The Future Media Townhall took place on Saturday 12 September 2026 at IBC, RAI Amsterdam — and the speaker slides from every session are now available to download on the event page.
5G-MAG has launched the 5GMAGazine, a new publication bringing specification analysis, software releases and community news to one place, starting with Issue 01.
5G-MAG took center stage at the European Space Agency's (ESA) NTN Forum Colloquium & General Assembly, bringing an end-to-end demonstration of its open-source 3GPP Release 18 5G Multicast Broadcast Services (MBS) reference tools.
The ITU-T SG21 and ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 (MPEG) joint workshop on "Media Streaming Services – What's next," held in Geneva, brought together industry leaders to discuss the future of media streaming and the challenges of technology deployment. 5G-MAG took part to make the case for a closer relationship between standards development and open-source software, to help shorten the path from written specification to real-world market adoption.
At MWC Shanghai (24–26 June, SNIEC), 5G-MAG showcased the live demonstration "Towards Media-Aware Intelligent Networks — Smarter Video Streaming for 6G" at Qualcomm's booth.
The first 5G Broadcast PlugFest organized by 5G-MAG took place from 9 to 11 June 2026 at Fraunhofer FOKUS in Berlin, bringing together infrastructure vendors, technology providers, software developers and operators to test the interoperability of 5G Broadcast equipment.
The 5G-MAG Steering Group has approved phine.tech as a new member of the association.
Nokia has joined the 5G-MAG Reference Tools developer community as an official contributor.
5G-MAG has elected Frédéric Gabin, Director of Mobile Technology & Standards at Dolby Laboratories, to chair its Steering Group, succeeding founding chair Antonio Arcidiacono (EBU), who is retiring after leading the association since its inception in 2019.
5G-MAG -- The Media Connectivity Association -- is pleased to announce the election of new chairs for its Working Groups, reinforcing its commitment to advancing media and connectivity technologies through open standards and collaborative development.
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