Welcome to the NAB’s 2021 Broadcast Engineering and Information Technology (BEIT) Conference Proceedings. The papers offered here have been presented at the annual BEIT Conference at NAB Show, the world’s largest trade show for the media content creation and distribution industry.
The BEIT Conference program is established each year by the NAB Broadcast Engineering and Information Technology Conference Committee, a rotating group of senior technologists from NAB member organizations, along with representatives from the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE). The 2021 BEIT Conference Committee roster is available here.
The content available in the BEIT Conference Proceedings is covered under copyright provisions listed here.
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2021 BEIT Conference Proceedings - $75
Date: October 9, 2021Topic: 2021 BEITC Proceedings
8K JPEG XS Codec Adapted to SMPTE ST 2110 - $15
Date: October 9, 2021Topics: 2021 BEITC Proceedings, SMPTE ST2110 / IP-based FacilitiesNHK developed an 8K JPEG XS codec that can simplify our 8K production systems. The codec algorithm and the IP capsulator could be implemented on an FPGA owing to its light-weight processing feature.
Kota Itakura | Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) | Tokyo, Japan
Masayuki Miyazaki | Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) | Tokyo, Japan
Michael Van Dorpe | Village Island Co., Ltd. | Tokyo, Japan
AI-Powered Per-title Encoding - $15
Date: October 9, 2021Topics: 2021 BEITC Proceedings, OTT Television TechnologiesAI-Powered Per-title Encoding leverages machine learning techniques in order to optimize the standard per-title encoding method. As a result, storage and delivery costs can be saved by up to 50%.
Anita Chen | Fraunhofer FOKUS | Berlin, Germany
Christoph Mueller | Fraunhofer FOKUS | Berlin, Germany
Daniel Silhavy | Fraunhofer FOKUS | Berlin, Germany
Stephan Steglich | Fraunhofer FOKUS | Berlin, Germany
Stefan Arbanowski | Fraunhofer FOKUS | Berlin, Germany
Can I Really Protect my Broadcast Plant from a Cybersecurity Attack? - $15
Date: October 9, 2021Topics: 2021 BEITC Proceedings, Mitigating Facility Risks - Cyber & PhysicalCybersecurity is not an option as exploit attempts continue to target broadcast facilities. The broadcast engineer must have the foundation knowledge and skills necessary to maintain a secure network.
Wayne M. Pecena | Texas A&M University – KAMU | College Station, Texas, United States
Cloud Live Production: The New Resource Perspectives for Media Tech Broadcasters - A Case Study - $15
Date: October 9, 2021Topics: 2021 BEITC Proceedings, AI and Cloud Technologies for BroadcastingThis case study describes a disruptive pathway from on-premises baseband ecosystem to a cloud-based enviroment capable to quit traditional production resources like Obvans and Control Rooms.
Carlos Cesar Abrahão | Globo | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ColorNet 1.5: Improving Machine Learning Color Correction for Video - $15
Date: October 9, 2021Topics: 2021 BEITC Proceedings, AI and Cloud Technologies for BroadcastingThis presentation will share the results of the expanded ColorNet algorithm and the compression format tests.
Michelle Mayer | Clemson University | Clemson, South Carolina, United States
Erica Walker | Clemson University | Clemson, South Carolina, United States
D. Hudson Smith | Clemson University | Clemson, South Carolina, United States