Ian Nock

Looking forward to IBC2017 and back at NAB17

IBC2017

We will be supporting the UltraHD Forum with running new demonstrations of mass-market UltraHD HDR in conjunction with other members of the UltraHD Forum as part of the EBU Technology and Innovation Stand at 10.F20. This will be from Thursday 15th September, right through to the end of the exhibition on Tuesday 19th September. We shall have a demonstration of end to end IPTV delivered UHD HDR, STB based SDR/HDR conversion / display adaption, amongst other things. Feel free to drop by, but it is a good idea to secure a demo spot.

UHD: Where we are and where we are going?

Ian Nock will also be presenting as part of the masterclass, “UHD: Where we are and where we are going?”, taking place in E102 from 12:00 to 14:00 CET on Monday 18th September, presenting on what Plugfests are telling us about the future of UHD.  This is part of the Advances in Technology Stream of the conference and is open to all attendees of the exhibition and conference. The masterclass is led by the UltraHD Forum and will also see contributions from Dolby, NAB, Fraunhofer IIS, b<>com, Harmonic and DTS-Xperi.

Looking back at NAB17

The demos that we are running at IBC are a continuance and enhancement of those we undertook at NAB17 in April. These were demonstrations of real world UHD HDR and future developments. The demonstrations were well received and we have produced a series of blog posts on behalf of the Ultra HD Forum which you can read below.

Broadcaster HDR
HDR: Managing its quality and mixing it with SDR
Dynamic Metadata
HDR and SDR Improvements
HFR

See you there…

We are excited by IBC2017 and what it will bring, and look forward to seeing you there. Do drop us a line to meet.

Fairmile West is a Consulting company focused on working in the Consumer Device and Video arena. We work with clients on technology strategy and product delivery through key practices in Consumer Devices and Video Services. If you are interested in learning more about what we do, please do get in touch via our website – Contact us. You can also keep track with what interests us in the industry by following our Link blog at TV Tech News, and you can specifically follow news on Ultra HD via the following link – Ultra HD News.

Published by Ian Nock

Ian Nock is the Managing Director of Fairmile West Consulting, and has over 25 years experience in high technology research, development, and operations. Since entering the TV industry in the late 1990s, he has worked in the delivery of many Satellite, Cable, IPTV and OTT video platforms across Europe in diverse roles that encompass technology and operations from production to consumption. Ian moved into consulting in 2004 working with some of the most innovative vendor and operator companies in the industry. He founded Fairmile West Consulting (www.fairmilewest.com) in 2012 as a multi-national, high expertise Digital TV and Media consulting and professional services company, working with large/small operators and technology vendors on product/technology strategy, architecture, and delivery. Taking an early interest in the development of Ultra HD, Fairmile West has been a member of the Ultra HD Forum since 2015 and Ian is the Chair of the Ultra HD Forum Interop Working Group. Ian is also the Chair of the IET Multimedia Communications Technical Professional Network. Ian graduated with a First Class Bachelors Degree in Engineering Technology in 1992 from Leicester Polytechnic (now De Montfort University), undertaking research into medical automation, flexible packaging dynamics and post graduate research into artificial intelligence based control systems with a number of published papers in those areas. He quickly jumped out of academia into the nascent Internet and Networking industry before moving into TV. He is a member of the IET, IEEE, RTS and Fellow of the SCTE: The Society for Broadband Professionals. He blogs at http://fairmilewest.com, on LinkedIn and can be found on Twitter at @iannock.