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Published 2019
The third annual DPP 2019 Predictions puts forward the eight key themes that will dominate the media industry in 2019.
Industry experts from the DPP membership share their expectations about how business transformation will play out over the next 12 months and re-evaluate the accuracy of 2018’s predictions.
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Published 2019.
CES 2019 is the most in-depth publication on the trends to emerge from the world’s biggest technology trade show. It highlights the current trends that could have profound implications for media companies over the next few years.
The report also sets the 2019 trends in a wider trends perspective, using DPP data on technologies and trends at CES going back to 2010.
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Published 2019.
Home Truths: AI for Real, looks in detail at how AI is being applied in the media industry, and where future potential lies. The report provides an audit of how AI could be applied to the key processes in the content supply chain, together with an assessment of its current level of maturity. The analysis is set in the context of the potential business benefits that could be delivered by the various AI enabled processes.
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Published 2018.
Security experts often claim people are the weakest link in the chain. But Communicating Security turns that view on its head.
We asked senior leaders how security experts and the businesses they serve can form more effective relationships.
Find out how listening to people – especially creative people – can help engender a far more effective approach to security.
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Published 2018
The DPP Technology Leaders’ Briefing 2018 featured 17 major technology customers – broadcasters, platforms and technology giants, providing focused, actionable business intelligence.
Their top 3 priorities and the emerging trends are summarised in this report.
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Released 2018.
Meet the IMF Pioneers summarises the discussion at the DPP IMF Breakfast Briefing, held at IBC 2018. The report discusses the business need for IMF, and examines the differing ways that major broadcasters from amongst the DPP Membership are approaching implementation of SMPTE & DPP’s new IMF for Broadcast and Online specification, SMPTE TSP 2121:2018 IMF Application ProRes (DPP), in their workflows.
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Published 2018.
Advertising models still have a very strong reliance upon linear TV at the same time that advertising, video content and consumer behaviour are all shifting online. Will a whole new advertising model around online video be formed, or will we see a brand new commercial model emerge? Read the report to find out what 20 senior leaders, gathered at IBC 2018, concluded.
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Published 2018.
These Guidelines help users and implementers interpret the SMPTE TSP 2121:2018 IMF Application DPP (ProRes). They explain how to apply a programme’s Delivery Requirements when delivering to, or exchanging content between others using IMF Applications, or for the delivery of programmes using “Air Master” formats such as AMWA AS-11. The SMPTE TSP 2121:2018 IMF Application DPP (ProRes) constrains the SMPTE ST 2067 Standard and associated Application documents, for use in broadcasting and online.
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Released 2018.
The Production Business 2018 is the first ever survey of how producers produce. Completed by 57 companies of all sizes and kinds, it provides unique insight into the business of production. Subject examined include: differences in culture between broadcast and non-broadcast companies, the production community’s favourite tools and services, attitudes to connected working and the cloud, and exclusive insight into which markets look set to grow.
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Released 2018.
Cloud based working is transforming businesses the world over. But the cloud was never built to suit the needs of the media industry. So what would it take to create ideal cloud environments for media?
This report looks at the core requirements for building the media cloud and how the industry needs to develop to achieve best practice in cloud services.
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Published 2018.
This guide provides a standards-based approach to implementing a common minimum metadata set, based on the IPTC NewsML-G2 standard, that can be used across news agencies, television, and online to automate news processes, manage multiple versions, enable workflow efficiencies, and manage rights and restrictions from planning right through to delivery of news packages.
The DPP’s Technical Guides are designed to help all those involved in the technical delivery of content.
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Released 2018.
The Business Benefits of IMF is designed to help influencers and decision makers from content supply companies to understand the financial and operational benefits of adopting IMF – both in the form of the current SMPTE standard, designed for premium content, and the new IMF for Broadcast & Online specification, being developed by SMPTE and the DPP. It is available in two forms: as a PDF booklet, and as a presentation deck with handout notes.
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Published 2018.
Could it be that media professionals have blind spots when it comes to the technologies they believe really matter?
We look back at developments featured by major trade shows, the ones causing a buzz, and consumer trends, to find out how to make technology trend analysis more effective.
DPP Survey Reports provide unique DPP research and insight on key issues and developments in media.
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Released 2018.
In January 2017 the DPP, in association with Equinix, drew up its first ever predictions.
It’s time to find out what we got right, what we got wrong, and what the next big things will be for 2018.
The DPP 2018 Predictions were drawn up in consultation with subject matter experts from the whole media supply chain, providing a compelling real world view of what will drive media businesses in the next 12-24 months.
