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

5G-MAG is participating at a conference session during the ACM Mile-High Video 2023. 3GPP Rel-17 5G Media Streaming and 5G Broadcast powered by 5G-MAG Reference Tools Presented by Daniel Silhavy (Fraunhofer FOKUS) EVENT: ACM Mile-High Video 2023 DATE: Wednesday 10 May 2023 TIME: 9:00-11:00 AM Local Time LOCATION: DENVER, US INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT: https://www.mile-high.video/ Title: 3GPP Rel-17 5G Media Streaming and 5G Broadcast powered by 5G-MAG Reference Tools Authors: Richard Bradbury, David Waring, Dev Audsin (British Broadcasting Corporation); Daniel Silhavy (Fraunhofer FOKUS); Johann Mika (Austrian Broadcasting Services); Klaus Kuehnhammer (Bitstem GmbH); Jordi J. Gimenez (5G-MAG)

Reach out to Jordi Gimenez, 5G-MAG Head of Technology. He will be at the MWC Barcelona on the 28th Feb and 1st March. An opportunity to learn first hand about 5G-MAG, speak about work and topics or simply to have a chat. Easiest way to contact is though the MWC23 – Official GSMA App, or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordijoangimenez/).

Jordi J. Gimenez, 5G-MAG's Head of Technology, is participating as speaker at 5G FORUM. Brinding 5G MEDIA into ACTION Speaker: Jordi J. Gimenez (5G-MAG Head of Technology) EVENT: 5G FORUM DATE: 9-12 May 2023 TIME: TBC LOCATION: SEVILLA, SPAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT: https://www.5gforum.es/ The expansion of connectivity has opened the door for new ways of creating, distributing and consuming multimedia content. Engaging in the development of global technologies, such as 5G, is an opportunity to shape their capabilities towards the creation of new services and applications. The 5G Media Action Group (5G-MAG) has undertaken the task to drive the implementation of connected media applications, from the conception of use cases, through shaping and profiling standards, to developing software, demos and trials. All of this done within a framework to strengthen collaboration between services providers, network operators, system integrators, technology vendors, app developers and users. Jump into the 5G Media train, it is never too late.

5G-MAG is participating at a conference session during the NABSHOW 2023. Hands on towards next generation media distribution with 5G-MAG Reference Tools Presented by Aytac Biber (Qualcomm) EVENT: NABSHOW Conference DATE: Tuesday 18 April TIME: 3:20-3:40 PM PT LOCATION: LAS VEGAS, US INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT: https://nab23.mapyourshow.com/8_0/sessions/session-details.cfm?scheduleid=217 Title: Hands on Towards Next Generation Media Distribution with the 5G-MAG Reference Tools Authors: Daniel Silhavy (Fraunhofer FOKUS), Richard Bradbury (BBC), David Waring (BBC), Dev Audsin (BBC), Thomas Stockhammer (Qualcomm), Aytac Biber (Qualcomm), Kurt Krauss (Dolby), Johann Mika (ORS), Jordi J. Gimenez (5G-MAG) Abstract: The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has defined multiple specifications for 5G Media Streaming. With 3GPP Release 17, 5G Media Streaming specifications are expanded into the domains of dynamic QoS policies, event exposure, Multicast Broadcast Services, Edge applications, XR and The Metaverse. However, 3GPP is lacking a reference and conformance program to validate and prototype these specifications. The 5G Media Action Group (5G-MAG) has undertaken the task to accelerate the creation of 5G Media applications by providing the open-source 5G-MAG Reference Tools. In this paper we focus on the implementation of 5G Media Streaming components in the 5G-MAG Reference Tools. Based on a set of industry relevant use-cases, we identify four minimum viable products (MVP’s). Starting with a simple implementation of the 5GMSd Application Server (AS) and 5GMSd Aware Application for media playback we move to more advanced features such as media session handling and dynamic configuration of the AS and the 5GMSd Application Function using the M1d and the M3d interfaces. The presented features serve as a foundation for contributors to add more advanced functionality such as DVB-I Hybrid Service over 5G Broadcast and 5G Media Streaming and Premium and Targeted Content Insertion on top.

