DAVIC European Information Day

"This is DAVIC"

Geneva, 12 January 1999

DAVIC has a vision of an audio-visual world where producers of multimedia content can reach the widest possible audience, where users are protected from obsolescence and have seamless access to information and communication, where carriers can offer effective transport, and manufacturers can provide hardware and software to support the unrestricted production, flow and use of information.

DAVIC is a non-profit Association based in Switzerland, with a membership of over 175 companies from more than 25 countries. It represents all sectors of the audio-visual industry : both manufacturing (computer, consumer electronics and telecommunications equipment) and service (broadcasting, telecommunications and CATV), as well as a number of government agencies and research organisations.

It was conceived 5 years ago to meet a keen global requirement for a full system design in support of interactive multimedia services based upon MPEG. A requirement still exists, and the urgency is as strong as ever, but DAVIC has moved with the market from the early Video on Demand trials over a range of access technologies to closed multimedia retrieval systems, from satellite broadcast with ISDN/PSTN return to open set-top boxes giving access to the Internet, from integration with home networks and systems of mass local storage to a full review of the evolutionary possibilities of IP-based systems to deliver managed quality services.

The aim of DAVIC remains unchanged - to promote the success of interactive digital audio-visual applications and services by promulgating Specifications of open interfaces and protocols that maximise interoperability, not only across geographical boundaries but also across diverse applications, services and industries.

The Specifications which can be found at www.davic.org have grown in comprehensiveness and with backwards compatibility through the version DAVIC 1.3.1, which is currently under consideration by ISO/IEC for adoption as a fully supported international Specification, to DAVIC 1.4 which was released at the 22nd meeting in June 1998. A fresh design is underway towards DAVIC 1.5 for IP-based systems, in which context the previous work is now regarded as “the DAVIC Intranet”. Market vision is contained in the DAVIC concepts of TV Anytime and TV Anywhere.

This Seminar on 12 January 1999, which programme is appended, will describe this new push to deliver an industry standard which is sought world-wide for the benefits of end-to-end interoperability of broadcast and interactive digital audio-visual information, and of multimedia communication. It features many of DAVIC’s most senior experts in systems design, API’s, content coding and metadata, and security. It provides a unique opportunity to understand both the relevance of DAVIC’s legacy and the value of its commitment to serve the immediate needs of our industry.

John Thompson
DAVIC COO
18 November 1998.

DAVIC European Information Day 

"This is DAVIC !"

Geneva, 12 January 1999

Venue:

EBU Headquarters
Ancienne Route 17A
CH-1218 Grand-Saconnex (GE)
Switzerland

Contacts:	Mireille Fontaine
	Tel: 	+41 22 717 27 34
	Fax: 	+41 22 717 24 62
	e-mail: 	fontaine@ebu.ch

Registration fee:  CHF.120  	This will include a copy of the proceedings, a lunch and a CD-ROM with the DAVIC 1.4 specification (see the registration form attached)

Registration starting at 8:15

Time 	Session	Speakers	
9:00 - 9:45	Welcome addresses, keynote speeches, DAVIC goals and procedures

	- Mike Carr, BT
- John Thompson, DAVIC
- Bernard Marti, France-Telecom
	
9:45 - 10:15	TV Anytime & TV Anywhere
User and market requirements
	- Simon Parnall, BBC

10:15 - 11:00	DAVIC Intranet

IP Infrastructure
	- Frits Klok, KPN

- George Tsirtsis, BT
	
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee break	
	
11:30 - 12:30	API - DAVIC API and relation to the DVB API
Demonstrations
	- John Piesing, Philips
- Kimmo Löytänä, Nokia
	
12:30 - 13:00	Formal status of the DVB-DAVIC specification

DAVIC - DVB Interoperability Consortium 
	- Jean-Charles Point, 
  Thomson Multimedia
- Gregers Kronborg, Cocom

13:00 - 14:15	Lunch	

14:15 - 15:00	MPEG4 in DAVIC
Current Situation in DAVIC and  "perspectives of integration of broadcast and Internet"

MPEG4 tools and audio/video streaming 
over IP
Demonstrations
	- Jan van der Meer, Philips

- Olivier Alvaro, Berkom
- Karlheinz Brandenburg, FhG

	
15:00 - 15:45	Security
Overall presentation 

	Copyright management requirements: 

Copyright management and security for TV Anytime / TV Anywhere
	
- Vincent Lenoir, France-Telecom

- Matsatsugu Kitamura 

- Gene Itkis, NDS	
15:45 - 16:15	Coffee Break
		
16:15 - 17:30	Metadata - Presentations 
DAVIC
- DAVIC metadata overview
CEN/ISSS
- CEN/ISSS Model and framework
SMPTE
- Review of SMPTE work progress
ACTS OCTALIS
-  Identification and Watermarking
ITV
- Unique Identifier requirements

Round Table: "Applicability of the Unique Identifier concept in a consumer environment and associated role of the descriptors (attractors and locators, etc.)"
	
