TOPICS

Green Production Initiatives

Platforms

How Radio, TV and other media services can be consumed on a range of new platforms and hybrid connected devices. It focuses on the development of applications above layer 3 (application, presentation) as well as supporting services to deliver the best experience to the end user on any device and at any time.

Connected Cars and Devices

The EBU’s Connected Cars and Devices group, a subgroup of the Strategic Programme for Platforms, has bought EBU members together to discuss the challenges in this area. It provides an open forum in which to discuss projects, strategies and insights. The goal is to catalyse collaboration between EBU members and shape a unified view for Public Service Media that benefits audiences and the wider industry.

Radio production

The EBU has established this new group, under the umbrella of the AS (Audio Systems) group, to facilitate an exchange of ideas and learnings between EBU Members around radio production workflows.

Green Production

AI benchmarking: Speech-to-Text

The project is part of the Media Information Management and AI section of the Strategic Programme on Production managed by the EBU Technology & Innovation Department. Participation in this project is open to any interested party willing to contribute resources.

AI and Automatic Metadata Extraction

Artificial Intelligence is the core technology used to extract and generate metadata.

Media Cloud & Microservices

The Media Cloud and Microservices Architecture (MCMA) work provides code and best practices for the integration of processes in production workflows, including Artificial Intelligence in the cloud.

Most broadcasters today are using cloud services in some ways, but the cloud continues to change fast, and attractive new possibilities have opened up. The latest trend is towards serverless architecture and what is known as FaaS – function as a service – opening the door to an entirely new way of running media services.
An EBU project MCMA provides a painless way of adopting serverless architecture and implementing media workflows in the cloud. Created as an open-source project, free to use and available on GitHub, it offers reusable services that can apply to all applications and infrastructures across multiple cloud providers.

Metadata and Artificial Intelligence

It is crucial for broadcasters to be able to efficiently manage, extract, index and retrieve information. AI can help.

Video

The EBU provides strategic and technical advice on all aspects of video images, including quality assessment, access services and workflows. Current topics being worked on include HDR, codecs, video monitors, test patterns, cloud production, quality control, and subtitling.

Audio

Audio production and broadcasting are being transformed by new technologies. The next generation of audio experiences will be more immersive than ever before, and interactive. It is important that broadcasters look at new file formats to deliver and produce audio for these advanced systems.

The Audio Systems group aims to:

• Help EBU Members to maximise the quality and availability of sound production technology;
• Provide guidance and working documents to help make the move to new Audio Systems;
• Take into consideration professional users' feedback when making contributions to ITU and ETSI standards;
• Organize seminars and trainings to enable the use of new technologies and to share best practice.

Data

The EBU helps Members to enhance and enrich their media by integrating their data from commissioning to distribution taking benefit in advances on Artificial Intelligence.

Media Cybersecurity

Media Cybersecurity CISO

Sustainability for PSM

Research shows that televisions and associated devices are responsible for about two per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. This percentage is expected to grow in coming years.

Distribution

Audio Systems and workflows

The next generation of audio experiences will be more immersive, personal and accessible than ever before. It is important that broadcasters look at new file formats to deliver and produce audio in these advanced systems.

Newsroom Workflows

The EBU News sub-committee IDEAS and the EBU NBI (New Building Initiative) have established this task group to facilitate an exchange of ideas and learnings between EBU Members around newsroom-related workflows.

The Technology Pyramid For Media Nodes

A "stack" of relevant standards such as ST 2110 allow IP-based live production environments to operate smoothly – once everything has been set up correctly. Adding functionalities such as auto-provisioning and completing the full stack of protocols would greatly reduce the complexity of configuring these facilities.

Infrastructures & Security

The scope of the Strategic Programme on Infrastructures & Security covers Radio, TV and other media services. It comprises the development and evolution of infrastructure technologies to enable live and non-live media production workflows in broadcast facilities and in remote/interfacility conditions. It also includes media cybersecurity aspects of infrastructure technologies.

Hybrid and Cloud-based Production

Gathers use cases, requirements and provides best practices on cloud and hybrid-cloud production.

UHDTV

TV-Anytime User Group

An association of organizations which seeked to develop specifications for programme guides, personalisation and recommendation (broadcast, online, etc.)

EuroVOX

Timed Text

The EBU helps broadcasters produce and distribute high-quality subtitles for multi-platform consumption by standardizing subtitling formats for live and prepared subtitles.

NLE User Group

EBU Members are exchanging experiences with and best practices for using Non-Linear Editing (NLE) systems. Pose your question here!

Media Archives

Eurovision Flow

Content providers are facing increasing costs to deliver their live and on-demand video/audio content to their customers over IP. 

HDR

The EBU helps its Members use High Dynamic Range (HDR) to provide stunning images. This forms part of the work performed in the EBU Strategic Programme on Video Systems.

ML Data Pool

The EBU aims to build a large collective dataset to help boost Members' Machine Learning applications. Local data and knowledge is a competitive advantage. Combined with that of other Members, it is unbeatable!

