TRAINING & QUALIFICATION PROSPECTUS EXPERT TRAINING FOR A FUTURE IN BROADCAST MEDIA TECHNOLOGY 1
WHO WE WORK WITH Page 4 OUR COMMUNITY Page 5 INTRODUCTION TO BROADCAST TECHNOLOGY Page 6 IP AND FILE BASED WORKFLOW Page 7 AUDIO AND VIDEO FUNDAMENTALS FOR ENGINEERS Page 8 BROADCAST TECHNOLOGY WORKFLOWS Page 9 UNDERSTANDING FILE FORMATS Page 10 HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE AND WIDE COLOUR GAMUT Page 11 COMPRESSION FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS Page 12 NETWORK ESSENTIALS FOR BROADCAST ENGINEERS Page 13 ADVANCED NETWORKS FOR BROADCAST ENGINEERS Page 14 VIDEO SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Page 15 UNDERSTANDING THE BROADCAST AND MEDIA INDUSTRY Page 16 INTERACTIVE LIVE-ON-LINE Uderstadig File Formats Page 17 HIGH EFFICIENCY VIDEO CODING Page 18 TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT FINANCE Page 19 SATELLITE BROADCASTING SYSTEMS Page 20 DIGITAL VIDEO STANDARDS AND MEASUREMENTS Page 21 ON-SITE COURSES Page 22 BENEFITS OF ATTENDANCE Page 23 CERTIFICATION Page 24
WELCOME TO THE LATEST IABM TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS PROSPECTUS IABM Traiig Academy is uiquely placed i offerig traiig built by the idustry ad for the idustry while ot beig tied to ay vedor, maufacturer, commuicatios service provider or broadcaster. The courses that we develop ad offer are desiged to help you build the kowledge ad skills eeded to be efficiet ad effective i our idustry. They are ope to all, so whether you are a ew-starter, just eed to develop ad refresh your kowledge or are the CEO lookig to icrease capabilities of your staff or eve your cliets, there is somethig of iterest. We cotiuously improve ad develop our offerig, so if you have some feedback o a existig course or a idea or suggestio for additioal traiig do cotact us. Skills have ever bee more importat i our idustry as media compaies serve audieces that wat to view, read ad liste o a multitude of devices wherever ad wheever they wat, with vedors ad system itegrators producig complex software, hardware ad systems i respose to this demad. We have traiig that is packaged for olie delivery, as well as face-to-face iformal presetatios, Q&A sessios ad tutorials from our expert traiers, ad deliver classroom courses i a variety of locatios. We ca also ru our traiig at your locatio. Havig highlighted how importat skills are, we would like to commed the techical skills Certificatio programme which is idepedetly admiistered ad regulated by our educatioal charity IABM Educatioal Foudatio www.iabmfoudatio.org/certificatio.aspx. It s always good to show what you kow! Oe of the best ways to do this is via the high-quality olie examiatio process that the Educatioal Foudatio rus, leadig to the award of Certified Broadcast & Media Techologist at Associate, Practitioer ad Professioal level. Attedig courses is a excellet route, but do look at our Evets www.theiabm.org/evets the work of our techology group www.theiabm.org/techology ad those of our frieds ad parters at orgaisatios like ABU, EBU, IEEE, IET ad SMPTE. Never Stop Learig! 3
WHO WE WORK WITH Future Media Cocepts Future Media Cocepts hosts ad re-sells the IABM traiig portfolio i North America. Headquartered i New York City, FMC operates eight other traiig cetres located i Bosto, Philadelphia, Washigto DC, Orlado, Chicago, Irvie ad Toroto. FMC has a strog traiig portfolio largely i the multi-vedor accredited post productio craft operatios sector ad has a mutual re-sellig agreemet with IABM. Techology Academy The Techology Academy develops ad delivers istructor-led techology traiig courses i digital televisio, broadcast, radio frequecy ad wireless egieerig. Courses are taught by leadig techical experts with may years of experiece i their fields of expertise. 4
OUR COMMUNITY Our Traiers All of our traiers are experts withi their field. We search out those with the best reputatios ad work with them to esure that their delivery techiques cosistetly reach our demadig stadards. We discuss each course delivery with our traiers to make sure these reflect the latest techological developmets ad delegate feedback. Future employees for the idustry I order for the sector to cotiue to grow it is essetial to attract the highest calibre graduates. So we work with uiversities to esure that, ot oly do they cotiue to offer courses which are relevat to our idustry, but make sure that course attedees are aware of the opportuities that broadcast maufacturig offers them. By likig appropriate uiversities with orgaizatios i the idustry, the IABM Traiig Academy ca achieve a flow of iformatio that will be of beefit to all, see IABM Uiversity Forum uder parters o our website www.theiabm.org/traiig/parters. Traiig Team The Traiig Academy team are available to aswer ay questios or cocers you may have regardig our courses. We would be delighted to hear from you if there are particular areas of iterest that we do ot yet cover that you feel would be of value. We are always lookig to expad our offerig ad oly through feedback from the idustry ca we cotiue to build successful courses. We would also be happy to talk through ay idividual or compay eeds that you may wish to explore. Traiig@theiabm.org or +44 (0)1684 450030 5
