Scope
The Dynamic Media Facility (DMF) Working Group investigates and defines architectures, workflows and operational practices that enable media facilities to transition from fixed, hardware-centric environments to flexible, software-defined infrastructures. The Group aims to support broadcasters and media organisations in building agile, scalable, resilient and interoperable production systems capable of meeting increasingly dynamic content creation and distribution requirements.
The publication of the DMF v2.0 Reference Architecture established the Group's vision and provides the foundation for subsequent work. A first tangible outcome of this activity is the Media eXchange Layer (MXL), an open-source project designed to enable interoperable and dynamic media workflows.
To encourage wider industry adoption and foster a broader ecosystem, the EBU has joined forces with the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA). Through this collaboration, the vision and principles of the Dynamic Media Facility are being advanced beyond the public service media community to encompass commercial media organisations, technology vendors and solution providers across the wider media industry, promoting open, interoperable and software-defined production infrastructures on a global scale.
Objectives
We help Members understand and adopt software-defined production approaches that offer customisable workflows, cost-effective scalability, and enhanced operational efficiency. We develop the DMF architectural concept collaboratively, ground it in practical requirements from Member organisations, and publish reference architectures and open-source tools that Members can use directly. We also engage with industry standardisation bodies to ensure the DMF approach influences how production infrastructure evolves across the sector.