The 27th EBU Technical Assembly was hosted online, live from Geneva, on Wednesday and Thursday this week. Alongside keynotes from Svergies Radio, Ofcom (UK), Sky, SMPTE and WarnerMedia were proud-to-present sessions, breakout discussions, and progress reporting on the work of the Technical Committee and its strategic programmes.
The winner of the EBU Technology & Innovation Award 2021 is Sveriges Radio (SR), for a project that puts public service values at the heart of news production and delivery. The winner of the inaugural EBU Young Engineers and Researchers Award is Irene Nikkarinen, a data scientist with Finland’s Yle.
Are the models that are most widely used for distributing audiovisual content on the internet capable of meeting the requirements of public service media (PSM)? While there is no definitive answer to this question, a new EBU report on so-called 'over-the-top', or OTT, distribution explores the topic in depth.