INTRODUCTION TO BROADCAST TECHNOLOGY ON LINE COURSE Our Itroductio to Broadcast Techology e-learig course is delivered i short, user-friedly modules. It is ideal for iductio direct to your desktop or mobile traiig or as a itroductio to the broadcast idustry for those who are chagig roles, or eed a appreciatio of other sectors, to better uderstad a customer s operatio for istace. All modules feature a variety of iteractive challeges ad quizzes ad, o successful completio of all modules, the system will geerate a IABM Academy certificate. Duratio ad delivery Self-paced e-learig package, served by our LMS (Learig Maagemet System) that tracks your progress. Expect to take approximately five hours to work through the material. Ayoe i the media techology idustry who eeds to uderstad broadcast workflows, particularly those who are ew to the idustry such as:- Appretices ad traiees Sales ad marketig people Product maagers Techical support staff Software developers Broadcast operatioal staff Busiess aalysts R&D egieers. Syllabus at a glace Module 3 Module 5 Module 6 Broadcast ad media productio, the distributio chai Distributio, delivery ad the busiess fudametals Products, systems ad services Who s who i the supply chai Traditioal media ad ew media Emergig techologies ad markets 6
IP AND FILE BASED WORKFLOW ON LINE COURSE Movig pictures ad soud aroud as files across Etheret ad IP (Iteret Protocol) etworks is ubiquitous i media productio, post-productio, distributio ad library/archive operatios. File-based workflows are the orm. They provide more efficiet processig, maagemet, cotrol ad throughput of media from acquisitio to distributio, i additio to tighter itegratio of metadata (data about the audio & video itself) ad busiess processes. Delivery to the audiece via the iteret ca retur data about viewers for aalysis ad busiess itelligece. The itroductio of IP ad File based techology brigs ew termiologies ad jargo IP has itroduced a additioal laguage to broadcastig. This course will develop your uderstadig of this jargo alog with the techologies, systems, processes ad workflow that comprise the IP ad file-based broadcast ecosystem. Our e-learig offers high quality, iteractive traiig at the click of a butto. There are seve modules i all, each module coverig a area of techology ad associated workflows. The modules focus o differet elemets of the techology architecture ad discuss the ew workflows ad busiess models that these ca support. Duratio ad delivery Self-paced e-learig package, served by our LMS (learig Maagemet System) direct to your desktop. This tracks your progress. Expect to take five to seve hours to work through the material. Ayoe i the media techology idustry who eeds to uderstad IT etworks ad file-based workflows, particularly those who are ew to the idustry such as appretices ad traiees. Sales ad marketig people, product maagers, techical support staff, software developers, broadcast operatioal staff ad busiess aalysts. Techical maagers, chief egieers, statio maagers ad others who eed a update or overview of file-based techology ad etworkig. IT egieers ad techicias who eed to improve their uderstadig of media operatios ad workflow. Maagers of support services who eed to build their kowledge of the fudametals. Syllabus at a glace Module 3 Module 5 Module 6 Module 7 Uderstadig IP ad file based techology Uderstadig the IP etwork Uderstadig formats codecs, bitrates, files ad streams Applicatios, middleware, servers, storage ad Cloud Media maagemet Commad ad cotrol, automatio ad orchestratio Media ad busiess operatios workflows ad itegratio 7
AUDIO & VIDEO FUNDAMENTALS FOR ENGINEERS FACE TO FACE COURSE This course builds your uderstadig of how images ad soud are tured ito audio ad video sigals the passed alog the ed-to-ed broadcast chai from acquisitio through productio distributio ad delivery. It explais the basis of the techology used ad how video ad audio essece is wrapped ito computer files alog with associated metadata. The techiques ad techologies used to maage ad store audio ad video i a broadcast eviromet are explaied alog with the mai mechaisms by which video ad audio is trasported to audieces via differet delivery platforms icludig satellite, terrestrial, cable, IPTV ad streamig. Duratio ad delivery Two-day iformal presetatio ad discussio with a idustry-expert traier. Ca be custom delivered osite with a miimum of six participats. Other i-classroom locatios ad schedule available o www.theiabm.org Egieers or techicias with a electroics, computer sciece or IT backgroud who eed to be more familiar with the specific requiremets of broadcast ad media applicatios. Almost ayoe i the media techology idustry who eeds to build their uderstadig of audio ad video, particularly those who are ew to the idustry such as appretices ad traiees. Sales ad marketig people, product maagers, techical support staff, software developers ad broadcast operatioal staff. IT staff or broadcast egieers ad techicias requirig a refresher course i the fudametals of audio ad video. Syllabus at a glace Broadcast systems Module 3 Module 5 Module 6 Module 7 Module 8 Video techology Televisio stadards ad techology Audio techology Video compressio Sychroisatio, coversio ad stadards IP ad storage techology Trasmissio ad distributio techologies 8
