Reports

This paper describes a novel scene-adaptive imaging technology designed to enhance the image quality of wide-angle immersive videos such as 360-degree videos. It addresses the challenge of balancing resolution, frame rate, and dynamic range due to sensor limitations by dynamically adjusting shooting conditions within a single frame on the basis local subject characteristics.

This paper introduces a generative 3D video conferencing system using pre-trained Neural Radiance Field (NeRF) models for high-fidelity 3D head reconstruction and real-time rendering.

This paper addresses a summary of completed Rel-18 technologies for media and XR related technologies and provides an overview on what is happening and expected in Rel-19, and possibly even beyond in the 6G era.

The UHD standard introduces improvements in video quality across several dimensions. Although the first to be adopted commercially was the increase in resolution, features such as high framerate and dynamic range, wide color gamut and increased bit-depth offer important gains in the quality of experience of the end user. Nevertheless, each of these improvements comes with an associated cost in terms of storage, bandwidth and energy consumption.

In this session from IBC2024, three authors present their work on Sustainability in the M&E ecosystem as part of the IBC Technical Papers.

This paper summarises findings from public trials that assess the impact of content credentials on audience trust in news media.

This paper discusses the benefits of VVglTF.

SMART-CD is a French collaborative project aimed at providing an energy optimised video streaming solution that allows operators and users to understand and control their environmental impact. By developing clear consumption metrics and optimisation technologies for the various steps in the end-to-end distribution chain, the consortium contributes to the greening of video streaming.

In this session from IBC2024, Qualcomm Technologies Inc and Qualcomm Germany GmbH present their work on 5G broadcast as part of the IBC Technical Papers

The requirement to develop sustainable broadcast platforms that support global net-zero targets increases year on year. This paper discusses initiatives developed by the BBC and Arqiva to reduce power consumption in their terrestrial DAB broadcast network. In some cases, it is possible to improve efficiency without complete replacement of the transmitters. Improvements in transmitter technology now allow optimisations to be considered that were not practical previously. Modern transmitter design often takes advantage of Doherty techniques and power supply optimisation. However further reductions may be possible, going beyond previous assumptions, with negligible effect on consumer reception.