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DVB SCENE | March 2017 Issue No. 49 DVBSCENE March 2017 Delivering the Digital Standard www.dvb.org GAME ON FOR UHD Expanding the Scope of HbbTV Emerging Trends in Displays Next Gen Video Codec 04 Consuming Media 06 In My Opinion 07 Renewed Purpose for DVB 09 Discovering HDR 10 Introducing NGA 13 VR Scorecard 08 12 15 14 Next Gen In-Flight Connectivity SECURING THE CONNECTED FUTURE The world of video is becoming more connected. And next- generation video service providers are delivering new connected services based on software and IP technologies. Now imagine a globally interconnected revenue security platform. A cloud-based engine that can optimize system performance, proactively detect threats and decrease operational costs. Discover how Verimatrix is defining the future of pay-TV revenue security. Download our VCAS™ FOR BROADCAST HYBRID SOLUTION BRIEF www.verimatrix.com/hybrid The End of Innovation? A Word From DVB A small step for mankind, but a big step for increase in resolution. Some claim that the the broadcast industry might seem like an new features are even more important than SECURING overstatement, however that’s exactly what an increase in spatial resolution as happened on 17 November when the DVB appreciation is not dependent on how far Steering Board approved the newly updated the viewer sits from the screen. While the audio – video specification, TS 101 154, display industry is going full speed ahead thereby enabling the rollout of UHD and already offers a wide range of UHD/ THE CONNECTED FUTURE services. The newly revised specification is HDR TVs, progress in the production Peter Siebert the result of enormous effort from the DVB domain is slower. The broadcast industry Executive Director Members’ engineers, and is further evidence still needs to fully understand its potential, of DVB’s leadership in the broadcast so it may take some time before we can WiB). This could lead to a completely new industry. The specification defines the experience true UHD. Furthermore, network architecture and later down the support for the use of High Dynamic professional equipment manufacturers have line may result in a new terrestrial broadcast Range (HDR), Higher Frame Rates (HFR) yet to provide a complete range of system. DVB is also exploring the long and Next Generation Audio (NGA) in the production equipment. term vision of satellite broadband and DVB broadcast environment. In particular, Does all this mean that we have reached broadcast as new High Throughput the HDR part had been eagerly awaited by the end of innovation? Certainly not. When Satellites (HTS) and LEO / MEO satellite an industry keen to provide a new level of it comes to displays there are still constellations are on the horizon. Following video quality to the end-user. Also, in technologies to be explored such as Virtual requests from the Asia region, DVB will combination with the UHD Phase 1 Reality (VR) and holographic displays. VR, provide a second generation Emergency features, 4K UHD resolution and wider in particular, is a hot topic and could prove Warning System, which amongst other color space, there has been a quantum leap to be relevant for broadcast. To examine features will also support receiver wake-up in video and audio performance. Perhaps this further, DVB has set up a Study from standby mode. And just to mention unlike 3D, UHD is not a fad. As long as we Mission Group on VR. The group has one more item, DVB has started the continue to use flat panel displays, I do not provided an initial report and discussions technical work on ABR Multicast which expect to see any further advancements as are underway on the next steps for VR in will bring multicast scalability to OTT the video quality exceeds the capabilities of broadcast. delivery of live content. the human eye and any further In addition to VR, DVB is addressing a Over the 22 years of my involvement improvement would not be noticeable. wide range of new topics. For terrestrial with DVB there has always been something TS 101 154 allows the industry to offer broadcast, DVB is looking at the feasibility new and exciting to look forward to and true UHD, which is more than just an of frequency reuse factor 1 (also known as today is no different. New Standards TS 102 606-2 Ver. 1.2.1: Generic Stream Encapsulation (GSE); Part 2: Logical Link Control (LLC) (Dec - ‘16) TS 101 162 Ver. 1.8.1: Allocation of identifiers and codes for Digital Video Broadcasting systems (Jan - ‘17) The world of video is becoming more connected. And next- generation video service providers are delivering new connected services based on software and IP technologies. Join us in Vienna for Now imagine a globally interconnected revenue security platform. DVB World 2017 A cloud-based engine that can optimize system performance, 13 - 15 