The 5G Media Action Group is participating at the EBU BroadThinking 2021 with the presentation "Unlocking 5G’s potential for the media industry". Covering different aspects of the media distribution chain, 5G offers features to address the requirements of the media industry in terms of linear TV and radio distribution, non-linear content and new formats and services. EBU BroadThinking 2021 is a two-day online event covering topics that are relevant to video specialists who are working on broadcasters' online services. The event provides a mix of EBU Members' experience and industry specialists sharing relevant insights. The programme intends to provide a full overview of all relevant technical and delivery related topics. The first day focusses on applications and platforms, whilst the second day concentrates more on convergence and delivery. "SESSION 8: Why is 5G relevant for Media?" Wednesday 24th March 2021 @ 12:15 - 13:00 CET Registration and more information at: https://tech.ebu.ch/events/broadthinking2021

The 5G-MAG Steering Group has recently approved the membership of NABA. About NABA The North American Broadcasters Association (NABA) identifies and take action on technical, operational and regulatory issues affecting North American broadcasters. NABA ensures its continuing relevance to the changing digital and linear broadcast media reality of its member companies by responding to the operating and technology issues of member companies and their digital and linear broadcast media operations, providing consensus solutions, education and best practices. - https://nabanet.com/ Learn more about our members and how to join 5G-MAG .

Join a panel on 5G in Content Production with some of our members at IEEE Pulse 2021. Session: 5G Content Production 9:30am - Opening Remarks - Session Chair: David Gomez-Barquero, Professor, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia - iTEAM Research Institute 9:35am - 9:50am ET- 5G in content production - the European perspective - Ian Wadgin, BBC 9:50am - 10:05am ET - 5G Technology Enablers for Content Production – Part I - Thorsten Lommar, Ericsson 10:05am - 10:20am ET - 5G Technology Enablers for Content Production – Part II - Pablo Perez, Nokia 10:20am - 10:40am ET - 5G Wireless Studio - Paola Sunna, EBU 10:40am - 11:00am ET - 5G for Live Audio Production - Maria Perez, Sennheiser 11:00am - 11:30am ET - Panel Session and Q&A Thursday 11th February 2021 15:30 - 17:30 CET Registration and more information at: https://bts.ieee.org/pulse.html

The 5G Media Action Group is delighted to have joined 3GPP as a Market Representation Partner allowing our members to strengthen their views and influence in 3GPP activities, contributing to the media landscape of tomorrow and shaping technologies and networks to meet their requirements. 5G-MAG members contribute to 3GPP on a diversity of topics. 5G-MAG, as a cross-industry association ensures that their interests in the media industry domain are considered adequately in 3GPP standardisation, that the solutions are able to create added value across the entire value chain and that appropriate regulatory frameworks are in place to foster technology deployment and implementation. 5G-MAG's MRP status was validated by correspondence, in the absence of physical 3GPP OP#45 meeting. Read more... https://www.3gpp.org/news-events/partners-news/2155-5g_mag

Are you working on the media industry? Do you know what 5G can offer to enhance for media production workflows? Our explainers, developed inside our workgroups provide unbiased and factual information about the application of 5G for media. Non-Public Networks are a key feature provided by 5G. On-site and production, venues and special events coverage are example of use cases that may be supported by SNPNs. 5G-PMSE equipment can make use of 5G technologies to enhance performance, throughput and reliability while implementing more flexible IP workflows. Read more in our Explainers section.

Maria Dolores Perez (Sennheiser) will be participating in the online virtual event hosted by the IEEE BTS and SMPTE. In the talk, Dr. Pérez Guirao summarizes the work conducted over the past two and a half years within 3GPP, EBU, and 5G-MAG working groups, for the development of 5G technology for content production. First, Dr. Pérez Guirao discusses content production use cases and their potential requirements to 5G. Although most of the use cases discussed are already possible with existing technologies, they may see a successive migration to 5G as far as it is able to provide an added value (e.g. cost reduction, simplification of workflows, interoperability) to involved stakeholders. Further use cases, that may be first enabled by 5G, will also be discussed. Further, Dr. Pérez Guirao will resume the standardization activities initiated by the content production community in 3GPP Rel-17 as well as the 5G-MAG activities to accelerate standards development and adoption. To conclude the talk, Dr. Gómez Vaquero, as the project coordinator, will introduce the recently started 5G-RECORDS (https://5g-ppp.eu/5g-records/) project, an EU funded project which for the very first time brings together at a large scale the content production (PMSE) sector with the telecom sector. Wednesday 9th December 2020 18:00 CET Registration and more information at: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8484790903596872459