BROADCAST TECHNOLOGY WORKFLOWS FACE TO FACE COURSE This course will help everyoe uderstad what a workflow is i the cotext of broadcast ad media operatios, takig this forward to explore typical workflows from differet types of operatios ad programme geres. If you wat to avoid costly operatioal mistakes, eed to uderstad what your customers are talkig about or work with colleagues, suppliers, itegrators ad developers to build value ad improve efficiecy, this is the course for you. You will examie ad discuss the types of systems, stadards, software ad hardware used ad the chagig market from the covergece of today to the challeges of tomorrow. The course highlights the issues of itegratio, automatio ad reliability, give the way that people really work i a file-based eviromet, ad why compaies ow eed differet types of products ad services for their audieces ad customers. Duratio ad delivery Two-day iformal presetatio ad discussio with a idustry-expert traier. Ca be custom delivered osite with a miimum of six participats. Other i-classroom locatios ad schedule available o www.theiabm.org Ayoe i the media techology idustry who eed to uderstad broadcast workflows, particularly those who are ew to the idustry such as appretices ad traiees. Sales ad marketig people, product maagers, techical support staff, software developers, broadcast operatioal staff, busiess aalysts ad R&D egieers. Syllabus at a glace Module 3 Module 5 Module 6 Module 7 Module 8 Module 9 Itroductio to workflows Itroductio to coverged techology Itegratio ad workflow support Metadata Media stadards Asset maagemet Plaig ad schedulig Acquisitio Igest 0 1 2 3 Post productio Delivery Approaches to uderstadig requiremets The future 9
UNDERSTANDING FILE FORMATS FACE TO FACE COURSE Media file formats are used everywhere, from productio to archive ad cosumptio. File acquisitio ow routiely starts at the camera or audio recorder with file-based media essece ad metadata passig alog the etire broadcast chai icludig, igest, quality cotrol (QC) post-productio ad oto delivery ad archive via a rage of file-formats ad codecs. This course will build your uderstadig of curret video ad audio file-formats, icludig the metadata wrapped withi them ad how they are used i curret workflows. We will examie how ad why broadcast files have replaced tape-based video audio workflows ad the advatages gaied i this trasitio. By the ed of the course you will have a thorough uderstadig of the commo file formats, their associated workflows, workig practices ad the idustry ad stadards bodies associated with their use. You will uderstad the process of creatig, trascodig, checkig ad deliverig files i a way that builds your cofidece ad allows you to make practical use of the kowledge you have gaied. Ay professioal workig with traditioal broadcast video ad audio techology who eeds to icrease their kowledge of, ad cofidece workig with, file-based systems. Sales egieers, techical operators, ad techicias who are relatively ew to the idustry, icludig appretices ad other ew-joiers. Hardware ad software developers who eed a better kowledge of media file-formats. Digital imagig techicias (DITs) ad other productio professioals. Schedulig, traffic, library, archive ad bookig staff whose departmets are trasitioig to tapeless or file-based operatio. Syllabus at a glace The fudametals of file-based workflows i broadcast Duratio ad delivery Oe day iformal presetatio ad discussio with idustry-expert traier. Ca be custom delivered osite with a miimum of six participats. Other i-classroom locatios ad schedule available o www.theiabm.org Note: Also available to 'atted' from your desktop, see page 17, 'Uderstadig File Formats Iteractive Live Olie'. Module 3 Module 5 Module 6 Metadata Video file formats Audio file formats Framework for iteroperability of media services (FIMS) The DPP ad other stadards bodies ad workflow schemes 10
HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE AND WIDE COLOR GAMUT FACE TO FACE COURSE PARTNER COURSE Ultra High Defiitio (UHD) Phase 1 video has already arrived i terms of icreased resolutio over that of HD video. UHD Phase 2 cotaiig importat additioal features such as High Dyamic Rage (HDR) ad Wide Color Gamut (WCG) is ow beig rolled out i all areas from productio ad post-productio through to distributio. This comprehesive oe-day course explores the curret stadards, workflows, challeges ad best practices for High Dyamic Rage ad Wide Color Gamut implemetatio alog with the cosequeces for backwards compatibility. Duratio ad delivery Oe-day iformal presetatio ad discussio with a idustry-expert traier from Image Eyes Ltd. Ca be custom delivered osite with a miimum of six participats. Other i-classroom locatios ad schedule available o www.theiabm.org Egieers or techicias with a electroics, computer sciece or IT backgroud who eed to be more familiar with the specific requiremets of UHD HDR & WCG Ayoe i the media techology idustry who eeds to uderstad the impact of HDR ad WCG i their UHD workflows, particularly those who are ew to the idustry such as appretices ad traiees. Techical maagers, chief egieers, statio maagers ad others who eed a update or overview of HDR ad WCG. Sales ad marketig people, product maagers, techical support staff, software developers, broadcast operatioal staff ad busiess aalysts. IT egieers ad techicias who eed to improve their uderstadig of UHD HDR ad WCG operatios ad workflow. Maagers of support services who eed to build their kowledge of the fudametals of HDR ad WCG. What is covered? Dolby Perceptual Quatizer (PQ) approach to HDR BBC/NHK Hybrid Log-Gamma approach to HDR SMPTE 2084, 2086 ad 2094 HDR stadards ITU-R BT.2100 HDR stadard Other HDR stadards HDR workflows HDR compatibility with stadard dyamic rage (SDR) equipmet HDR capture ad display The WCG color space The WCG stadard ITU-R BT.2020 WCG workflows Movig betwee colorspaces WCG capture ad display 11
COMPRESSION FUNDAMENTALS & APPLICATIONS FACE TO FACE COURSE Usig data compressio to reduce data-rate ad storage space while maitaiig acceptable quality is key to broadcasters, cotet distributors ad may of the vedors that sell equipmet ad services to them, so the excellet uderstadig of compressio techology that this course provides is vital to a wide-rage of people workig i the broadcast ad media idustry. I may cases the software, hardware ad systems that professioals develop, sell ad use to produce ad hadle digital cotet just would ot be realizable with ucompressed media. Yet users ad cosumers icreasigly expect perfect images ad soud, at higher ad higher resolutio. If you wat to uderstad the tools available to optimize moder AV techology for your users, audiece or customers this course, dealig with the fudametals, practice ad applicatios of data compressio, is the oe for you. Duratio ad delivery Two-day iformal presetatio ad discussio with a idustry-expert traier. Ca be custom delivered osite with a miimum of six participats. Other i-classroom locatios ad schedule available o www.theiabm.org Techicias, operators ad egieers who are ufamiliar with the specifics of compressio. Appretices, ew recruits ad techology graduates startig a career i broadcast ad media who do t have a good uderstadig of this techology. Established egieers ad techicias seekig professioal developmet. Syllabus at a glace Module 3 Module 5 Module 6 Module 7 Module 8 Module 9 Itroductio ad visual perceptio ad images The compoets of compressio Compressio applicatios ad typical bit-rates Trasforms Itra-frame codig Iter-frame codig ad motio estimatio Applicatio ad effects of codig Audio compressio Popular ew compressio strategies 0 Compressio i practice case studies 12
NETWORK ESSENTIALS FOR BROADCAST ENGINEERS Moder busiesses rely o IT etworkig for much of what they do ad IT etworks have evolved over the last 50 years to the poit that they have the scale ad performace to hadle video ad audio cotet cost-effectively. This is drivig chage i broadcast ad media busiesses. Most are i trasitio from bespoke digital itercoectio stadards, such as SDI ad AES3 with their dedicated cablig ad hardware, to a high-performace IT ifrastructure with commodity-based compute-egies ruig software applicatios that serve, process, move ad store pictures ad soud over a suitably desiged IT etwork with commo cablig ifrastructure. A similar trasitio has take place i distributio ad playout as IT servers become the orm ad cotet is icreasigly cosumed by audieces via the iteret. This course will build your uderstadig of the fudametals of etworkig, i which data is trasported as packets switched ad routed aroud a commo ifrastructure. You will lear the key etwork protocols used ad the etwork layers that are commoly used to uderstad their scope ad fuctio i routig packets betwee IT hosts ad from etwork to etwork. The emphasis will be o Etheret (layer 2) ad Iteret Protocol (layer 3). You will lear the essetials of eterprise etworks ad the ways that a etwork ifrastructure ca used for media applicatios. Duratio ad delivery Two-days of iformal presetatio, practical demostratios ad discussio with a idustry expert traier. Ca be custom delivered osite with a miimum of six participats. Other i-classroom locatios ad schedule available o www.theiabm.org FACE TO FACE COURSE Techical operators ad broadcast egieers or techicias who are ufamiliar with the basics of IT etworkig. Appretices or recet techology graduates ad other ew starters who eed to uderstad the essetials of IT etworks. Project or product maagers, system itegrators or desigers who eed a better