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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	
	
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>>>>>>>>>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

>

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>>REGISTRATION FORM
>
DAVIC EUROPEAN INFORMATION DAY

EBU Headquarters - Geneva, 12 January 1999

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Hotel Forum			from  . . . . . . . . . . .  to  . . >. . . . . . . . .  (…nights)
Hotel Holiday Inn  			from  . . . . . . . . . >. .  to  . . . . . . . . . . .  (…nights)
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)
>>right 	26 Voie de Moëns
>>	Tel. 41 22 791 0011	Single:  157,- >CHF (breakfast: 26 CHF)
>>right 	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
>
>>tright 	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.