Production

The Strategic Programme on Production heps to ensure efficiency, continuity and quality in using state-of-the art production tools. The scope of this group includes Audio, Video, Metadata and AI.

System Design and Interoperability

The scope of the group System Design & Interoperability is to further produce user requirements, follow up on the open standards and specifications. Further more conducting interoperability tests and look into new possibilites

Spectrum

European Public Media Space

The European Public Media Space is a collaborative development in which all EBU Members are welcome to participate. It is in its early stages and will take shape over the months ahead. Please contact us if you would like to get involved.

Automation & Provisioning

Understanding and applying IT tools for automation and provisioning in operations

Production Infrastructures

Live IP Software Toolkit (LIST)

Next Generation Audio

Next Generation Audio – NGA – will allow consumers to experience audio content in optimized quality wherever and however they consume it. Additionally, metadata will facilitate other valuable features, such as personalization of different audio elements, a key enabler for access services for those with disabilities.

Metadata Developer Network

The Metadata Developer Network is set up to organize workshops to discuss new trends and latest research or applied developments with metadata experts from all horizons.

Sharing & Planning Terrestrial Services

Implementing Open Innovation

Metadata Models

Metadata is becoming increasingly important to broadcasters. It is essential for the media industry to continue to develop specifications and promote innovation, such as semantic technologies.

Personalization

Mobile Technologies and Standards

Mobile networks are becoming increasingly important for the distribution of audiovisual media services. Mobile networks will need to be able to accommodate the current and future needs of public service media.

Programme making and special events

PLoud (Loudness)

The switch from audio peak-normalization to loudness normalization is one of the biggest revolution in professional audio. It is important for broadcasters to be aware of the loudness paradigm.

Electromagnetic Interference and Compatibility

Quality Control

Manual Quality Control alone is not adequate anymore and does not scale. Broadcasters need to look into automated file-based quality control systems to cope with large amounts of content and digital files.

Video Systems

Provides strategic and technical advice on all aspects of video images, including quality assessment, access services and workflows. Topics include HDTV, UHDTV, HDR, HFR, AR, VR, MR, MXF, IMF and EBU-TT.

Net Neutrality

It is important for public service broadcasters to continue to support and advocate for net neutrality to ensure their services are equally accessible by all on the internet.

5G in Content Production

5G has the potential to improve technical and operational efficiency, increased flexibility, and reduce cost. The 5G in Content Production group brings together broadcasters and the industry in order to identify specific requirements in content production that need to be met in the 5G context.

5G Deployments

The EBU project group 5G Deployments addresses technical and non-technical issues related to business arrangements, deployment models, and regulatory conditions for 5G mobile systems.

New Builders

Big Data Initiative

The Big Data Initiative is a corporate, cross sector and industrial initiative of the EBU supporting EBU Members' data and AI-driven strategies.

Data Science

With internet-based media offerings becoming more sophisticated and audience expectations rising, data science is becoming a fundamental skill for broadcasters seeking to deliver successful OTT services.

Interoperable Master Format (IMF)

The Interoperable Master Format (IMF) is a standard that allows a single collection of content to be transformed into multiple versions, while sharing the same material.

Virtual Reality

The EBU Virtual Reality (VR) User Group is sharing experience and gathering requirements for VR standardisation activities.

Augmented Reality

The EBU studies and analyses emerging immersive video systems, including Augmented Reality (AR).

MediaRoad

The MediaRoad project aims to foster collaboration between researchers, content creators, broadcasters and entrepreneurs in order to encourage and enable innovation in the media sector. 

Camera Tests

Information on how to test and classify professional cameras, including test reports.

Digital Terrestrial Television

Although public broadcasters are available on pay-TV platforms such as satellite, cable and IPTV, Terrestrial Television (Analogue and DTT) remains the backbone to free-to-air TV access and the most widely used means of receiving television globally.

Make it Digital Initiative

Make it Digital is an ambitious initiative to inspire audiences of all ages to build the skills they need to be successful in the fast-changing digital world. The EBU is partnering with the BBC to expand the concept to other countries.

Radio

Digital radio technologies and Hybrid radio services are a key part to ensuring that great radio content reaches audiences wherever and whenever they wish to consume it.

Joint Task Force on Networked Media (JT-NM)

The Joint Task Force on Networked Media (JT-NM) brings together manufacturers, broadcasters and industry organizations in an open, participatory environment to drive interoperabilitiy.

RadioHack Community

Each year, we host a RadioHack event alongside the EBU Digital Radio Summit in February. During this event we take time to learn from one another, share best practice and develop tools to share. 

Over the Top Services

Cross-platform Authentication

Hybrid media devices that can deliver audio, video and interactive content over both broadcast and broadband offer an exciting opportunity for broadcasters.

Content Delivery Networks

Delivering live and on demand video services of good quality is quite the challenge for Public Service Media.

Broadcast Technology Futures Group

The Broadcast Technology Futures Group is an alliance of non-industrial research and development laboratories that include broadcast futures in their activities.