uderstadig of the fudametals of packet-switched etworks. Maagers of egieerig or techical support departmets who eed to improve their uderstadig of the uderlyig priciples, jargo ad cocepts of etworkig. Prerequisites A workig kowledge i oe or more of IT, electroics or media techology with a recogized techology related academic qualificatio is required to get the most from this course. Delegates eed to have basic IT user skills ad should brig a laptop that has a wired etwork port or suitable adapter alog with them to the traiig. Syllabus at a glace Module 3 Module 5 Module 6 Module 7 Module 8 Network theory Etheret ad LAN/WAN techologies IP ad the etwork layer TCP ad the trasport layer Broadcast etwork applicatios Broadcast etwork ifrastructure Network security Case studies ad examples 13
ADVANCED NETWORKS FOR BROADCAST ENGINEERS FACE TO FACE COURSE This course builds o the cotet covered i the Network Essetials for Broadcast Egieers course (page 13) givig more detail o the protocols ivolved i streamig video across IP etworks. Delegates will build practical etworks hads-o to deliver uicast video streams across routed ad switched etworks. The resiliece of the etwork to deliver video streams at layer 2 (spaig tree / rapid spaig tree) will be compared ad cotrasted practically with the failover of routig protocols at layer 3 (OSPF routig protocol). Layer 3 switches will be used for itercoectig etworks ad typical commads required for these exercises will be covered o the course. Delivery of uicast video will be via RTSP/RTP/UDP ad also over the top TV usig HTTP/TCP. The Wireshark protocol aalyser will be used to decode these protocols for a deeper uderstadig of how they work ad also for troubleshootig purposes. The ability of TCP ad UDP to deal with packet loss ad delay will also be cosidered theoretically ad tested practically usig the etworks built durig the course ad ope source video software for delivery of the uicast streams. This is a hads o course desiged to give the delegate cofidece i workig practically with streamig video over IP etworks. Duratio ad delivery Two-day iformal presetatio ad discussio with a idustry expert traier. Hads-o practical sessios buildig ad cofigurig a small etwork is part of the course. Ca be custom delivered osite with a miimum of six participats. Other i-classroom locatios ad schedule available o www.theiabm.org Broadcast media egieers, techical operators or techicias who eed a deeper uderstadig of streamig video over IP etworks. Appretices or recet techology graduates ad other ew starters who eed to uderstad the essetials of IT etworks. Established techical staff who eed to icrease their cofidece ad competece i IT etworks. Project or product maagers, system itegrators or desigers who eed a better uderstadig of the fudametals of packet-switched etworks. Maagers of egieerig or techical support departmets who eed to improve their uderstadig of the uderlyig priciples, jargo ad cocepts of etworkig. Prerequisites Delegates should have atteded the Network Essetials for Broadcast Egieers course or have gaied equivalet kowledge via other traiig or practical experiece. Delegates should brig a laptop that has a wired etwork port or suitable adapter alog with them for use durig the hads-o elemets of the course. Syllabus at a glace Network protocols used i broadcast etworks Switch, port ad VLAN cofiguratio Module 3 IP routig, iter VLAN routig ad resiliece at layer 2 ad layer 3 Module 5 Network diagostics Streamig ad o-demad media delivery 14
VIDEO SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS FACE TO FACE COURSE Pickig up from the basics as explaied i Broadcast Techology Workflows, this course ivolves you i a up-to-date examiatio of the rapidly chagig techology used by the broadcast ad media idustry, from productio through to archive ad delivery. Our idustry-expert traier will lead you to examie curret topics from a rage of perspectives: Busiess: Examie the differet models for state, public ad commercial broadcastig. How ca we coect separate ad disparate media asset maagemet databases so differet busiess areas ews, sport etc. ca utilize the compay s media for rapid access ad reveue geeratio? Operatioal ad techical: Explore curret ad ew workflows. What file-based delivery stadards are applicable? How do we deliver cotet for emissio (broadcast trasmissio & OTT/VOD delivery)? What type of quality cotrol do we use? Where i the workflow do we examie this file-based video, audio ad metadata? What are the ew stadards for 4K video ad audio, HDR etc. Egieerig ad IT: What is a MAM database ad how ca we access the media rapidly while searchig broadly across separate systems? How do we sed video ad audio over a IT etwork? How do we deliver program cotet to multiple platforms? Duratio ad delivery Two-day iformal presetatio ad discussio with a idustry-expert traier. Ca be custom delivered osite with a miimum of six participats. Other i-classroom locatios ad schedule available o www.theiabm.org Media professioals from a wide rage of