EBU TECHNICAL's BroadThinking '11 conference dealt with broadband related issues for the broadcast community. With the increasing popularity of key topics such as adaptive streaming, multicast and the migration of IPv4 to IPv6, broadcasters are called upon to keep up to date on the latest developments in the industry.
Attentive audience during Michael Lagally's (Oracle) presentation
The challenge remains to be able to use Internet distribution as a reliable means of getting premium content to viewers - and being able to scale this efficiently. Hybrid and the arrival of tablets are also topics challenging tradition distribution models - and these were also considered during the conference.
Demonstrations during lunch and coffee breaks