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Released 2018.
This report provides unique insight into the world’s most famous technology show by analysing not only the show itself, but how it relates to previous CES events.
The CES 2018 report builds on Decoding CES – Key Trends from the Consumer Electronics Show 2010-2016, first published in July 2016, and the subsequent CES 2017 report.
DPP Survey Reports provide unique DPP research and insight on key issues and developments in media.
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Released 2017.
This report summarises the three current key priorities of each of the CTOs from the the major UK broadcasters. It also provides some specific messages to the supplier community, including about: broadcaster requirements of providers to new content supply chains, machine learning and artificial intelligence, the application of data analytics, and cybersecurity.
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Released 2o17.
Are We Fit For Cyber War? is the product of interviews with security experts from DPP Member companies from across the supply chain. It focusses on threat awareness, the cultural characteristics of media, and building security.
Our experts report growing pro-activity in establishing good security practice in this in-depth assessment of the maturity of security thinking in the media sector.
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Released 2014. Updated 2017.
A handbook aimed at UK production companies and programme suppliers, providing guidance on the end-to-end file delivery process from file creation (AS-11) and metadata insertion through to QC and delivery.
Also, check out this short film about File Delivery. For more films like this, along with other File Delivery resources, including a ‘spot the deliberate errors’ eyeball test, visit the Academy’s File Delivery site.
DPP User Guides are designed to help all those involved in creating and delivering content.
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Released 2017.
The report examines some of the big questions around the future of the media supply chain. Where is supply chain thinking being applied most strongly? Exactly which processes are most susceptible to automation? And where will machine learning and artificial intelligence – the drivers behind automation – take the media industry next?
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Released 2017.
This guide is aimed at professional content producers who want to deliver their content live online. It provides insight into which platforms they need to consider, how to get set up and how to deliver their content effectively.
The guide also provides details of all the aspects of live streaming and online content that producers need to consider – from audience analytics through to rights and compliance. Guidance on when live streaming is the most effective outlet for a specific piece of content is also included.
The DPP’s 10 Things series is a set of beginner’s guide documents to help all those involved in producing and delivering creative content throughout the broadcast chain.
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Released 2017.
The report examines how consumer demand is impacting the way in which content is made and delivered. It focuses on how supply chain thinking applies to media companies; maps out what the new media supply chain looks like; and agrees the key principles that drive that supply chain.
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Published 2017.
Building on the pioneering work of SMPTE, who created a Mastering Format for Feature Films, the DPP and partners NABA and EBU QC group have collaborated to develop a new variant based on the requirements of the broadcast sector, based on applications 2 and 2e of the SMPTE ST 2067-2 IMF standard.
The DPP’s Technical Guides are designed to help all those involved in the technical delivery of content.
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Released 2017.
At our Meet The Online Pioneers event we explored the creative processes behind the making of premium online content by featuring speakers from three companies who know all about the creation of the very best content for online distribution: Facebook, Fulwell73 (Carpool Karaoke, The Late, Late Show) and Silverback (Our Planet). Find out what they revealed in this report.
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Released 2017.
The report captures a lively – and sometimes provocative – discussion in which 20 senior executives not only describe how they believe business and operation processes will be transformed in the next five years, but how the very shape of the industry itself could be disrupted.
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Released 2017.
This report is the first ever assessment of where broadcasters, producers and suppliers can expect to see the greatest return on investment from committing to IP-based production. It is the result of extensive research with companies from across the supply chain and creates a picture of IP impacting every aspect of media production.
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Released 2017.
This report helps producers to identify the kind of connectivity provision appropriate to their needs, with an indication of costs and type of service. It considers the needs of different sizes of production company, and whether the connectivity they need is for general office use, for working with video, or out on location.
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The DPP Generic Technical Specification for the Delivery of Programmes – Live (current version 5.0, released March 2017), outlines the key requirements productions should adhere to when delivering live programmes to the BBC, BT Sport, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV, S4/C, Sky or TG4.
See also the broadcaster specific versions of this DPP specification (which include key contact details for each individual broadcaster), along with the AMWA AS-11 UK DPP specification for manufacturers.
Programme Delivery Specification Change Control Mar 2017
Sample files for AS-11 DPP HD and AS-11 DPP SD
Line Up Tones
Metadata Standards
UHD, HD & SD Programmes
Technical Specifications
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The DPP Generic Technical Specification for the Delivery of Programmes – File (current version 5.0, released March 2017), outlines the key requirements productions should adhere to when delivering programmes by file to the BBC, BT Sport, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV, S4/C, Sky or TG4.