backgrouds. Appretices or graduate traiees who are ew to the broadcast ad media idustry. (Might cosider attedig 'Broadcast Techology Workflows' if they have little backgroud kowledge or previous experiece). Productio staff who wat to gai a curret uderstadig of the processes ivolved i takig their cotet through to delivery. Operatios persoel eedig to uderstad the chagig workflows of the program chai to emissio. Egieers, techicias ad IT experts lookig to icrease their kowledge of curret systems ad workflows. Recet techology graduates who ited to eter the broadcast ad video media idustries. Syllabus at a glace Module 3 Module 5 Module 6 Overview of broadcast busiess models Overview of broadcast workflows Broadcast workflow compoets File-based workflow priciples Quality cotrol ad delivery Iteroperability ad itercoectivity-api (Applicatio Program Iterface), SOA (Service-Orietated Architecture) Eterprise Service Bus cocepts 15
UNDERSTANDING THE BROADCAST & MEDIA INDUSTRY FACE TO FACE COURSE This course will icrease your kowledge ad uderstadig of the broadcast ad media idustry ad the techology ad jargo it uses alog with the mai busiess ad operatioal models i this sector. It s ideal for ew etrats to the idustry as it helps to build isight ad uderstadig ito what makes the idustry they have joied work. Eve if you have worked i the idustry for a while you will gai a uderstadig of the bigger picture ad where your compay s products, services, customers or audiece fit. Duratio ad delivery Usually structured as a two-day iformal presetatio ad discussio with a idustry-expert traier. It is possible to buy just oe day ad have this ru as part of your compay s iductio or o-boardig program. Ca be custom delivered osite with a miimum of six participats. Other i-classroom locatios ad schedule available o www.theiabm.org Ayoe whose work requires a appreciatio of the techology as opposed to a i-depth uderstadig of it. Broadcasters ad media professioals. Suppliers ad vedors. Post-productio. Facilities, service providers ad related busiesses. Syllabus at a glace Day Oe Module 3 Day Two Broadcastig today Techology basics Makig programs Maagig cotet Delivery to the cosumer Module 3 Broadcasters busiess Suppliers busiess The future 16
INTERACTIVE LIVE-ON-LINE Uderstadig File Formats This professioal developmet course is ow available i live-olie format, allowig you to experiece the same powerful persoal learig through iteractio with your tutor ad other delegates via telepresece, but without the cost ad hassle of travel. Usig the latest web coferecig techology, we ca brig traier ad participats together i a highly collaborative, iteractive ad egagig virtual classroom eviromet. All you eed to participate is a computer with a reliable iteret coectio. The course is desiged to provide a thorough uderstadig of curret video ad audio file formats plus their associated metadata ad workflows. It will explai how file formats are used from productio, through the broadcast chai icludig QC ad postproductio ad oto delivery ad archive. As a result of this program, participats will be able to apply their i-depth kowledge of file formats to: Protect ad future-proof program assets (recorded ad live cotet) agaist chagig techologies i cotet delivery. Make more iformed decisios about workflow choice ad desig. Improve problem solvig withi broadcast workflows. Maximize marketig opportuities for their products ad delivery processes. Duratio ad delivery Three 3 ½ hour sessios, via our olie delivery platform ad your desktop machie with microphoe ad webcam. Note: Also available as a oe-day iformal presetatio ad discussio ru i a traiig room by idustry-expert traier, see page 11. Ca be custom delivered osite with a miimum of six participats. Other i-classroom locatios ad schedule available o www.theiabm.org Ay professioal workig with traditioal broadcast video ad audio techology who eeds to icrease their kowledge of, ad cofidece workig with, file-based systems. Sales egieers, techical operators, ad techicias who are relatively ew to the idustry, icludig appretices ad other ew-joiers. Hardware ad software developers who eed a better kowledge of media file-formats. Digital imagig techicias (DITs) ad other productio professioals. Schedulig, traffic, library, archive ad bookig staff whose departmets are trasitioig to tapeless or file-based operatio. Syllabus at a glace Module 3 Module 5 Module 5 The fudametals of file-based workflows i broadcast Metadata Video file formats Audio file formats ON LINE COURSE Framework for Iteroperable Media Services (FIMS) The DPP ad other associatios ad workflow schemes 17
