Asia-Pacific Broadcasting (APB) December 2017 Volume 34, Issue 10

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NEWS & VIEWS
W O R L D I N B R I E F
FCC set to repeal net
neutrality rules
WASHINGTON – The US Federal
Communications Commission
(FCC) is planning to scrap net
neutrality rules put in place in
2015, which called for broadband
Internet to be regulated as a
public utility. Such a move, said
FCC chairman Ajit Pai, will ensure
that the Federal government stop
“micromanaging the Internet”.
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CREATION
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MANAGEMENT
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DISTRIBUTION
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Time is ripe to adopt &
plan for broadcast IP
Sports fans not keen on
streaming service
CHICAGO – A recent survey from
US-based Phenix and research
firm YouGov found that the
majority of sports fans in the US
(63%) are reluctant to sign up or
re-subscribe to a live streaming
service for sports, citing reasons
such as the perceived lag to tra-
ditional broadcast.
2018 FIFA World Cup to
be shot in 4K/UHD
ZURICH – World football govern-
ing body FIFA has announced that
all 64 matches of the 2018 FIFA
World Cup in Russia will be shot in
4K/Ultra HD (UHD) + high dyna­
mic range (HDR). Also available
to fans is the option of following
the matches in virtual reality (VR).
In Hong Kong at the SMPTE HK Section 23rd Anniversary Event, APB, in
collaboration with systems integrator Ideal Systems, inaugurated the IP
Seminar series entitled Professional Media over IP: Building a future-proof
media facility.
by josephine tan
HONG KONG/SINGAPORE –
2017 has been the year where the
broadcast industry has made a
deep dive into IP.
Over the course of the past
months, more IP solutions have
been implemented within media
facilities than the years before. For
instance, the BBC Wales’ new head-
quarters was the first BBC faci­lity
in the UK to deploy IP across both
production and broadcast opera-
tions; and NEP Australia’s new IP-
enabled production hubs in Sydney
Following the successful seminar in Hong Kong on November 3, the IP
Seminar moved to Singapore on November 6 to cater to broadcasters and
media companies in the South-east Asian region keen to upskill their IP
knowledge.
and Melbourne were also designed
based on an IP core.
The ongoing transition to IP
has been further backed by several
media organisations, notably the
Society of Motion Pictures and
Televisions Engineers (SMPTE), with
the approval of the first standards
within SMPTE ST 2110.
The broadcast industry also
witnessed many IP interoperability
showcases, which gradually ex-
panded in scale, across major trade
events in the year.
In Asia itself, visitor s to
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Putting a CAP on content theft across Asia
HONG KONG – Consumer adoption of Inter-
net content delivery platforms is presenting
a prime opportunity for content creators and
distributors to engage with previously unreach-
able audiences.
Unfortunately, this has also fostered an
expectation of “getting something for nothing”
among some consumers, lamented Neil Gane,
general manager, Coalition Against Piracy (CAP).
Driven by CASBAA, CAP brings together
leading video content creators and distributors
across Asia to join the global fight against con-
tent theft. “Our goal is to disrupt, diminish and
dismantle pirate enterprises across the region,”
Gane told APB.
He is also keen to highlight that while the
damage that content theft does to the creative
industries is not disputed, less understood is the
damage done to consumers themselves.
“Users’ appetite for free or cheap subscrip-
tion rates for stolen content, blinkers them from
the very real risks of malware infection,” Gane
explained.
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