European Broadcasting Union Networks 2007 To IP and Beyond Programme EBU Headquarters, Geneva 18 and 19 June 2007 Produced by EBU International Training EBU Technical Department
To IP and beyond! The EBU s Network Technology Management Committee (NMC) is at the heart of changing technologies and its members are actively implementing new solutions in their own organisations. The NMC s experts have devised this seminar as a guide to the impact of network technologies on broadcasters. With a mix of sessions providing tutorial and real-life use cases our hope is that you ll find it an interesting and informative opportunity to keep abreast of the latest changes. It will provide a comparative overview of recent developments and new applications for terrestrial and satellite networks. Objectives: Through an exchange of best practices, tutorials and use cases, the seminar s key objectives are: to help attendees assess the latest developments in networks and network-related technologies such as optical routing, wireless systems and security, to provide information on the use of networks to transport audiovisual material, addressing essential technical characteristics and protocol standardisation, to offer an un-matched opportunity to network with fellow professionals both from inside and outside the EBU to discuss issues and share problems. For whom: EBU Members and non-members. Engineers, technical managers and technology experts in broadcast network technology. 1
Monday 18 June 09:00 10:00 Registration and coffee 10:00 10:30 Welcome and opening speech State of play on Network Technology Management Committee (NMC) current activities by Rhys Lewis, Chief Enterprise Architect, Technology Direction Group, BBC, United Kingdom and of the EBU NMC 10:30 13:00 Session 1: The Next Step... General Network Development How are networking technologies being used within the broadcast organizations? Is there one universal technology? No, the fact is that broadcast organizations have chosen different ways to build their own network infrastructure. This session will present some major network implementations and how the infrastructure may develop for the future. Will there be one winning technology, or will we always be looking for what will come after today? Chairmen Anders Nyberg, SVT, Sweden and Jeff Vanden Berghe, VRT, Belgium 10:30 11:00 Eurovision Network Roadmap Mid 2007 by Jean-Marc Soustre and Didier Debellemanière, Eurovision, EBU, Switzerland 11:00 11:30 New Regional Network for the interconnection of regional studios in Hessen by Gaetano Amatucci, Hessicher Rundfunk, Germany 11:30 12:00 Coffee break 12:00 12:30 RaiWay contribution and distribution network migrating towards NG-SDH by Giuseppe Abbatepaolo, RaiWay and Davide Milanesio, Rai-CRIT, Italy 12:30 13:00 Evolution of telecom network infrastructure for broadcast and interactive applications by Fabio Tassara, Alcatel-Lucent, France 13:00 14:30 Lunch 2
14:30 16:00 Session 2: The future... New Technologies The future s bright, the future s full of new technical possibilities. This session looks at some new developments, currently at the advanced research phase, and explains their relevance to broadcasters and their services. Chris Chambers, BBC, United Kingdom 14:30 15:00 Grid services to support media production and distribution by Terry Harmer, Belfast e-science and Robert Hudson, QinetiQ Ltd, United Kingdom 15:00 15:30 Seamless optical and electrical routing - the key enabler for high speed media networks? by Ken Guild, University of Essex, United Kingdom 15:30 16:00 Coffee break 16:00 17:30 Session 3: Making IP work... Quality of Service Good Quality of Service in an IP network is the key to uninterrupted streaming services of audio and video, with low delay. Streaming over IP requires other and new demands to the IP routers and networks than file transfers and computer traffic in general over IP. Well managed private WAN IP networks can often provide good QoS parameters, but the Public Internet may give problems to broadcasters, with no guaranteed QoS. This session discusses methods, in internal networks, such as MPLS, and the parameter values needed for a robust streaming transfer of programmes. Lars Jonsson, Swedish Radio, Sweden 16:00 16:30 Classification of IP networks for audio and video parameters by Greg Shepherd, Cisco Systems 16:30 17:00 Video transport over IP Can we still avoid the errors? by Andreas Metz, IRT, Germany 17:00 17:30 MPLS, what is that? by Carsten Rossenhoevel, EANTC, Germany 17:30 Cocktail reception at the EBU 3
