GM Plast, HUBER+SUHNER, Opternus, Teleste and WISI. The speaker line-up of the conference programme includes C-level representatives of Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Telefónica, Deutsche Glasfaser, PYUR, TDC, freenet, NetCologne, M-net, ProSiebenSat.1, RTL Television, Discovery, DAZN and Sky.

10th FOKUS Media Web Symposium
2023-06-13 - 2023-06-14 | Fraunhofer FOKUS, Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31, Berlin, 10589, Germany
The FOKUS Media Web Symposium (MWS) is an annual international conference organised by Fraunhofer FOKUS, hosting 200+ participants from all over the world. Focusing on Internet-based media delivery, the MWS covers technical aspects (in workshops and tutorials on day one) as well as trends and business-related aspects (in conference on day two).
The 10th FOKUS Media Web Symposium will focus on the following topics:

Advanced Streaming Technologies:
DASH, HLS, SAND, Low Latency Streaming, Content Steering, Media Delivery in 5G/6G, HbbTV, Video Player Tech, DRM, Quality of Experience, Edge and Cloud processing, Remote Rendering
Artificial Intelligence for Media:
AI-based-Media-Encoding, Streaming Analytics, Content Analytics and Metadata, AI based Media Solutions, Content Provenance and Authenticity
Media Applications and Services:
Metaverse, Addressable TV, Dynamic Ad Insertion/Substitution, Audience Measurement, Programmatic Advertisement, Holo Conferencing, XR

Co-hosted Events
– dash.js face to face meeting, June 12, 2023
– Berlin Video Meetup, June 14, 2023
– DASH-IF meeting, June 15-16, 2023
– W3C meeting (in preparation)
Further details can be found at https://www.fokus.fraunhofer.de/go/mws.

13th DTVP & DTG Plugfest and HbbTV Testing Event in Berlin
2023-06-26 - 2023-06-30
Deutsche TV-Plattform is continuing its successful Plugfest series in cooperation with DTG UK in 2023. The 13th edition will take place from June 26 to 28 in Berlin at Fraunhofer FOKUS. Following the Plugfest, an additional HbbTV Testing Event of the HbbTV Association (HbbTV Testing Group) will take place at the same venue (June 28 to 30).
The focus of the Plugfest this time is on HbbTV, streaming, immersive audio and DVB-I, as well as traditionally on UHD-HDR tests (HDMI). As always, it is aimed at device manufacturers, broadcasters, technology providers, platform operators, research and development institutions and standardisation bodies.
More details and a registration form are available at https://tv-plattform.de/plugfest/.