HIGH EFFICIENCY VIDEO CODING FACE TO FACE COURSE This workshop will give you a excellet itroductio to HEVC (High Efficiecy Video Codig), also kow as MPEG-H or H.265. It explais the reasos that HEVC was developed, how ad where it is beig implemeted ad a overview of the techiques used by the techology iside this compressio stadard ad the codecs that implemet it. Broadcast, maufacturig ad developmet professioals who eed to exted their kowledge. Techical operators ad others who are cosiderig the itroductio of HEVC ito their workflows. Egieers or techicias with a electroics, computer sciece or IT backgroud who eed to be more familiar with the specific requiremets of HEVC Techical maagers, chief egieers, statio maagers ad others who eed a update or overview of HEVC. Sales & marketig people, product maagers, techical support staff, software developers, broadcast operatioal staff ad busiess aalysts. IT egieers ad techicias who eed to improve their uderstadig of HEVC. Maagers of support services who eed to build their kowledge of the fudametals of HEVC. Duratio ad delivery Five hours of iformal presetatio ad discussio with a idustry-expert traier. Ca be custom delivered osite with a miimum of six participats. Other i-classroom locatios ad schedule available o www.theiabm.org Syllabus at a glace Module 3 HEVC overview The road to HEVC Details of the HEVC codec HEVC implemetatio 18
TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT FINANCE FACE TO FACE COURSE This course itroduces vital fiace fudametals of fiace that will help those attedig realize the impact of their roles o their orgaizatio s profitability. It tackles the uderlyig product ad service ecoomics ad embraces cost to develop, cost to deploy ad cost to maitai while providig a itroductio to fiace ad accoutig. The emphasis throughout is o product lifecycle costs. Employees of broadcastig orgaizatios, their techology suppliers, productio ad post facilities ad related busiesses. Marketig team members. Product maagers. Fiace staff. Syllabus at a glace Broadcast supply chai Fudametals of busiess fiace Module 3 Measurig firm performace Maagemet accoutig ad decisio makig Duratio ad delivery Two days of iformal presetatio, discussio ad sceario based exercises with a expert i fiace ad traiig. Ca be custom delivered osite with a miimum of six participats. Other i-classroom locatios ad schedule available o www.theiabm.org Module 5 Module 6 Module 7 Module 8 Ivetory maagemet Ivestmet appraisal ad project maagemet Budgetig ad variace aalysis The customer iterface 19
SATELLITE BROADCASTING SYSTEMS FACE TO FACE COURSE PARTNER COURSE This course will develop your uderstadig of how soud, pictures ad itercom talkback is exteded across digital satellite commuicatios liks such as, but ot limited to, those used i a SNG (Satellite Newsgatherig) operatio. A good workig kowledge of video ad audio, it explais how a compressed digital televisio sigal is hadled i satellite commuicatios equipmet ad systems. Delegates will be led to examie the sigal path, the parameters, processig ad hardware ivolved i earth statios, but also the space segmet alog with the characteristics ad stadard used to esure reliable trasmissio. This course explais the techology used, the theory behid it ad details the techical ad physical operatios ivolved i a satellite commuicatios operatio, icludes buildig systems, locatig satellites ad accessig them to both trasmit ad receive live cotributio ad distributio circuits. Egieers ad techicias with a geeral electroics, commuicatios or IT backgroud who are ufamiliar with the specific requiremets of satellite broadcastig. Appretices or recet techology graduates ad other ew starters who eed to uderstad digital satellite commuicatios. Established techical operators, egieers ad techicias seekig professioal developmet or who eed re-traiig to work i a SNG eviromet. Syllabus at a glace Duratio ad delivery Two days of iformal presetatio ad discussio with a idustry-expert traier. Ca be custom delivered osite with a miimum of six participats. Other i-classroom locatios ad schedule available o www.theiabm.org real com Broadcast Module 3 Module 5 Module 6 Module 7 Module 8 Satellite trasmissio overview The uplik chai The atea system The satellite The dowlik chai The IRD Modulatio (DVB-S, DVB-S2, extesios) Priciples of lik budgets 20
DIGITAL VIDEO STANDARDS & MEASUREMENTS FACE TO FACE COURSE PARTNER COURSE This course will give you a uderstadig of how audio ad SD or HD video is sampled, quatized ad coded as ucompressed data which ca be multiplexed ito the 4:2:2 or 4:4:4:4 data commoly trasported over the Serial Digital Iterface. The stadards ad specificatios relevat to SDI ad HDSDI televisio sigals, icludig acillary data for embedded audio, ad sigallig data will be explaied to you, alog with test ad measuremet techiques. All of this will build your uderstadig of these commoly used stadards ad the test ad measuremet techiques that are used to cofirm performace, detect istallatio or desig defects ad trouble-shoot faults. Appretices, ew recruits ad techology graduates startig a career i broadcast ad media who do t have a good uderstadig SDI based televisio. IT Professioals who eed to uderstad SDI based stadards ad trouble-shootig techiques i a multi-skilled eviromet. Techical operators, cotrol room staff or techicias ad operators who eed to improve their kowledge ad uderstadig of this established techology. Duratio ad delivery Two days of iformal presetatio ad discussio with a idustry-expert traier. Ca be custom delivered osite with a miimum of six participats. Other i-classroom locatios ad schedule available o www.theiabm.org Syllabus at a glace Module 3 Module 5 Module 6 Module 7 Module 8 Digital video formats ad stadards Chael formattig ad timig VBI ad acillary data Audio stadards ad structure The iterface specificatio Commo problems Tools for testig Types of data ad carriage real com Broadcast 21