Tuesday 19 June 09:00 10:30 Session 4: Working together... Interoperability Did you ever try to interconnect broadcast equipment from different manufacturers via networks and experience the annoying situation that even when all components seem to speak the same protocols, they did not understand each other? This session will give you examples of how important interoperability is in broadcasting and shows how these problems are addressed and hopefully solved Markus Berg, IRT, Germany 09:00 09:30 N/ACIP standards, recommendations, protocols for audio and video by Lars Jonsson, SR, Sweden and Mathias Coinchon, EBU, Switzerland 09:30 10:00 Audio over IP a manufacturer s view by Gregory Massey, APT, United Kingdom 10:00 10:30 Network Management and interoperability - the RAI experience by Raffaele Ferrari, RaiWay, Italy 10:30 11:00 Coffee break 11:00 12:30 Session 5: Imagine... Wireless solutions New technologies bring new opportunities! Come to this session to learn the innovative ways in which your broadcaster colleagues are using new technologies to solve some familiar broadcast contribution problems.... or imagine by yourself some uses of these technologies. Marc Lambreghs, EBU, Switzerland 11:00 11:30 Contributions from beyond the Edge a report from the BBC s Edge Connectivity project by Adrian Poole, BBC, United Kingdom 11:30 12:00 WiMAX - Standards, Technology, Applications and Trends by Hermann Lipfert, IRT, Germany 12:00 12:30 Inmarsat BGAN by Allan Howell, Inmarsat, United Kingdom 12:30 14:00 Lunch 4
14:00 15:30 Session 6: Keeping it going... Security & service continuity How safe is your work in progress? How reliable are your broadcasts? When the unexpected occurs (and it will) will your business be able to respond effectively? This session will provide you with some industry-leading views on how public service and other broadcasters should be addressing these and other key security and business continuity issues. Rhys Lewis, BBC, United Kingdom 14:00 14:30 Continuity managing someone else s risk by Andy Leigh, BBC, United Kingdom 14:30 15:00 Business continuity why worry, nothing s going to happen to us! by Lyn Morgan, Lyn Morgan Media Consulting Ltd, United Kingdom 15:00 15:30 Safeguarding a broadcaster s business an insider s view by Koen De Hauw, VRT, Belgium 15:30 16:00 Coffee break 15:30 17:00 Session 7: and finally... Moderator Lyn Morgan 16:00 16:45 Your thoughts... Interactivity, user-generated content and social networks are the broadcasting buzz-words of the moment. All are enabled by the ubiquity of IP networks. This session is your chance to interact, generate some content and generally buzz join in the round-table discussion based on the questions submitted by you before or during the seminar! 16:45 17:00 and mine: Concluding thoughts/ ends led by Rhys Lewis, BBC, United Kingdom and of the NMC 17:00 End of seminar 5
General information General information The seminar language is English. Expectations regarding audience behaviour: - mobile phones should be turned off during the sessions, - please forget those e-mails and web-sites as the speakers have taken some trouble to prepare their presentations. No audio recording is allowed during the sessions. Target audience Open to all EBU members and non-members alike who are involved in the development of national and international contribution networks for broadcasting applications. Venue EBU Headquarters Conference room C L Ancienne-Route 17A CH-1218 Grand-Saconnex / Geneva On-line registration Registration is compulsory. Please register using the on-line registration form available on http://www.ebu.ch/_tools/uccass/survey.php?sid=75 Registration fees The registration fee covers the lunches, refreshments and proceedings but it does not cover hotel accommodation. An invoice will be issued to you by post. Payment is due upon receipt of invoice by bank transfer to the account mentioned on the invoice. Cancellations will not be refunded but we would be pleased to welcome an alternative delegate. EBU Active Members: EUR 350 EBU Associate Members: EUR 400 Non-Members: EUR 600 Hotel accommodation Block bookings have been made in two hotels located near the EBU and international airport. Hotel reservations should be made on an individual basis. Please send an e-mail to the hotel of your choice. Ramada Park hotel **** Crowne Plaza hotel ***** Booking reference: NMC Booking reference: 39446 - AAM Avenue Louis Casaï 75-77 Rte François-Peyrot 34 Tel: +41 22 710 30 00 Tel: +41 22 747 02 02 E-mail: resa@ramadaparkhotel.ch E-mail: reservations@cpgeneva.ch single room: CHF 187. (breakfast incl.) single room: CHF 205.- (breakfast CHF 34.-) double room: CHF 207. (breakfast incl.) double room: CHF 220.- (breakfast CHF 34.-/pers.) local tax: CHF 3.60 / night / person local tax: CHF 4.25 / night / person The EBU can offer some mid-range hotels in the city centre or near the EBU. Feel free to contact us. If you require further information, please contact: Jenny Treadwell Nathalie Cordonnier EBU Technical Department EBU International Training tel: +41 (0) 22 717 27 45 tel: +41 (0) 22 717 21 48 fax: +41 (0) 22 747 47 45 fax: +41 (0) 22 747 41 48 e-mail: treadwell@ebu.ch e-mail: cordonnier@ebu.ch 6
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