1. Simon Fell
Director of Technology & Innovation

2. THE WORLD’S FOREMOST ALLIANCE OF PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA
74 Members in 56 countries in Europe & beyond
35 Associate Members in 21 countries

3. TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION
Shaping broadcast technology and standards
Anticipating technical developments
Contact with manufacturers and operators
Popular web-site:
tech.ebu.ch

4. THE WORLD'S BIGGEST BROADCASTING NETWORK
A future-proof network
Event production
Major football leagues
All UEFA events
2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™
European qualifiers
Formula 1™

5. A FUTURE-PROOF NETWORK
70,000 transmissions per year
84,000 hours of news and sport per year
67% of sport carried in HD

6. IBC 2013 Three big themes UHDTV Spectrum
Broadcast Studio Infrastructure

7. UHD quality = Res + HFR + HDR + Col
Ultra HDTV
CE Industry already has the product brand
Digital Europe wants to go with a standard now
Do we want Ultra ‘HD Ready’ now or something better?
We are arguing for something more…
100Hz for Europe via ITU
10 Bit with 50/60 fps Phase 1 and 100/120 fps later
2020 Colour Gamut
Studios say they also want a step up!
UHD quality = Res + HFR + HDR + Col

8. Most recent developments on UHDTV
“Mess” around real time studio interfaces for 100/120Hz, 12 bit HDR:
SMPTE: Evolution of SDI to 6 and 12 Gbps
SMPTE: Fibre optical interface (SMPTE )
ITU: Input from Australia on a 3rd alternative to the ones above
Urgent action on harmonisation, and limiting the options required
At ITU-R Study Group 6 meeting last week new frame rates added to UHDTV:
100 Hz based on European demand, 120/1.001 based on Japanese demand
Preliminary, final decision in April 2014
EBU is actively contributing to the consumer UHD display label spec
Great concern that consumer industry in only focusing on resolution

9. EBU actions on UHDTV
Scientific testing:
Resolution (done)
Higher Frame rates (done)
Higher dynamic range and colour (Jan 2014)
HEVC performance and studio codecs (AVC Ultra and XAVC)
Events:
Workshop 25/26 November: UHD voices and choices. Almost booked out
Production technology seminar January 2014.

10. DTT Spectrum - preparations for WRC 2015
Not as important in all regions but massive impact where DTT is main transmission method.
Can Mobile Broadband deliver the demands of TV viewers (No) Monthly data cap = ?? Hrs of TV
Will consumers be willing to pay to receive TV in future - these are the issues.
What would be the economic cost to countries to switch to another platform? €XX bn
HOW MUCH spectrum do Mobile Ops need?
90% in home traffic is Wifi
Join us in the debate 800, 700? 600? Next…

11. Studio Infrastructure What replaces HD-SDI
Todays studio architecture well understood and resilient over many years.
UHDTV-2 may require 16 x Cables per source?
Not feasible – FAIL!
So is it next generation HD-SDI or IP?
EBU Tech groups looking at options for the future.

12. loss of the terrestrial spectrum
The UHF spectrum allocations
470 MHz
862 MHz 21 30 40 50 60 69
Broadcasting
2006
470 MHz
862 MHz 21 30 40 50 60 69
Broadcasting
790 MHz 61
BC + Mobile
2007 X
470 MHz
862 MHz 21 30 40 50 60 69
Broadcasting
790 MHz 61
BC + Mobile 48
694 MHz
2012
470 MHz
862 MHz 21 30 40 50 60 69
790 MHz 61
BC + Mobile
2015 ?
694 MHz 48

13. DTT is the most popular TV System for EU households
Please note that the figure 46% covers both digital and analogue terrestrial platforms. The title “DTT” only refers to digital ...
Source: Eurobarometer 396, Adds to more than 100%. Households may use more than one platform.
THE FUTURE DISTRIBUTION OF MEDIA

14. FOR 120 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS, 275 MILLION PEOPLE (IN THE EU ALONE) THE TERRESTRIAL PLATFORM IS THE MAIN ACCESS TO TV
>75%
50-75%
25-50%
< 25%
Data not collected
In the light of the recent Eurobarometer, the figures may not refelct reality anymore. Elena’s initial assessment was that the following figures would be more realistic: over 238 million people are receiving the terrestrial platform and over 207 million are receiving DTT
Source: Broadcast Networks Europe 2012

15. EVOLUTION OF LINEAR AND NON-LINEAR TV VIEWING (MINUTES PER PERSON PER DAY) (AVERAGE IN EU BIG 5)
Figures for non-linear – over the column? // Legend: as previous slide
Source: IHS – ScreenDigest: Cross-platform Television Viewing Time FY 2012
Note: Forecast from 2012 // * 2020 forecast by EBU

16. Changing market -Over-the-top Services
Opportunities for broadcasters with HbbTV but competition with CE portals

17. What is EBU Technology & Innovation doing?
Digital radio Platforms
Joint task force on networked media
Sustainability
Beyond HD
Co-operative Terrestrial Networks
TV Platforms and Services
Spectrum Management and regulation
Integrated Media production Strategies
Broadband Networks
HbbTV
Future Audio and Radio Prod
Future Networks and Storage Systems
Quality Control
Media Information management

18. EBU.io
Provide a running environment for proofs-of-concept and expérimental services
Single stack of services to simplify development and delivery
Connect software engineers amongst our members and share projects

19. ROADMAP – EBU DEVELOPER NETWORK
September 2013
- Published EBU Open Source projects
(Cloud, Hybrid Radio)
October 2013
- EBU.io: iterative rollout of crowd-based features to
identify and gather interest in Open Source projects
November 18 and
- EBU DevCon – our first developers conference
ebu.github.io

20. Radio Broadcasting to mobile devices – Euro-chip initiative
Euro-Chip is not a silicon chip
Marketing initiative from Radio directors in Europe to push for free-to-air broadcast and tuner integration in consumer devices
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by major public service broadcasters to support the initiative
Promotion to Device manufacturers, Car industry and Mobile Network Operators (MNO)

21. Thanks