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‘Thinsizing’: New approach to interaction Opinion
To combat the growing complexity of television, we want to put users back in control of their IPTV ecosystem, says Ferdinand Maier, chief executive officer, ruwido
The media consumption landscape is becoming increasingly complex, and can prove overwhelming and difficult for users who often have to contend with a wide range of devices, cables and plugs. In order to best connect with the diverse range of options on offer, a multiplicity of technologies can be used: infrared, BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) or Wi-Fi are the preferred methods. For the user, there are various methods to
communicate their intentions – touch and speech are becoming increasingly prevalent, but for many, the primary method of navigation remains manually using buttons.
In terms of searching for information and browsing, there is a variety of screens available to consume content. Our research shows that several of these connected devices are used most often in parallel to the main TV screen, but not for navigation. When it comes to the big screen the user wants to control this experience without complexity. To come up with a solution
that really supports this basic need, the right combination of technologies is a necessity. But technology is only a means to achieve a goal. It is the set of tools applied that every TV provider or technology producer has to manage and know.
Contrary to today's common
business practice of combining as many technologies, protocols and input modalities as possible to enable users to control their TV experience, ruwido is introducing its ‘thinsizing’ design and development approach. To combat the growing complexity of TV, the ‘thinsizing’ approach allows ruwido to support its partners and clients in offering uniquely tailored interaction mechanisms that truly put users back in control of their IPTV ecosystem. The method allows us to carefully remove the unnecessary components from the mass of technological options, to focus on the essentials of how users want to naturally interact in and with
their TV environment.
By applying the fundamental principles of ‘thinsizing’, we have succeeded in designing and developing a set of
interaction concepts that directly focus on human needs and wants and are being debuted at this year's IBC. 1F.68
Screen test: Dr. Siegfried Foessel (left) and Heiko Sparenberg (right) continue to lead the development of easyDCP
Expansion boost for content storage Disk Archive Corporation By Michael Burns
The new EX-60 Storage Expansion for the ALTO Archive and Content Library is being demonstrated for the first time at IBC2014, alongside a new monitoring system.
Mission to expand digital cinema possibilities Fraunhofer Digital Cinema Alliance
By Michael Burns
A new version of easyDCP software is being showcased at IBC, incorporating IMF capabilities. The software suite,
developed by the Fraunhofer IIS Department of Moving Picture Technologies, creates Digital Cinema Package (DCP) files suitable for all playback devices that work reliably on all digital cinema
systems.The software was developed in order to ensure that digital film copies comply with the specifications of the DCI standard. It enables not only the largest studios, but also independent producers, individual filmmakers and film
festivals to create their own digital cinema packages. With the Interoperable Master Format (IMF) in the final steps of standardisation at SMPTE, Fraunhofer has developed full IMF functionality for easyDCP. This enables IMF master package creation, playback and transcoding in the familiar look and feel of easyDCP. The new version of easyDCP software showcased at IBC also comes with hybrid CPU/GPU JPEG 2000 coders and a significant extension to control subtitles. Dr. Siegfried Foessel and
Heiko Sparenberg of Fraunhofer IIS recently received the Joseph von
Fraunhofer award for easyDCP, while the German Broadcast Motion Picture Society (FTKG) recently selected Dr. Foessel as its new president. “While developing easyDCP,
we really concentrated on keeping operation simple and clear,” said Dr. Foessel. “That’s a concept that users found persuasive. In very little time easyDCP became the market leader; more than 1,000 customers already use the software. Meanwhile large companies have started integrating easyDCP software into their products including Quantel, Drastic, and Blackmagic Design.” 8.B80
DAC said the EX-60 meets
a growing demand for larger capacity and more densely packed media storage. ALTO is a Cold Storage solution that can accommodate up to 300 TB of storage in each 4RU module, with a low power dissipation of around 1 watt per Terabyte. ALTO users can populate the EX-60 with locally sourced off-the-shelf disks on a buy-as-you-go basis with any mix of disk size and vendor in any slot. The company said such flexibility makes ALTO competitive and future-proofed for large-scale storage of infrequently accessed material in content libraries or archives. Also released and
developed in conjunction with technology partners ASTEC IT Solutions, the iBroadcast monitoring system has the capability to monitor and manage large scale disk-
based storage systems down to individual disk drive level. With hundreds or
thousands of disks in a typical ALTO archive or content Library, DAC said iBroadcast has the power to provide visibility and exception reporting at the most granular level.
“Demand for storage is
growing exponentially, driven by new high resolution formats, multiple versioning, the greater number of origination sources, higher shooting ratios, and the desire to keep more of the original pre-edit content,” said DAC managing director Alan Hoggarth. “DAC is changing the storage landscape by offering the enormous benefits of a completely tapeless solution for archive and content library storage. 8.B38F
Expanded storage: ALTO users can populate the EX- 60 with any mix of off-the- shelf disks
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