Jean-Pierre Evain, EBU

Kevin Riley, FD Group

Peter Mulder, NOB

Jean- Barda, EBU

Allen Mornington-West, ITV	
17:30 - 17:45	Conclusions
Invitation to the Portland meeting
	Mike Carr, BT

 
REGISTRATION FORM

DAVIC EUROPEAN INFORMATION DAY

EBU Headquarters - Geneva, 12 January 1999

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Hotel Ramada			from  . . . . . . . . . . .  to  . . . . . . . . . . .  (…nights)

Registration fee (proceedings, lunch, DAVIC 1.4 CD-ROM):         CHF. 120

By bank transfer to the following bank account 
	
	UBS, Centre de Services, Case Postale 2950, CH-1211 Genève 2
	To: Digital Audio Visual Council (DAVIC) 
	Account N° 456466.00z-240

Please ensure that your name and that of your company are clearly indicated.

It will also be possible to pay the registration fee by cash when arriving at the conference.  This should remain exceptional for practical reasons.

All Registrations will only be considered as valid as from the day of receipt of your payment.  

No refund will be given for cancellation though a substitute delegate will be welcomed at no extra charge if the registered participant  is unable to attend.

Please return this attendance form as soon as possible to:

Mrs Mireille Fontaine
EBU,  Ancienne Route 17A - CH-1218 GRAND-SACONNEX (Switzerland)
Tel. 41 22 717 2737
Fax. 41 22 717 2462
e-mail: fontaine@ebu.ch

ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

DAVIC EUROPEAN INFORMATION DAY

Geneva, 12 January 1999

1.	Date: 	12 January 1999 

2.	Venue on 12 January:	EBU Headquarters
		17A Ancienne Route 
		CH-1218  GRAND-SACONNEX  (Switzerland)

3.	Conference language: English

4.	How to register

	Please complete and return the attached participation form before 31 December 1998 to:

	Mrs Mireille Fontaine
	EBU
	Ancienne Route 17A
CH-1218 GRAND-SACONNEX
Tel. 41 22 717 2737
Fax. 41 22 717 2462

5.	Hotel accommodation

	A block booking of 20 rooms has been made in each of the following hotels:

	Hotel Forum (near airport) (former Penta)
	75-77 Avenue Louis Casaï
	Tel. 41 22 710 30 00	Single:  115,- CHF 	(breakfast included)
	Fax. 41 22 710 31 00	Double: 145,- CHF 	

	Hotel Ramada (in town)
	19 rue de Zurich
	Tel. 41 22 909 9000	Single:  155,- CHF (Continental breakfast
	Fax. 41 22 909 9001	Double: 180,- CHF  included)	

	Hotel Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza (near airport)
	26 Voie de Moëns
	Tel. 41 22 791 0011	Single:  157,- CHF (breakfast: 26 CHF)
	Fax. 41 22 798 9273 	Double: 187,- CHF	

6.	Registration time and registration fee

	12 January 1999 from 08.00 to 09.30.

A registration fee of  CHF.120 covering the proceedings, lunch and a DAVIC1.4 CD-ROM will be payable by bank transfer to the following bank account:
	
	UBS, Centre de Services, Case Postale 2950, CH-1211 Genève 2
	To Digital Audio Visual Council (DAVIC) 
	Account N° 456466.00z-240

Please ensure that your name and that of your company are clearly indicated.

All Registrations will only be considered as valid as from the day of receipt of your payment.  

No refund will be given for cancellation though a substitute delegate will be welcomed at no extra charge if the registered participant  is unable to attend.

7.	Documentation

	A compilation of the papers given at the Workshop will be prepared by the EBU and distributed at the registration desk in the beginning of the Workshop.  The participants will also receive a CD-ROM with the DAVIC 1.4 specification.