Technical
Training course reinforced ABU-ASBU cooperation
A
week-long training course in Tunisia marked strong ties between the ABU and the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU).
Fifteen broadcast and IT engineers attended the Integrated Broadcast Broadband Technologies, Standards & Services and OTT course at the ASBU headquarters in Tunis from 14 – 18 March 2016.
This is the second training course organised by the ABU. In
2012, the ABU conducted a Digital Television Broadcasting course and in 2014 an IPTV and Networking technologies course for the ASBU in Tunis, Tunisia.
The fifteen participants from Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Algeria, Jordan and Tunisia work in the technical and Information Technology areas of broadcasting. They examined the use
ABU shared views on video encoding technologies at BroadcastAsia 2016
of broadband to complement traditional broadcasting. The course covered topics including the broadcasting value chain, contributions, the distribution and delivery of media, as well as over-the-top (OTT) services and integrated broadcast broadband technologies, standards and services.
Dr Adnan Salhab, Head of Training and Director of Engineering, ASBU-Damascus Training Centre, thanked the ABU and Dr Punchihewa for his continued support in capacity building in the rapidly evolving digital media. Mr Bassil Zoubi, Director of the Technical Department, ASBU said that the participants have gained understanding on these new concepts, which they could use at the appropriate time to plan and implement. Dr Punchihewa, ABU Director of Technology and Innovation pointed out that the ABU continues to work closely with the ASBU to share experiences and to assist capacity building in ICT areas.
It discussed a number of relevant topics including standardisation, different UHD formats, VR, OTT multicast and the future of terrestrial broadcast. The track also provided updates on the latest DVB standards in order to streamline APAC broadcasters’ business strategies.
Ten speakers from the Asia-Pacific region and beyond presented 10 sessions elaborating on standards, transport streams, VR-Virtual Reality, immersive sound, video coding, mobile delivery, UHDTV, HDR and the future of television. The Executive Director of DVB, Dr Peter Siebert and the Chairman of the track Dr Amal Punchihewa, the Director of Technology and Innovation at ABU reiterated that for the foreseeable future, broadcasting will remain as the predominant form of delivery of video and television content.
The broadcasting track 2 on 1 June and five other tracks including the exhibition were attended by a large number of ABU members. The ABU also had a booth in the exhibition.
T
he ABU, DVB and SES jointly organised and conducted a technology full day track during BCA- 2016 (31 May – 3 June) addressing rapid changes in video encoding technologies and their latest developments.
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The ABU also contributed to the forum themed “Empowering broadcasters to embrace IP” organised by ABU partner APB as a pre-conference forum on 30 May. A large number of ABU members attended the event.
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