Solving Localization & Compliance Pain Points with AI - $15
Date: April 3, 2024Topics: 2024 BEITC Proceedings, Generative AI for MediaThis paper investigates the challenges of meeting localization and compliance needs in the global video streaming industry. It highlights the complexities of managing multiple languages, regulations, and cultural nuances. It introduces AI as a game-changer, highlighting its potential to automate processes, enhance quality, and assist with accessibility. The paper presents a comprehensive overview of the benefits of AI, including improved translation accuracy, faster content delivery, synthesized and cloned voice technologies, cost savings, and enhanced viewer engagement. It also discusses the challenges and considerations associated with implementing AI solutions, such as data privacy, regulatory compliance, and the need for human oversight. Overall, the paper provides valuable insights for content owners and video streaming providers seeking to optimize their localization and compliance strategies in a rapidly evolving global market.
Bill Admans | Ateliere Creative Technologies | Century City, Calif., United States
Dan Goman | Ateliere Creative Technologies | Century City, Calif., United States
Solving the Multiview Problem - $15
Date: March 21, 2025Topics: 2025 BEITC Proceedings, Streaming Improvements: Low Latency and MultiviewAs streaming services evolve, viewer demand for new and innovative ways to consume content is making multiview an essential feature. There are several ways to provide multiview experiences on end-user devices including encoding composite feeds in desired permutations (“Many Encodes”), spawning multiple independent players on the user device (“Many Players”), or using cloud encoding. These approaches that are currently used in the market all have downsides.
Single-Player Multiview, an alternative to these approaches, is flexible, responsive and scalable. With full knowledge of everything that is happening on the screen and the network combined in a single player, that player can adapt its adaptive bitrate (ABR) decisions and segment retrieval strategy accordingly. Single-Player Multiview is also the only approach that can ensure reliable sync between multiple feeds.
Rob Koenen, Ray van Brandenburg | Tilemedia | Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Speech Intelligibility and Audio Monitoring in OTT - $15
Date: April 3, 2024Topics: 2024 BEITC Proceedings, Generative AI Uses and Video TranscodingThe paper details ways of controlling speech intelligibility in OTT and broadcast production, primarily based on a new metric, Loudness to Dialog Ratio (LDR), and on calibrated sound monitoring at a moderate listening level. Principles of Loudness normalization are described; as is a study to define and quantify LDR for use in broadcast and OTT. Findings may be applied during mixing or dubbing, used for default settings in NGA delivery, and in automated QC as a key machine learning parameter. The article is facts-based and free of commercial bias.
Thomas Lund | Genelec Inc | Natick, Mass., United States
State-of-the-Art Multiview Experiences for Sports Fans - $15
Date: October 9, 2021Topics: 2021 BEITC Proceedings, OTT Television TechnologiesThis paper will survey different multiview-related technologies in terms of performance to enable superior video streaming experiences for sports fans.
Thierry Fautier | Harmonic | San Jose, California, United States
Patrick Gendron | Harmonic | Rennes, France
Stretching Elasticity: Traffic Peak Management in an Efficiently Designed Telco-CDN - $15
Date: April 14, 2023Topics: 2023 BEITC Proceedings, OTT / Connected TVWhen building a Telco-CDN infrastructure, Internet Service Providers (ISP) first consider the peak throughput and then provision the infrastructure as a function of peak capacity. New network design practices indicate that instead, operators would benefit from dimensioning the infrastructure to cover the traffic demand for a fraction of time, and develop strategies to manage the peaks, which happen when the demand exceeds the capacity of the infrastructure. A peak offloading strategy is particularly effective in online video delivery where demand peaks, often driven by sports events, are transient and significantly higher than average traffic. This paper provides a tour of CDN management, described by a new approach to design Telco-CDN with greater fluidity, mixing appropriate technologies to provide the right elasticity at the right time.
Gwendal Simon | Synamedia | Rennes, France
