The 5G-MAG Steering Group has approved the membership of SMART MOBILE LABS. About SMART MOBILE LABS We are a video-tech company headquartered in Munich, Germany, with the mission of revolutionizing the global market for live video. Our vision is to become the world’s most successful company for the transmission of content in real-time. Various applications for sporting and entertainment events, public safety and the automotive industry will – thanks to our technology – look vastly different in the future. At the same time, there will be a range of new possibilities for security-relevant transmissions. Read more at http://smartmobilelabs.com/about-us/we-are-sml/ Learn more about our members and how to join 5G-MAG

The 5G-MAG Steering Group has approved the membership of IDTOLU. About IDTOLU IDTOLU is an emerging leader in the complex world of 5G End-To-End Innovation, products, and solutions. The company has a deep understanding of the value chain of technologies required to innovate and implement in this space. It has proven products, solutions, and infrastructure that it has implemented since 2020. This includes a state-of-the-art sub 6 GHz anechoic chamber with the latest SDR, IoT, and other equipment, which is integrated with a sophisticated, secure cloud-native infrastructure to research, develop, and deploy 5G-related products and solutions. Read more at https://idtolu.com/id-tolu Learn more about our members and how to join 5G-MAG

Have you recently joined 5G-MAG? Do you work for a 5G-MAG member and would like to get insight into our work? Have you been unable to follow all what's going on ? Would you like to get all you need to know in a brief and to-the-point session? During this 1-hour session we aim to go through: Current Work Items and where they are discussed Main outcomes and where to find them The Workgroups and how to participate How to bring your ideas (if they are not covered in existing work) Working methods Open Communities (Google Group, Slack and GitHub) How to use the Members’ platform If you work at any of the companies listed here: www.5g-mag.com/membership , you are welcome to join this 5G-MAG Newcomers' Session. 5G-MAG NEWCOMERS' SESSION - SUMMER UPDATE DATE: Tuesday 11th July 2023 TIME: 15:00-16:00 CEST / 13:00-14:00 UTC LOCATION: ON-LINE AUDIENCE: Anyone working for the organizations listed at www.5g-mag.com/membership RECORDING IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR MEMBERS

The 5G Media Action Group (5G-MAG) and the DVB Project will start working together on the future of television services over 5G systems. A formal liaison agreement between the two organizations to create a Joint Task Force (JTF) will allow DVB and 5G-MAG members to move forward quickly with activities related to the combination of 5G systems with DVB solutions. The work of the JTF will be based on the Commercial Requirements for DVB-I over 5G, recently published by DVB, together with the on-going work in 5G-MAG on 5G architectures supporting unicast, multicast and broadcast for the distribution of audiovisual services. The 5G-MAG Chair, Antonio Arcidiacono, said: “5G-MAG has taken on the task of bringing together the media and the ICT industries to support the implementation of media services on 5G systems. Supporting service and content providers to get access to the powerful but complex 5G distribution platform is at the core of our activities. Joining forces with the DVB Project to enable TV services based on DVB-I or DVB-DASH is a natural step to enhance the capabilities of 5G for media.” 5G-MAG and DVB members are now invited to join and participate in the JTF, which is governed by a dedicated framework on its formation, activities, deliverables and other matters. The first joint meeting is scheduled for 26 January 2022 . DEPLOYMENT GUIDELINES AND REFERENCE TOOLS The initial focus of the JTF will be to map use cases and commercial requirements for DVB-I over 5G into a set of deployment guidelines. JTF participants will also identify gaps in existing technical specifications, delivering technical requirements to either the DVB Project or to 5G-MAG, as appropriate. The work in 5G-MAG around media distribution and the close link to 3GPP standards will accelerate on creating the simplifications and abstraction required to facilitate exploiting the potential of 5G for media. The JTF may also trigger 5G-MAG work on 5G systems profiles, recommendations or updates to relevant specifications in the context of 5G Media Streaming or the ETSI specification for LTE-based 5G Terrestrial Broadcast (ETSI TS 103 720). The group may also provide recommendations for 5G-MAG’s work on open-source software – the 5G-MAG Reference Tools – within the scope of the use cases and requirements for DVB-I over 5G, therefore making steps towards the verification and validation of the relevant specifications.

