09:30 - 10:00 (IST)
06:00 - 06:30 (CEST)
| Opening remarks
MoC: Stefano Polidori, Counsellor, ITU-T Study Group 9, ITU- Premjit Lal, Deputy Director General (International Relations), Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, India
- Rajesh Sundaresan, Dean, EECS, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India
- Satoshi Miyaji, Chairman, ITU-T Study Group 9, Japan
- Seizo Onoe, Director, Telecommunication Standarization Bureau, ITU
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10:00 - 11:30 (IST)
06:30 - 08:00 (CEST)
| Session 1: High-level roundtable - The future of television for South Asia, Arab and Africa regions
This high-level roundtable focused on the policy enablers for the successful and impactful future television services. Emerging trends, government policies, industry challenges and opportunities were discussed with government institutions from South Asia, Africa, and Arab regions.
- “Digital terrestrial television broadcasting in Africa”: Ahmed ELkaradawy, Vice‑Chair, ATU TG Broadcasting, NTRA, Egypt [Presentation]
- “Palestinian Current status of radio broadcastings and stations”: Rawaa Radaydah, Telecommunication Engineer, General Administration of Licenses, Type Approval Dept., Ministry of Telecommunications and IT, Palestine [Presentation]
- "Future of Broadcasting and the Recent Regulatory Interventions in India”: Sanjiv Shankar, Joint Secretary (Broadcasting-I) and CVO, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, India
- “Oman TV Network: Changeover to Digital”: Abdullah Saleh Alaraimi, Director, Frequency Planning Department, Ministry of Information, Oman [Presentation]
- “Innovation and creativity: The key to the future of TV in Africa”: Andrey Kamsu, African Union Broadcasting, Cameroon
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11:30 - 12:00 (IST)
08:00 - 08:30 (CEST)
| Coffee Break
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12:00 - 13:30 (IST)
08:30 - 10:00 (CEST)
| Session 2: The enabling role of regulators
This session presented regional case studies and regulatory approaches for successful and impactful television services highlighting the importance of analog to digital conversions, new applications, and spectrum management. The aim of the session was to discuss the supporting role played by regulatory frameworks and how the impact of digital TV services could support future growth through regulatory models and the amendments to the licenses of digital TV broadcasters mindful of privacy, piracy, and copyright considerations.
Moderator: Avinash Agarwal, Deputy Director General, Telecommunication Engineering Centre, Dept. of Telecom, India - “Overview of TV digitalization in Sri Lanka”: Lingarajah Ganeshamoorthy, Director, License Management Division, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, Sri Lanka [Presentation]
- “Tunisian approach for Digital TV changeover success”: Sarra Rebhi, Vice-Chair, ITU-T SG-16 I Head of Technical Department, Tunisian broadcaster office, Tunisia [Presentation]
- "Enabling Role of Regulators- India Perspective": Syed Tausif Abbas, Principal Advisor, Broadcasting & Cable Services, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), India [Presentation]
- "Liberalization of the TV space in developing countries: challenges and prospects - Gambian experience": Burama Jammeh, Director, Economic Regulation, Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, Gambia [Presentation]
- "Predicting the Future TV and Its Regulations": Awal Uddin Ahmed, Director, Spectrum Management, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, BTRC, Bangladesh [Presentation]
- “TV Regulation in a digital age: Nepal's Perspective”: Subodh Nepal, Engineer, Frequency Management Division, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Nepal [Presentation]
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13:30 - 15:00 (IST)
10:00 - 11:30 (CEST)
| Lunch Break
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15:00 - 16:30 (IST)
11:30 - 13:00 (CEST)
| Session 3: The future of television delivery
This session analyzed content delivery from different viewpoints (broadband, cable, and terrestrial/satellite broadcasting). It will explore the potential innovative broadcasting applications, e.g., 5G/6G broadcast, OTT, convergence issues.
Moderator: Satoshi Miyaji, Chairman, ITU-T SG9, General Manager, KDDI Corporation, Tokyo, Japan - “Leveraging broadcast networks to broaden the reach of OTT services – an introduction to DVB Native IP”: Régis Moulin, Co-Chair Technical WG, DVB Native IP & Laurent Leveil, Product Manager, Head of Multiscreen Services, Eutelsat [Presentation]
- "Reading for a billion: India's Same Language Subtitling (SLS) on TV": Brij Kothari, Lead, Billion Readers (BIRD) Initiative, PlanetRead, India [Presentation]
- "5G Broadcast / Multicast – When Broadcast Natively meets Broadband": Mohamed Aziz Taga, Head Products, Business Development & Strategy 5G Media Services & Customer Experience, Rhodes & Schwarz [Presentation] &
"Terrestrial Television Delivery – Future at Stake": Peter Mac Avock, Head of Delivery, Platforms & Services, QC Group, European Broadcasting Union [Presentation] - "Cable television services to use 5G radio system": Ataru Kobayashi, Senior Research Engineer, Technology Strategy Department, Japan Cable Laboratories, Japan [Presentation]
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16:30 - 17:00 (IST)
13:00 - 13:30 (CEST)
| Coffee Break
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17:00 - 18:30 (IST)
13:30 - 15:00 (CEST)
| Session 4: The future television experience
AI and extended reality technologies are fast becoming essential tools for the broadcasting industry, enabling new services that when combined with immersive sensory media using audio-visual and haptic content, offer new audience experiences and personalized services. At the same time, the integration of broadcasting, broadband and web platforms is pushing broadcasters and content creators to offer more than just “simple” programme to the audience. This session also presented current and future trends in collaborative content creation technologies for television over the various media, including cloud-based and IP-based production that increases production flexibility.
- “User Experience enablers to consider for Direct-to-Mobile (D2M) Success in India”: Sesh Simha, Advisor Saankhya Labs, Bengaluru & VP Advanced Technology, Sinclair Broadcast, USA [Presentation]
- “Planning the future of television”: Andy Quested, Chair ITU-R WP 6C, Lead EBU QC Group, European Broadcasting Union [Presentation]
- "Video-base Point Cloud Compression and its Transmission for Future Television”: Kei Kawamura, Senior Manager, Advanced Visual Communication Laboratory, KDDI Research Inc., Japan [Presentation]
- “Brazil TV goes 3.0!”: Luiz Fausto de Souza Brito, Technology & Regulatory Specialist,Globo TV Network, Brazil [Presentation]
- “Future of Networking and Computing for AI-Integrated Communications”: Masahisa Kawashima, Technology Working Group Chair, IOWN Global Forum [Presentation]
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18:30 (IST)
15:00 (CEST)
| Concluding remarks followed by networking reception offered by the Host
- Avinash Agarwal, Deputy Director General, Telecommunication Engineering Centre, Dept. of Telecom, India
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