See also the broadcaster specific versions of this DPP specification (which include key contact details for each individual broadcaster), along with the AMWA AS-11 UK DPP specification for manufacturers.
Programme Delivery Specification Change Control Mar 2017
Sample files for AS-11 DPP HD and AS-11 DPP SD
Line Up Tones
Metadata Standards
UHD, HD & SD Programmes
Technical Specifications
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This document is a supplement to the common technical specifications and covers High Dynamic Range (HDR) requirements. It must be read in conjunction with the commissioning broadcaster’s version of the technical specification for delivery of television programmes.
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This document is a supplement to the common technical specifications and covers the DPP metadata requirements. It must be read in conjunction with the commissioning broadcaster’s version of the technical specification for delivery of television programmes.
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This document is a supplement to the common technical specifications and covers Surround Sound requirements. It must be read in conjunction with the commissioning broadcaster’s version of the technical specification for delivery of television programmes.
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This document is a supplement to the common technical specifications and covers 3D requirements. It must be read in conjunction with the commissioning broadcaster’s version of the technical specification for delivery of television programmes.
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Released 2017.
The DPP 2017 Predictions were drawn up in consultation with subject matter experts from the whole media supply chain, providing a compelling real world view of what will drive media businesses in the next 12-24 months.
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Released 2017.
This report provides unique insight into the world’s most famous technology show by analysing not only the show itself, but how it relates to previous CES events.
The CES 2017 Report builds on Decoding CES – Key Trends from the Consumer Electronics Show 2010-2016, first published in July 2016, now updated to reflect 2017’s show trends.
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Released 2016.
Meet The Rising Stars brought together seven exciting new start-up companies who are all DPP Members to share their innovative ideas for solving the challenges of today’s rapidly-evolving media industry. The report summarises this exclusive DPP discussion – highlighting the ways these new companies are busy disrupting existing business models.
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Released 2016.
Over ten years since production teams began to work with file-based content production companies still report that location workflows are stressful and confusing so we brought together a range of companies to discover what best practice looks like.
What are the roles, activities and technologies that give everyone the best chance of managing the pressures of location working successfully? This guide provides the answers.
The DPP’s 10 Things series is a set of beginner’s guide documents to help all those involved in producing and delivering creative content throughout the broadcast chain.
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Released 2016.
Bringing together digital leaders from ITV, Channel 4, BBC, ITN, Sky and UKTV this report focusses on the major challenges facing broadcasters and media companies.
It explores the types of relationships that broadcasters want to foster as they migrate away from a hardware-centric operation into a software and cloud-driven world.
DPP’s Meet The… events offer opportunities for DPP Members to hear from all parts of the broadcast industry and media supply chain; designed to share participants challenges, experiences and innovative products.
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Released 2016.
This report identifies the opportunities for efficiency and revenue that could come from making better use of data collected throughout the content creation chain.
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Released 2016.
This report is the first ever piece of qualitative research looking into the operational models of new content creators and the suppliers who enable them.
We explore how these new content creators, often producing top quality content for non-broadcast distribution, have established a distinctive culture of their own and just how this differs from the independent TV production company world.
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Released 2016.
Industry leaders talk about what it takes to build trust in new, cloud-based services. It’s impossible to prevent every security breach, they argued, but companies can become far more effective about how they mitigate the impact – and in the process improve their business operations.
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Released 2016.
This guide provides a starting point to understanding the challenges faced by productions today. It explores where cybersecurity threats come from and highlights the need for strong leadership in tackling security concerns.
It also provides practical tips on how to protect your information from those intent on causing harm.
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Released 2016.
In this report DPP Managing Director, Mark Harrison, takes us through the most significant trends that have emerged over the last 7 years from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and reveals what these trends tell us about innovation and the future of technology and the media. He also offers us his predictions for what will be big in 2017.
*Now updated to included trends from the 2017 show*.
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The DPP Generic Technical Specification for the Delivery of HD Commercials and Sponsorship Material (current version 1.1, released January 2016), outlines the key requirements for the delivery of commercials as agreed by BT Sport, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV and Sky.
Implementation of this specification will continue throughout 2017. Once implemented, links to the broadcaster specific versions of this DPP specification (which include key contact details for each individual broadcaster), along with the AMWA AS-11 UK DPP specification for manufacturers, will be available here.
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The DPP Generic Technical Specification for the Delivery of HD Promotions and Presentation Material (current version 1.1 released January 2016), outlines the key requirements for the delivery of promotions as agreed by BBC, BT Sport, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV and Sky.