Join Jens Pilz, 5G-MAG WG Content Production Co-Chair, to discuss the role of Non-Public Networks for Media Production. 5G-MAG is a global organization that fosters collaboration between the media and ICT communities towards solutions to support media services and applications based on Internet and 5G access technologies. Campus networks or non-public networks are a key enabler for possible 5G production networks for the media world. The talk introduces 5G-MAG and highlights the campus networks use cases. Campus Networks from the Perspective of Media Production DATE: 15th September 2023 TIME: 14:30-15:30 CEST LOCATION: Fraunhofer FOKUS, Berlin REGISTER NOW

5G Broadcast trials during the MWC Barcelona 2020. Some data... Participants: RTVE (Public Service Media Organization - Content Provider TV & Radio) Cellnex Telecom (Broadcast Network Operator) Rohde&Schwarz (Equipment Provider) Services: Linear TV and Radio ​Duration 25/02/2020 – 08/04/2020 Location Collserola Tower, Barcelona (Spain) ​​Technologies FeMBMS (Release 14) with MCS index: MCS27 (64QAM), CP 200 us ​​Equipment and Infrastructure One HPHT Transmitter site, Tx power: 1,5KW ​​Spectrum / Frequencies 750-755 MHz (5 MHz) Main Goals Testing FeMBMS in 700MHz band in a real environment. Testing delivery of TV and radio channel providing information services. Learn More... More information: https://www.panoramaaudiovisual.com/2020/02/25/primera-experiencia-5g-multicast-4k-barcelona/

Vodafone, Ericsson test 5G network slicing trial as first in U.K. Mar 15, 2022 - https://www.fiercewireless.com/5g/vodafone-ericsson-tout-5g-network-slicing-trial-first-uk https://techhq.com/2022/03/ericsson-and-vodafone-achieve-network-slicing-in-uk/

Join us on Thursday 15th June at the IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting 2023 in Beijing (China). 5G-MAG colleagues will be there presenting the progress done with the 5G-MAG Reference Tools since we kickstarted the Target 2023 development roadmap. Media over 5G in Action - Target 2023 for 5G-MAG Reference Tools EVENT: IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting 2023 DATE: 15th June 2023 TIME: 16:20 - 17:30 CEST LOCATION: Beijing, China INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT: https://www.bmsb2023.com/ Media over 5G in Action - Target 2023 for 5G-MAG Reference Tools Authors: Thomas Stockhammer (Qualcomm), Daniel Silhavy (Fraunhofer FOKUS), Jordi J. Giménez (5G-MAG), Richard Bradbury (BBC), Johann Mika (ORS), David Waring (BBC), Yiqing Cao (Qualcomm), Shilin Ding (Qualcomm), Kurt Krauss (Dolby) Abstract 3GPP offers a set of specifications for the Media Industry, in particular for the distribution of TV Services to mobile devices. In the context of 5G, 5G Media Streaming and 5G Broadcast are prominent examples of technology enablers that support third-party service providers to enable and optimize media delivery to mobile devices. While core specifications are complete, 3GPP lacks a reference and conformance program to validate and prototype its specifications and, by this, to make them accessible and tangible for content providers. The 5G Media Action Group (5G-MAG) has undertaken the task to fill this gap by providing a set of open-source 5G-MAG Reference Tools. Building on the launch success for 5G Broadcast, four additional minimal viable products (MVPs) are introduced: 5G Media Streaming without and with Media Session Handling, seamless broadcast/unicast switching and Public Warning Services for Emergency Alerts. These MVPs focus on building core functions and reference points to provide baseline core functions that can later be extended by the developer community with more detailed features. Additional information is provided related to usage and applications of the 5G-MAG Reference Tools, including the combination with DVB-I service discovery metadata as well as reports of demonstrations and trials. Planning of next steps is discussed.

Are you working on the media industry? Do you know what 5G can offer to enhance media distribution? Our explainers, developed inside our workgroups, provide factual information about the different features in 5G standards for media applications. This new explainer focuses on the 3GPP-based broadcast standard. Widely known as 5G Broadcast, the LTE-based 5G Terrestrial Broadcast system is a global broadcast standard defined by 3GPP that allows the distribution of linear TV and radio services in broadcast mode to compatible devices like smartphones, tablets, home gateways and connected cars. Learn more about the system in our new explainer and... stay tuned! Read more in our Explainers section.