DOWNLOAD NOW the final report of the 5G Media2Go project. The next generation of mobile telecommunication technologies 5G comes with a promise of various new applications. This also applies to the media and entertainment sector for the production of new forms of content and for its distribution. There seems to be an opportunity to target in particular smartphones, tablets and vehicles with both linear TV and radio programmes and nonlinear offers such as media libraries or podcasts. Future autonomous cars are considered a new very important use case for media consumption. Broadcast, automotive and telecommunication industry have a common interest to offer users access to attractive media content and services while in a car or public transport. The combination of linear and nonlinear content on the integrated infotainment system of contemporary cars constitutes an important step into this direction. The location or the route of the vehicle taking into consideration the expected duration of travel could be used in the future to generate recommendations thereby offering additional value for mobile media consumption. Some data... Participants: DFMG Deutsche Funkturm GmbH Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG Kathrein Broadcast GmbH Media Broadcast GmbH Mercedes-Benz AG Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG Südwestrundfunk (SWR) Technische Universität Braunschweig – Institut für Nachrichtentechnik Telekom Deutschland GmbH Services: Linear TV programmes Linear radio programmes ARD / SWR Mediathek Geo-referenced content recommendations (“Travelguide”) ​Duration 1 October 2020 – 30 September 2022 Location Greater Area Stuttgart / Heilbronn (Germany) ​​Technologies FeMBMS (Release 14) and LTE-based 5G Terrestrial Broadcast (Release 16), LTE Unicast ​​Equipment and Infrastructure 2 HPHT transmitter sites in Stuttgart and Heilbronn 4 LPLT transmitter sites at mobile base station sites SWR signal contribution system for HPHT sites On-channel repeaters for LPLT sites LTE mobile network ​​Spectrum / Frequencies 5 MHz / 8 MHz carrier in TV channel 40 (622 – 630 MHz) Commercial LTE spectrum Main Goals Verification of the capability of 5G Broadcast to provide linear media services for mobile consumption in vehicles. Combination of two high-power-high-tower transmitters located at the broadcast network sites in Stuttgart and Heilbronn and low-power-low-tower transmitters at mobile network sites in terms of a single frequency network to distribute linear TV programmes using 5G Broadcast. UHF TV channel 40 will be used. Integration of linear and nonlinear broadcast content and services in the infotainment system of a car. This requires adaption of relevant interfaces and the development of a corresponding app. Realization of a nonlinear media service based on geo-referenced recommendations („Travelguide“). Execution of mobile measurement campaigns in order to investigate availability of services with regards to coverage and quality of service. Learn More... More information: info@5gmedia2go.de. https://www.swr.de/unternehmen/kommunikation/pressemeldungen/swrunternehmen-swr-broadcast-projekt-2020-100.html https://www.swr.de/unternehmen/kommunikation/pressemeldungen/swrunternehmen-swr-broadcast-projekt-2020-102.pdf https://www.swr.de/unternehmen/kommunikation/pressemeldungen/swrunternehmen-5gmedia2go-2021-100.html https://www.swr.de/unternehmen/kommunikation/pressemeldungen/5gmedia2go-weitere-projektpartner-2021-100.html https://www.swr.de/unternehmen/kommunikation/pressemeldungen/pressemeldung-5g-esc-100.html

The 5G-MAG Steering Group has approved the membership of ANIXENET. About ANIXENET The company, being the first in the Greek area, to be active in hybrid television, potentially, has the prospect of leading, determining the developments of the sector and capturing the lion's share of the market. Having already successfully operated in northern and central European countries, it has the relevant know-how to implement the services it plans. The company is active in the field of providing services for hybrid television based on the HbbTV, standard, providing combined benefits of data transmission via the Internet and via satellite and terrestrial broadcasting. Some of these benefits are interactivity, personalized viewing and high definition content. Indicative applications of HbbTV hybrid television are the VoD (video on-demand) service, enriched Teletext 2.0 service with video and images, live information service. Read more at http://anixe.net/about Learn more about our members and how to join 5G-MAG

The 5G-MAG Steering Group has recently approved the membership of MAINDATA. About MAINDATA MAINDATA develops innovative products and solutions in the field of TV broadcast and satellite internet. By optimizing TV signal delivery, MAINDATA’s solutions open new revenue streams for TV broadcasters. Established in 1996, MAINDATA attracted worldwide customer base including Eurovision, World Bank, Sony, Tata and others. Further information is available at https://maindatainc.com/ Learn more about our members and how to join 5G-MAG