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The magazine for global video www.csimagazine.com TV Broadcast • Streaming • Satellite • Cable • Hybrid The leading media for video delivery technology September 2019 Blockchain, Blockchain, Smallsats and more Next-gen codecs Next-gen 5G in broadcast 5G in broadcast streaming Low latency latency Low 8K TV: why here, why now? June 2016 • OTT, VoD, Cloud TV, Cable, Satellite, IPTV, DTT, IoT • The latest news, views and features 1_Cover.indd 1 22/08/2019 12:20:26 CONFERENCE | 13-17 SEPTEMBER 2019 EXHIBITION | 13-17 SEPTEMBER 2019 RAI AMSTERDAM The world’s most influential media, entertainment & technology show Join over 1,700 exhibitors showcasing the latest technological innovations, 300+ speakers sharing industry insights and over 55,000 attendees providing unlimited networking opportunities at the world’s most influential media, entertainment & technology show. Book before 16 August to secure your free exhibition pass show.ibc.org Contents TV Broadcast • Streaming • Satellite • Cable • Hybrid The leading media for video delivery technology The magazine for global video 24 DTG column www.csimagazine.com TV Broadcast • Streaming • Satellite • Cable • Hybrid The leading media for video delivery technology September 2019 Ensuring a better future TV experience Blockchain, Blockchain, Smallsats and more Next-gen codecs Next-gen 26 Blockchain in broadcast 5G in broadcast 5G in broadcast The latest progress and use cases streaming Low latency Low latency Editor 8K TV: why here, why now? 32 Smallsats Goran Nastic June 2016 • OTT, VoD, Cloud TV, Cable, Satellite, IPTV, DTT, IoT • The latest news, views and features 1_Cover.indd 1 22/08/2019 12:20:26 Can the promise outweigh the challenges? Commercial 06 Analyst corner: Disney+ Camilla Capece One of the biggest experiments in the 38 5G in media: part 1 history of the entertainment industry What will 5G mean for mobile video? Design and production Matt Mills (Manager) 08 COVER STORY: 8K TV 42 5G in media: part 2 Jessica Harrington Who needs 8K (apart from TV makers)? Examining the potential of 5G in outside broadcast and (remote) production Regular contributors Adrian Pennington, Philip Hunter, 14 Opinion: ATSC 3.0 David Adams, Stephen Cousins, 48 Q&A: Yahoo Sports ATSC president Madeleine Noland provides Anna Tobin How it works with the NFL to reach insight into the new standard younger viewers and football fans Circulation Joel Whitefoot 15 Low latency streaming with 52 IBC 2019 preview Synamedia Accounts A look at what’s new at this year’s show Overcoming the challenges of achieving low Marilou Tait, Mohamad Saidani latency end-to-end 53 Next-gen compression with Editorial tel +44(0)20 7562 2401 21 Technology corner: CMAF LL V-Nova Navigating the new codec landscape [email protected] Fraunhofer FOKUS details a concrete implementation of DASH low latency Advertising streaming with CMAF 59 Stats corner tel +44(0)20 7562 2438 Euro and US pay-TV data with informitv [email protected] Subscriptions tel +44 (0) 20 1635 588 861 Editor’s report: [email protected] Circulation manager: joel.whitefoot@ Ericsson CTO Erik Ekudden recently played down talk about 6G, arguing the perspectivepublishing.com focus should be on moving 5G forward, given that the technology is only just out of the blocks. Ekudden’s argument comes to mind in the early discussions Subscription rates around 8K TV. While 4K is not as new or immature as 5G, it still has a long way Per year: Europe £88; UK £68; Rest of World £98. Cheques payable to to go in terms of commercial implementations - with many channels globally yet Perspective Publishing to make the switch to HD, let alone 4K. Some view 8K as a distraction as 4K finally makes Limited and addressed to the progress and gathers steam, while others view it as natural evolution and an inevitability. How Circulation Department do you see it? Speaking of 5G, in this issue we examine the implications of 5G for the media & entertainment sector, starting with the mobile video experience of consumers, including Printed by Buxton Press mobile broadcast, before zooming in on the production environment. Goran Nastic Managing Director John Woods Perspective Publishing Publishing Director 3 London Wall Buildings London Mark Evans 2019 EC2M 5PD www.perspectivepublishing.com ISSN 1467-5935 www.csimagazine.com September 2019 03 03_Contents.indd 1 29/08/2019 13:54:28 News news in brief Media giants gearing up for streaming Telus Home Assistant supremacy - which one will win? for TV voice control Canada’s Telus is the latest 2019 has been labelled a builds up the content In Canada, Disney+ will be operator to launch a Home “hallmark year” for the catalogue, and then could priced at C$8.99 per month, Assistant and voice streaming industry, the charge $9.99 per month. This or $89.99 per year. Dutch control. In this case, it biggest shift in the US video would make it more expensive residents will pay EUR6.99 gives Optik TV customers market since Netflix’s push than Disney+ (at $6.99 in the per month, or €69.99 per with hands-free control into streaming in 2007. This US) but more on a par with year. Australia is set at using voice commands for is as heavyweight players like Netflix and Amazon Prime A$8.99 per month, or $89.99 their entertainment. As Disney, Apple, AT&T and (Netflix’s lowest tier is 8.99). per year, and New Zealand’s voice assistant WarnerMedia among others According to Bloomberg, price is NZ$9.99 per month. technologies become more enter an increasingly crowded Apple is weighing different There is much speculation commonplace in Canada, field with new streaming release strategies for shows. about what Disney’s removals the company saw it as a services and direct-to- Apple’s budget for original of titles in particular from natural fit to integrate consumer (D2C) launches. content has also grown from Netflix will have on the control over the largest Coinciding with further the original $1 billion to over SVOD trailblazer. screen in the house for a international rollout and $6 billion as more shows have Allan McLennan of Padem better user experience. price details of the Disney+ moved through production. Media has described Disney+ Optik TV customers with a launch on November 12, Disney’s new direct-to- as a “game changer” Google Assistant-enabled Apple is now expected to consumer streaming service Guy Bisson, the lead speaker or Smart Display debut its own streaming will launch on November analyst at Ampere Analysis, can pair the new Telus service also by that date. 12 in the US, Canada and labels Disney+ as one of the Home Assistant to allow Bloomberg reports that the Netherlands. “biggest experiments in the voice commands to change Apple+ will go live by They will be followed by history of entertainment” and the channel, launch Netflix November, initially offering Australia and New Zealand a you can read his in-depth and other apps, search for a free trial to start, as it week later on November 19. thoughts on page 6. their favourite shows, pause or turn off their digital box. It also allows Viacom makes inroads into in-vehicle customers to manage accounts with voice. entertainment The Viacom International Access is acquiring ViacomCBS sets sights Media Network is making its the rights to make on DTC streaming TV content available to car linear feeds of these A long running saga has passengers, one of the first channels available in come to an end as CBS content providers to make German-language for and Viacom have decided this move into the connected integration into in-car that they will, after all, car space. infotainment systems merge after 13 years apart. Viacom’s popular TV being developed by CBS will acquire Viacom channel brands such as German car to form ViacomCBS. MTV, Comedy Central and manufacturers. The Current Viacom CEO Bob Nickelodeon will be channels available via Bakish will lead the accessible to vehicle Twine4Car service will be a generation of mobile network combined entity, with the passengers in German- simulcast of the linear TV technology ushering in a new deal expected to close by language via the Twine4Car networks that VIMN makes era of connected vehicles and the end of the year ago. solution from Access available free-to-air in immersive entertainment The plan calls for an Europe. This will make Germany, featuring the same experiences on-the-go,” said acceleration of a direct-to- Viacom’s content available content and advertising. Raffaele Annecchino, MD of consumer strategy, via the car head unit and “Viacom believes in-car VIMN Southern and Western supported by both both rear-seat entertainment units entertainment is an exciting Europe, Middle East and subscription and to more deeply engage new frontier for the video Africa. “This deal is the first ad-supported products. passengers of all ages. industries, with the next of its kind for Viacom.” 04 September 2019 www.csimagazine.com 4-5_News.indd 2 29/08/2019 12:37:04 News SES looks to the clouds with ONAP news in brief DT tops 100Gbps over microwave link ABI Research expects the VR market to grow to $22bn thanks to enterprise adoption and new headsets, as well as make a deeper push into the M&E sector. A new report from ABI Research likens the VR market to a roller Satellite operator SES is powered by its fleet of MEO the globe, according to the coaster ride of ups and taking its business to the and GEO satellites. SES will companies. By deploying downs. Unlike the ill-fated cloud, together with Amdocs also be able to serve its open, cloud-based network 3D market, VR will and Microsoft Azure.