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The DTG Summit is always an interesting look into the UK broadcast industry, which we at Display Monitor tend to focus on less than the European or US markets. Nevertheless, this year’s event showed some clear thoughts about the direction of the industry that could be applied worldwide. UltraHD remains a fluid subject, with even … Read more
The final panel of the day had the much-mocked title ‘CollaborVation’ – even the panelists didn’t seem to know what it was really about! The chair was Nigel Walley (MD of Decipher), and the panelists were present as members of the DTG. They were Simon Maison (DTT Platform Steering Group and Dynamic Spectrum Alliance); Chris … Read more
It used to be that organizations would set up multiple wired infrastructure networks to handle phone, data, video, audio, control, security, KVM, etc. Now, multiple options are emerging that can allow one or two networks to do all the stuff of multiple networks in the past. That is creating lots of new opportunities for hardware, … Read more
Ron Martin of Panasonic, Paul Hide of TechUK, Tom Christphory of SES and Simon Fell from the EBU took part in a panel titled ‘Beyond HD: Can we deliver it, and how?’ The panel was chaired by Barbara Lang, executive director of SMPTE. Lang asked what the definition of UltraHD is – although if the … Read more
Katie Noland is an R&D technologist at the BBC. She spoke about a survey undertaken last year, investigating average viewing distances in the UK. A small but growing number of people are sitting in a position where they will see a difference between HD and UltraHD. This isn’t because people have started sitting closer – … Read more
Panasonic Hollywood Labs (PHL) was originally a joint venture between Universal Studios and Panasonic, before Panasonic took sole ownership. The organisation moved to a new building in February, which director Ron Martin helped to open. Martin has been in the entertainment industry for more than 30 years, working with many big names. He told an … Read more
Simon Gauntlett was the next speaker – he is the CTO of the DTG. “There was lots of talk about ‘beyond HD’ and future-proofing this morning”, he said, “[but] we must be careful when talking about this”. Gauntlett echoed comments from Asda’s Andrew Uden, saying that the number of UltraHD logos in the market today … Read more
The second session of the day closed with two speakers and a panel discussion, although the information that came from them was minor. First was Carl Hibbert, associate director at Futuresource. His data shows that, as of the end of 2014, 31% of UK homes have smart TVs, and 68% of consumers in these homes … Read more
Freeview is the UK’s free DTT platform. For several years Ilse Howing – MD of connected TV at Digital UK, which looks after Freeview – has wanted to talk about a connected proposition for the platform. At the 2015 event, she was finally able to. Freeview Play is a connected – but still free – … Read more
Andrew Uden is the senior technical manager at UK supermarket chain, Asda, which is owned by Walmart. He spoke about developments in the TV industry, starting with an informal poll to see how many people owned an UltraHD TV – about eight out of the 150 – 200 audience members – and a connected smart … Read more
Rory Murphy works for Equinix (a data centre and interconnection platform), while Matt Stagg is a network manager at mobile operator EE. They discussed the DTG’s working group, the Mobile Video Alliance, which the two companies established in 2013 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 21). The MVA provides a forum for mobile video ecosystem players … Read more
Ofcom is the UK’s communications regulator, and Steve Under is the body’s CTO. He took the opportunity to talk about standards, questioning which is more important: standardisation or differentiation. Standards are very important, as they can bring interoperability and economies of scale. Innovation, however, is driven by competition, so standardisation must leave room for this. … Read more
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