Implementation of this specification will continue throughout 2017. Once implemented, links to the broadcaster specific versions of this DPP specification (which include key contact details for each individual broadcaster), along with the AMWA AS-11 UK DPP specification for manufacturers, will be available here.
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Released 2016.
The DPP’s first ever survey of how independent production companies view their connectivity services.
The survey explored how production companies use connectivity, how much they spend, the quality of their provision, and the role they feel connectivity could have in their businesses in the future.
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Released 2016.
This report focuses on the impact of immersive technologies. It is around the creation of experiences that DPP Members believe immersive technologies – and VR and 360° Video in particular – will have the greatest impact.
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Through joint NABA (North American Broadcasters Association) and DPP meetings, 9 of the major North American broadcasters – ABC/Disney, Bell Media, CBC/Radio-Canada, Fox, HBO, NBCUniversal, PBS, TimeWarner and Turner – agreed a common file format, structure and wrapper based on the AS-11 UK DPP specification.
The outcome is 2 specifications, MPEG-2 and AVC, (published April 2016) for the delivery of finished air-ready programs for North America. This is the Generic NABA DPP HD (MPEG-2) specification. Implementation will continue throughout 2017.
It is based on AMWA (Advanced Media Workflow Association) AS-11 X8 – NABA DPP HD (MPEG-2), available here.
Please note: The AS-11 X8 specification is not intended to be a foundation for the future, it is aimed at NABA broadcasters who currently use legacy MPEG-2 based codecs. It will allow them to migrate to AS-11 workflows before utilising more up to date codecs (e.g. AS-11 X9) in the future.
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Through joint NABA (North American Broadcasters Association) and DPP meetings, 9 of the major North American broadcasters – ABC/Disney, Bell Media, CBC/Radio-Canada, Fox, HBO, NBCUniversal, PBS, TimeWarner and Turner – agreed a common file format, structure and wrapper, based on the AS-11 UK DPP specification.
The outcome is 2 nspecifications, MPEG-2 and AVC, (published April 2016) for the delivery of finished air-ready programs for North America. This is the Generic NABA DPP HD (AVC) specification. Implementation will continue throughout 2017.
The specification is based on AMWA (Advanced Media Workflow Association) AS-11 X9 – NABA DPP HD (AVC), available here.
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Outlines a list of ‘Eyeball’ tests that a producer needs to undertake before delivering a programme.
Including Audio Sync, Buzzing, Unclear Sound, Clock, and Visual Focus etc.
Designed to complement the information contained in the Automated Quality Control Requirements.
The DPP’s Technical Guides are designed to help all those involved in the technical delivery of content.
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A new minimum specification for exchanging News content and associated metadata would enable faster identification, rights informed exploitation and standards-based automation, discovery and re-use of captured assets throughout the News production workflow.
This document looks at the main headline benefits across the entire workflow, identifies a set of wider potential benefits within the production workflow, and drivers for the introduction of a common minimum metadata specification based on industry standard data models.
The DPP’s Technical Guides are designed to help all those involved in the technical delivery of content.
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Released 2016.
A major change is coming with Ultra High Definition. But major change is never about technology; it’s always about users. So we ask: what will really drive take-up? What do producers and consumers really want from UHD?
HOME TRUTHS reports are created following DPP AT HOME sessions with selected DPP Members, focussing their knowledge and experience on addressing a particular topic.
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Released 2016.
Outlines the key considerations when producing UHD content, captures current industry best practice and enables a proactive approach for production teams adopting this new format.
This guide builds on The Bloodless Revolution: A Guide to Smoother Digital Workflows in Television and sets out a clear, high-level workflow. Anyone setting out to plan and deliver an end-to-end UHD production will find lots of useful, practical tips in this document.
DPP User Guides are designed to help all those involved in creating and delivering content.
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Released 2015.
Following on from 10 Things You Need to Know About Digital Storage, this DPP Guide takes a more in-depth look at digital archiving and aims to answer some of the key questions about establishing an archive for your organisation, including:
DPP User Guides are designed to help all those involved in creating and delivering content.
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Released 2015.
How can content be guaranteed safe and sound in a world of file-based working – where assets are invisible, and the technology new? Who and what can you trust? And how can buyers and sellers gain a common language that reduces anxiety and delivers the benefits of new technologies?
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Released 2015.
This introductory guide is designed to create some common understanding about the basics of what we mean when we talk about connectivity and how the particular requirements of our industry translate into the kinds of connectivity services you are likely to consume.
