Lisa Collins, co-founder of the MTSS (Media Tech Sustainability Series) joins me to look at some of the surprising - and not so surprising - numbers from Sony's report on sustainability. Report: https://pro.sony/ue_US/events/sustainability-report-download MTSS: https://www.mtsseries.org

Barbara Lange from MTSS on Broadcast Focus: https://youtu.be/yuU9OQ5zvy0

With decades of experience volunteering his technical know-how in Community Radio in the Netherlands, Valentijn Siebrands explains how publicly-funded and commercial community radio works in NL. We compare it to the UK and look at the radical changes which are happening and weigh up if they're for good or for ill.

https://www.rtvconnect.nl/

Radio TechCon: https://www.radiotechcon.com/2024/

#radio #communityradio #netherlands

I dive deep with Romain Bouqueau, founder and CEO of MotionSpell and a pioneer in open-source streaming technology to find out about the power of GPAC, the secret sauce behind Netflix’s lightning-fast video delivery. We discuss what GPAC does, how to try it out and why it's a such a powerful open source tool for the media industry. https://motionspell.com https://gpac.io

It was great to have Andy Rayner, Director, Video Services Forum (VSF), with me to discuss why we need Ground-Cloud-Cloud-Ground (GCCG), what it is and its uses. As media companies move exlusively to software, we talk about the challenges of live media in the cloud, and how GCCG differs from SRT and RIST.

Key Points Discussed:

Challenges in Live Media: Exploring the difficulties of integrating live media into cloud-based workflows.

Evolution of Media Transport: Insight into how technologies like SRT and RIST contribute to the reliability of media transport over IP but need to be supplemented by new frameworks like GCCG for cloud-based workflows.

Future of Broadcasting: Considerations on how GCCG facilitates distributed production and the sustainability advantages it brings by minimizing the need for physical transport of equipment.

Role of VSF: Andy discusses the role of the Video Services Forum in standardizing technologies that influence current broadcasting frameworks, such as JPEG 2000 and SMPTE ST 2110.

Relevant Links: Video Services Forum (VSF) – https://www.videoservicesforum.org/ Introduction to GCCG - An informative article detailing Ground-Cloud-Cloud-Ground technology and its applications. VSF on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@UCm0rwVfqq7u6rvoA44CukYg

Cloud API on GitHub – https://github.com/vsf-tv/gccg-api/

Wren Wood and is father run MobilePhoneMuseum.com – We have a great chat about the technologies behind mobile telephony as well how the shapes of mobile phones have changed.

There are no small plans when it comes to Univision. Finding musical acts from around Universities in the UK and bringing them together for a Eurovision-style show is a large ask, but exactly what the students at the University of Surrey including StagTV do every year. Producer of the 2024 show on 23rd March takes us through what the show looks like and why we should watch! Watch online at https://univision.show.

For 14 years Manoto TV broadcast from London internationally – including into Iran. Graham Collins was intimately involved with designing and implementing much of the technology there tells us about his time with the channel.

Can we make the world a better place (or at least improve media workflows) by using AI to create heaps of metadata then moving it with a new method of self-described Metadata? Metadata Numero Uno, Bruce Devlin weighs in explaining what his Metarex project is aiming to do for the media industry. Metarex website: https://metarex.media Bruce mentions Qibb: https://qibb.com