ON-SITE COURSES We recogize that it s ot always possible to afford the time to sed employees o a course away from the office. To combat this dilemma, our classroom courses ca be delivered at a locatio of your choice icludig your ow work premises. This ca provide a great solutio for orgaizatios that have multiple employees to trai, savig both time ad moey o travel ad accommodatio. I additio, whilst the traiig caot be completely redesiged to suit a idividual orgaizatio, our traiers ca cocetrate o specific areas of the syllabus that are pertiet to your employees. So, let us come to you at a time that s coveiet ad tailor our courses to your busiess eeds. Do t just take our word for it As part of db Broadcast s staff developmet program we chose the IABM to deliver a i-house Workflow Fudametals course. The IABM were chose o the basis of their excellet reputatio i the idustry, the courses techical cotet, its relevace to us ad the cost effectiveess of providig the traiig for 10 of our egieerig staff ad two of our sales staff i-house. This saved associated travellig ad hotel costs ad miimized the amout of time out of the office for a sigificat umber of our staff. Graham Pearl Egieerig Director, db Broadcast Ltd. 22
BENEFITS OF ATTENDANCE PowerPoit slides of the course cotet Access to electroic course otes after the course has bee atteded Access to our learig maagemet system Opportuity to etwork with idustry colleagues ad peers Refreshmets ad luch are provided o all classroom courses Study Optios Classroom Classroom courses offer highly itesive traiig. This approach meas time away from the workplace is limited ad costs are maageable for employers. Delegates beefit from direct iteractio with fellow studets ad with our experieced traiers. Olie Olie courses are delivered via the IABM Learig Maagemet System ad are suited to people who eed to flex their traiig with work ad persoal commitmets. O-site If you have a umber of employees that require traiig the we will come to you. We ca deliver o-site traiig aywhere i the world. How to book ONLINE at www.theiabm.org Phoe +44 (0)1684 450030 Locatios ad veues Our courses are delivered worldwide at veues that have bee picked for their ease of access, excellece of customer care ad their first class teachig facilities. Request further ifo Please cotact the IABM Traiig Academy team for more iformatio o +44 (0)1684 450030 or by email ifo@theiabm.org 23
CERTIFICATION CertBMTassoc ASSOCIATE CERTIFIED BROAD AST & MEDIA TECHNOLOGIST CertBMTprac PRACTITIONER CERTIFIED BROADCAST & MEDIA TECHNOLOGIST CertBMTprof PROFESSIONAL CERTIFIED BROADCAST & MEDIA TECHNOLOGIST THE IABM EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION The IABM Educatioal Foudatio is a registered charity committed to advacig egieerig skills i broadcast ad media techology o a global basis. It offers certificatio coverig three differet levels at Associate, Practitioer ad Professioal. Withi each level there are a rage of examiatios that cout towards fial certificatio. Curretly The Foudatio offers examiatios i the followig subjects: Idustry Uderstadig Audio ad Video Compressio Advaced Networks Workflows File Formats Video Systems & Applicatios IP ad File-Based Architecture For iformatio o how to achieve each of the three levels please see the examiatio matrix below. Ayoe ca apply for Associate level, but there is a occupatioal service requiremet of either oe or two years for the Practitioer ad Professioal levels. There are o formal traiig requiremets for the examiatios ad all examiatio syllabus are published o The Foudatios website. For cadidates who do ot have relevat expertise i a particular subject area it is recommeded that cadidates atted a relevat vocatioal traiig course. The IABM Traiig Academy traiig courses are ideal preparatio for the examiatios. Examiatios ca be take at the workplace or at home ad are ivigilated through a remote proctor system. You will eed a computer, browser, webcam ad microphoe. All sessios are recorded ad are subject to idetity ad security verificatio ad post examiatio audit. Prior learig may be take ito accout ad other recogized qualificatios ca cout towards the fial certificatio although certai examiatios are madatory. Each applicatio is cosidered o a case by case basis. Certificatio lasts for five years ad ca be reewed through our cotiued professioal developmet scheme. For more iformatio about certificatio please see the IABM Educatioal Foudatio website: www.iabmfoudatio.org 24
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