A more in-depth survey report, Connectivity and Production, focuses on how the particular needs of our industry might be served more effectively.
The DPP’s 10 Things series is a set of beginner’s guide documents to help all those involved in producing and delivering creative content throughout the broadcast chain.
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Released 2015.
An overview of what UHD is, what the technical terms mean, and how it will affect TV production. Learn about bigger pictures, higher frame rates, higher dynamic range and wider colour gamut, in an accessible manner suitable for the non-technical reader.
Also try the UHD Production Workflows Guide, which outlines key considerations when producing UHD, enabling you to gear up for this new format.
The DPP’s 10 Things series is a set of beginner’s guide documents to help all those involved in producing and delivering creative content throughout the broadcast chain.
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Released 2015.
IP is such a colossal subject, do we even know what IP production and broadcast really mean? What do we need to do to increase our understanding? Where exactly are we on the technology journey? And what exactly are the business benefits?
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This document outlines the Automated QC requirements for testing files against the DPP Technical Specification for Programme Delivery.
This document is complemented by the Eyeball QC Template.
The DPP’s Technical Guides are designed to help all those involved in the technical delivery of content.
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Released 2015.
We look back at what made the implementation of file delivery in the UK, to the DPP’s common Delivery Specification, on 1st October 2014, such an extraordinary example of pan-industry collaboration; charting both the technical and business change journeys, as well as the personal insights of 4 DPP Members who helped make file delivery happen.
DPP User Guides are designed to help all those involved in creating and delivering content.
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Ofcom publishes guidance to TV broadcasters and producers on how to avoid causing PSE events.
This document outlines the PSE products that competently perform PSE testing in the context of file-based QC.
This list is not exhaustive, and will be updated as other products are made available and tested.
It does not represent a DPP recommendation or endorsement.
The DPP’s Technical Guides are designed to help all those involved in the technical delivery of content.
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The UK has always played a leading role in developing and providing Access Services to meet the needs of television audiences with impaired hearing and vision.
The DPP has contributed to this work by publishing this specification for the exchange of subtitle documents and audio description scripts used by broadcasters to provide these services.
The DPP’s specification is based on the EBU’s EBU-TT Part 1 specification (EBU Tech 3350), designed to replace the aging STL format (EBU Tech 3264).
Subtitle Specification
UHD, HD & SD Programmes
Technical Specifications
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Released 2014.
With file delivery came a new problem: where and how would producers, post production facilities, broadcasters and others store their digital content? And how can they make it safe, retrievable and affordable for the long term?
This guide is designed to help the non-expert get to grips with these questions.
The DPP Guide to Digital Archiving is a follow up to this report.
The DPP’s 10 Things series is a set of beginner’s guide documents to help all those involved in producing and delivering creative content throughout the broadcast chain.
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This document is a supplement to the common technical specifications for programmes that have been commissioned to shoot on Super16mm film. It must be read in conjunction with the commissioning broadcaster’s version of the technical specification for delivery of television programmes.
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Released 2013.
In 2011 the DPP released a report called The Reluctant Revolution. That report looked at the obstacles to end-to-end digital production in television, including why emerging cloud services were having so little impact.
A lot has happened to cloud services since, this report updates those findings, and provides an assessment of the applicability of cloud technology and services to broadcast processes and key media business areas.
DPP Special Reports are long in-depth reports created 2011-13.
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Released 2013.
This final part of the revolution trilogy asks the really big questions about the creative impact of digital technologies – with some intriguing and controversial conclusions.
DPP Special Reports are long in-depth reports created 2011-13.
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Released 2012.
The first published guidance on digital workflows to be issued on behalf of ITV, Channel 4 and the BBC, capturing industry best practice.
Anyone delivering an end-to-end digital production will find lots of useful, practical tips in this document. The report also offers a valuable checklist to help ensure the smoothest, most effective route through the production jungle.
2016’s UHD Production Workflows Guide builds on the Blood Revolution workflow and outlines key aspects for consideration when creating programmes in UHD.
DPP Special Reports are long in-depth reports created 2011-13.
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Released 2011.
This report looks at the barriers to end-to-end digital for production – and how changes in the market, technology and processes could tear some of those barriers down.
The report identified a number of opportunities and interventions that could bring about revolutionary change in digital production including pay-as-you-go models for web and cloud-based tools and services, a new role for existing trusted providers such as facility houses, and a more pro-active role for broadcasters.
DPP Special Reports are long in-depth reports created 2011-13.