This 2-hour webinar is for anyone interested in finding out more about what 5G means for industry verticals in the rapidly advancing digitisation of many sectors, with insights on automotive, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, media and broadcasting: 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) [https://5gaa.org/] 5G Alliance for Connected Industry and Automation (5G-ACIA) [https://www.5g-acia.org/] European Utilities Telecom Council (EUTC) [https://eutc.org/] 5G Media Action Group (5G-MAG) [https://www.5g-mag.com/] 5G Health Association (5G HA) [https://5g-health.org/]; White Paper (July 2020) https://5g-health.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/5G-Health-Whitepaper-V1.pdf It is a key opportunity to hear from top-level experts in 3GPP [https://www.3gpp.org/] with the Chairmen from SA (Service and System Aspects) and RAN (Radio Access Network) on hand as we delve into new requirements for Release 18, presenting opportunities and giving practical guidance on what’s involved. The industry verticals present their viewpoints and requirements before taking part in an interactive discussion with the 3GPP Chairmen. Panellists Georg Mayer, 3GPP TSG SA Chairman Balazs Bertenyi, 3GPP TSG RAN Chairman Maxime Flament, 5GAA CTO and member insights Michael Bahr, Siemens and 5G-ACIA Julian Stafford, EUTC with Erik Guttman, Samsung Jordi Gimenez, 5G-MAG Prof Dr Med Christoph Thuemmler, Helios Park Klinikum Leipzig and 5G HA Hosts: Stephanie Parker and John Favaro, Trust-IT and Full5G Participants will find out how they can benefit from 5G standardisation, see the benefits of being part of 3GPP and/or an industry association, and joining forces on common requirements and priorities to help deliver on the promises of 5G. The webinar builds on over two years of engagement between 3GPP and verticals, first through workshops and now through a webinar series co-organised by 5G-IA, 5G-ACIA, 5GAA and PSCE with a view to lowering barriers to 5G standardisation for any sector wishing to come on board. Moday 30th November 2020 15:00 CET Registration and more information at: https://5g-ppp.eu/event/full5g-webinar-on-3gpp-release-18-opportunities-for-industry-verticals/

Join Jacques Donat-Bouillud (France TV and 5G-MAG Promotion and Communication Co-Chair) and Ludovic Noblet (b<>com) on the SATIS Screen4All event. Only in French Monday 23rd November 2020 17:30-18:15 CET Registration and more information at: https://satis-expo.com/

The 5G-MAG Steering Group has recently approved the membership of Qualcomm . About Qualcomm Qualcomm invents breakthrough technologies that transform how the world connects, computes and communicates. When we connected the phone to the Internet, the mobile revolution was born. Today, as we unlock 5G, we’re applying our mobile expertise to transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. . - https://qualcomm.com/ Learn more about our members and how to join 5G-MAG .

5G-MAG will be participating in the online virtual event hosted by the University of Surrey supported by ETSI and in association with TelecomTV. Surrey’s 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) is hosting a two-day online conference on 11-12 November, where many of the world’s leading telecommunications thinkers will chart the current landscape of 5G and map out what a 6G future might look like. Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th November 2020 Registration and more information at: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/5gic-hosts-summit-5g-promises-and-6g-vision

5G-MAG will be participating in the online virtual event organised by the Western Association of Broadcast Engineers (WABE). Join us! Thursday, 5th November 2020 @ 17:00 CEST Registration and more information at: https://wabe.ca/convention-virtual/

5G-MAG will be participating in the online virtual event organised by FLAME. Our member VRT will also be there! Join FLAME partners for the project’s grand finale event for demonstrations of how media companies have developed new services with 5G through real-world trials using the FLAME platform, and to explore lessons learnt and future directions for 5G adoption and beyond towards 6G. The event will bring together views from media providers speaking about challenges they faced entering the 5G arena and views from the Telco world aiming to integrate vertical services into new value chains depending on adaptive and distributed computing infrastructures reaching to the edge of networks. The event will also feature world-leading companies collaborating through user facing trials to deliver enhanced user experiences and more cost-effective content delivery including Disney Research, VRT, Nextworks, and more. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the challenges of adoption and utility of 5G service delivery models, and to participate in debates with early adopters bringing 5G benefits to broadcast and interactive media. Wednesday, 23rd September 2020 @ 15:00 - 17:00 CEST Registration and more information at: https://www.ict-flame.eu/event/flame-bringing-media-and-telco-together-in-the-5g-value-chain/