Jordi J. Giménez will take up the position of 5G-MAG Project Manager in the coming weeks. He will take on responsibility for technology-related aspects of the association's work, including supervision of workgroups and project logistics. He brings a wealth of valuable experience to the role, most recently as Project Manager and Research Engineer at the Institut für Rundfunktechnik (IRT), the research and innovation centre of the German-speaking public broadcasters. At IRT he has been involved in several research projects in the domain of media distribution and contribution, including the H2020 5G-Xcast and 5G-Solutions projects.  Jordi has been an active contributor to the 3GPP RAN1 working group to enable and assess the potential of LTE and 5G technologies for TV and radio distribution (EnTV, LTE-based 5G Broadcast, and multicast/broadcast in 5G). He has also participated in several EBU project groups related to the same domain. Prior to his 5G-focused work, he contributed to several DVB and ATSC technical groups on next-generation terrestrial broadcast technologies, including for DVB-T2, DVB-NGH and ATSC 3.0. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Telecommunications from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) in Spain, where he was a Research Engineer at the iTEAM Research Institute. During his doctoral studies he was an invited researcher at Teracom (Sweden), the KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) and IRT (Germany). We welcome him to his new role at 5G-MAG!

The 10th FOKUS Media Web Symposium (MWS) takes place on June 13-14. The MWS is an annual international conference organized by Fraunhofer FOKUS since 2010 hosting 200+ participants from all over the world discussing Internet based media delivery. During two days, MWS covers technical aspects (workshop, tutorials, and exhibition on the first day) as well as trends and business related aspects (conference on the second day). 5G-MAG is proud to be a partner of the event. Join us! Fostering collaboration towards 5G Media Services and Applications EVENT: 10th FOKUS Media Web Symposium DATE: 13th June 2023 TIME: 13:30 - 14:30 CEST LOCATION: FRAUNHOFER FOKUS, BERLIN, GERMANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT: https://www.fokus.fraunhofer.de/go/mws 5G Media - Best Practice, Standards, Technologies Chair: Daniel Silhavy, Louay Bassbouss, Fraunhofer FOKUS 13:30 - 14:30 CEST | Session 1 5G-MAG: Fostering collaboration towards 5G Media Services and Applications, Jordi J. Gimenez, 5G-MAG Conceptual business and architectural approach to enhance online delivery with satellite services, Bram Tullemans, EBU 5G Media Streaming Advances– towards a universal Media Distribution Platform, Thomas Stockhammer, Qualcomm 15:00 - 16:00 Uhr | Session 2 Towards AR for the masses with 5G Media standardisation, Emmanuel Thomas, Xiaomi Understanding Metaverse and the Network Requirements, Thibaud Biatek, Nokia Remote Media Production, Ralf Baron, SWR 16:30 - 18:00 Uhr | Session 3 5G for mobile journalism and media productions – an insight into current projects at RTL Germany, Jens Schilder, RTL Current use cases for tv productions via private 5G, Daniel Wolbers, Media Broadcast Leveraging 5G for Media & Entertainment Use Cases, Williams Tovar, Ateme Thasso Griebel, Castlabs

The 5G-MAG Steering Group has approved the membership of the State Key Laboratory of Media, Convergence and Communication of the Communication University of China . About State Key Laboratory of Media Convergence and Communication The State Key Laboratory of Media Convergence and Communication is a state key laboratory approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology on November 6, 2019. It is under the supervision of the Ministry of Education and is built on the basis of the Communication University of China. The overall goal of the construction of the State Key Laboratory of Media Convergence and Communication is to: 1) Create media fusion and communication theory and service model; 2) Leading scientific research innovation in the field of media integration and communication; 3) Build a pilot experimental environment oriented towards the development trend of the field of media integration and communication, and build a series of forward-looking and exemplary media integration and communication research bases; 4) Cultivate high-end professional talents in the field of media integration and communication; 5) Serve the in-depth development of media integration with Chinese characteristics Read more at http://mcc.cuc.edu.cn/ Learn more about our members and how to join 5G-MAG