March proactively detect threats and decrease operational costs. Discover how Verimatrix is defining the future of pay-TV revenue security. Cover photo: Courtesy of Sky Deutschland. Published by the DVB Project Office, All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be DVB, the DVB logo marks, MHP and the MHP logo are c/o European Broadcasting Union, reproduced without prior consent of the publisher. registered trademarks of the DVB Project. Certain other 17a Ancienne Route, All content correct at time of printing. © DVB SCENE 2017. product names, brand names and company names may CH-1218 Grand Saconnex, Switzerland. be trademarks or designations of their respective owners. The views expressed in this newsletter are those Editors: William Daly, Harold Bergin of the individual DVB Members or guests and are not Printed by New Goff n.v. Editorial & Advertising enquiries to: WHD PR necessarily the views of the DVB Project Office Email: [email protected] or Steering Board. Telephone: +44 (0)20 7799 3100 www.dvb.org . www.dvbworld.org . www.dvbservices.com Download our ™ VCAS FOR BROADCAST HYBRID SOLUTION BRIEF To subscribe to DVB SCENE and DVB SCENE eNews free of charge visit: www.dvb.org /subscribe www.verimatrix.com/hybrid DVB SCENE | March 2017 3 Consuming Media Changing Viewing Habits? Dr. Roberto Suárez Candel , EBU Despite the rapid growth of internet Online viewers are still ‘TV hungry’. usage, the overall time people spend Online TV and video may partly eat into watching TV and listening to the radio traditional viewing, but at the same time has changed little over recent years. In they drive the growth of total audiovisual fact people are spending an increasing consumption. In Denmark, one third of amount of time on media, with total the population regularly watches both viewing and listening time on the rise. traditional and online TV. This group Below are some of the main findings of spends around 25% more time watching Dr. Roberto Suárez Candel is Head of the the Media Intelligence Service’s annual than viewers who only watch traditional Media Intelligence Service, the research unit at Media Consumption Trends report, TV. Only 5% of Danes watch exclusively the European Broadcasting Union. He leads an which draws on the available research online. international team of analysts responsible for from a wide variety of sources to give The TV set remains by far the most data collection processes, the implementation EBU Members a snapshot of the latest prominent device for viewing activities. of research projects and the publication of developments. In the UK, 93% of total viewing was market reports. His team’s main goal is People are spending more and more done on a TV set in 2014. Two years supporting Public Service Media across Europe time on media. Although research later, this proportion remained the same. in their daily operations, advocacy activities assessing how much time people dedicate In the Netherlands results are similar, and strategic planning. to media greatly varies in scope and with 91% of viewing happening on TV methodology, studies usually point in one sets in 2015. While younger age groups common direction: a steady increase in tend to embrace viewing on other devices, fraction of this time, 5 minutes per day, is media consumption time. the TV set remains dominant also for used to watch TV/video content. Among ZenithOptimedia predicts a 10% growth them. Among Dutch teens aged 13-19, youth aged 16-24 this increases to 14 in media time in Western Europe the TV screen accounted for 70% of all minutes per day, with most minutes between 2010 and 2018. viewing in 2015, followed by computer dedicated to short video clips. Watching video is the main media (20%), tablet (4%) and smartphone (3%). EBU Members can download the complete Media activity and total viewing time continues Watching on smartphones is still very Consumption Trends report from www.ebu.ch/mis to increase. In Finland, total viewing modest. In the UK, 70% of adults aged Sources: United Kingdom: Ofcom Digital Day / time, which covers all types of watching 16+ own a smartphone which they use for Finland: Finnpanel Oy - Yle Media / Netherlands: including ‘traditional’ TV and online 2 hours and 13 minutes per day. Only a Media:Tijd / Denmark: DR video, increased by 8% between autumn 2013 and autumn 2015. In the UK, the average daily viewing time increased by Evolution of total viewing in Finland - time spent by viewers aged 9+ 42 minutes between 2010 and 2016. Linear viewing tends to decline but live TV remains by far the dominant type Physical video of viewing. In many countries, live TV represents roughly 9 out of 10 minutes Online clips watched. It is in Northern European Paid on-demand countries where the proportion of live TV viewing is often smaller.
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