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Enabling simpler and more efficient localisation and versioning

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Broadcast File Delivery

DPP specifications revolutionised file-based content delivery

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Metadata

Better data enables content exchange, management, discovery

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DPP Event Strands

We hold a variety of different events each year – from small and exclusive to large and open. Find out more about different types of DPP event here.

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News & Views

The latest news and updates from the DPP.

Sponsorship

Explore sponsorship opportunities with the DPP, to associate your brand with our events and insight.

Environmental Policy

The DPP takes sustainability seriously. Learn how we are cutting our environmental impact.

Sustainability

Technology

Find all of the DPP's technology projects and updates here.

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Document Formats

A summary of the technical document formats published by the DPP.

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DPP Test Lab

The DPP Test Lab offers guidance and certification to companies who produce products that implement DPP specifications and recommendations.

Security

Promoting cyber security best practice in the media industry

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Implementation in News & Views

Can we deliver an all-IP future for content distribution?

26.06.2020

Understanding the true impact of IP technologies for large scale viewing can be difficult. Watch this recent webinar to help decide where to direct your attention and investment.

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Are next gen supply chains now necessary for survival?

05.06.2020

Watch Next Gen Supply Chain - a matter of life & death? An executive round table web event featuring Discovery, Sky, UKTV, ViacomCBS and Vubiquity.

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How the IMF Delivery Schema could transform your workflows

01.05.2020

What does the schema do? How does it work? And what's next on the development roadmap?

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DPP Hackathon: the results!

10.12.2019

Learn who participated in the inaugural DPP virtual hackathon around the IMF MM API, and of course, who won.

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How do you like your IMF in the morning?

27.09.2019

A report from the DPP’s IMF Breakfast Briefing at IBC 2019

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DPP guidance makes IMF implementation easier

17.07.2019

The DPP has today released four documents to support the industry’s deployment of IMF for Broadcast & Online.

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All aboard for IMF at IBC

09.07.2019

At IBC this year we’ll be continuing the DPP’s mission to deliver business insights and real world implementations of IMF for Broadcast & Online

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Why DPP technology work isn’t about technology

28.06.2019

Change is perhaps the only constant in our industry. And the landscape has certainly changed a lot in the last few decades.R

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A free, open API to turbo charge IMF: imf-mm-api

21.06.2019

We promise it’s not just alphabet soup.

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Why IMF Matters for Broadcast & Online

10.05.2019

Two years ago, the DPP set out to make IMF a reality for both our members and the industry as a whole, through technical work and implementation support.

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IMF For Real

11.04.2019

Bright and early on Tuesday morning, a dedicated group of enthusiastic DPP members turned out at our NAB breakfast briefing.

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Metadata for News Innovation Day

07.02.2019

Watch the summary from the DPP's Metadata for News Innovation Day.

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DPP helps accelerate industry move to UHD

27.01.2016

The DPP has today announced a technical standard for the delivery of Ultra High Definition (UHD) programmes.

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Why 1st October Delivered More Than Just Files

01.10.2014

The DPP was founded on a simple premise: broadcasters are the ones best placed to make digital easier.

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DPP to develop Compliance Programme

06.03.2014

The DPP is working to create a Compliance Programme that will ensure manufacturers meet the AS-11 DPP standard.

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DPP Unveils UK File-based Delivery Date

14.09.2013

The DPP has announced today, in a dedicated DPP session at IBC, that UK broadcasters BBC, ITV and Channel 4 will move to file-based programme delivery from 1 October 2014.

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First DPP File-Based UK Delivery: Emmerdale

27.09.2012

Emmerdale becomes the first British television production to adopt the DPP’s new Technical and Metadata Standards for file-based programme delivery.

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DPP adds auxiliary track for sign-interpretation to IMF

04.12.2019

The DPP has today released two documents that extend the functionality of the Interoperable Master Format (IMF) through the development of an Auxiliary Image Sequence Plug-in.

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The DPP in 2020: helping to build intelligent businesses

23.10.2019

How will smart media companies make their business decisions in 2020? How will a broadcaster’s CTO decide which new technology areas are worthy of their team’s attention?

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Sign of the Times: Enhancing IMF with Auxilary Image Tracks

16.09.2019

As a UK Public Service Broadcaster, ITV is regulated by Ofcom, which oversees the provision of accessible content on our broadcast platforms.

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DPP and NABA launch IMF Application Constraint DPP (JPEG2000) published by SMPTE

23.08.2019

The DPP in collaboration with NABA has today announced the publication of the second SMPTE Technical Specification (TSP) for the IMF for broadcast and online use cases.

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Transforming IMF with OPL

16.08.2019

The component of IMF which causes the most questions and occasionally confusion is the “Output Profile List” or OPL.

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IMF in the cloud with AWS

02.08.2019

“It’s time to start”. If you’ve ever been to a Blue Man Concert, you know the significance of this statement.

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NABA and the DPP pave the way for J2K

19.07.2019

The introduction of the Interoperable Master Format (IMF) within the media industry has brought a revolution to media workflow processes for film and television.

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PBS to adopt AMWA AS-11 X9 specification

03.04.2019

The DPP, in collaboration with the NABA and AMWA, is delighted to announce the adoption of AMWA AS-11 X9: MXF Program Contribution – NABA DPP HD (AVC)

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The DPP creates unique assessment of AI in media

08.01.2019

The DPP has published a new report for its Members that looks in detail at how AI is being applied in the media industry, and where future potential lies

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DPP launches AMWA AS-11 X1 UHD specification

23.10.2018

The DPP has today announced the release of a new technical specification to support broadcasters delivering (UHD) programmes

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DPP launches news metadata guidance

22.05.2018

The DPP has announced the release of a new implementation guide: DPP Metadata Exchange for News.

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Major Change for the DPP

26.03.2015

The DPP has today announced it will become a new entity, Digital Production Partnership Ltd (DPP Ltd), from 1 April.

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DPP Launches Quality Control Guidelines

13.03.2014

The DPP has released a set of standardised UK Quality Control Requirements

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Implementation in Insight

Supplying the VOD Revolution

30.04.2020

An extensive piece of research into the global supply of content to VOD platforms, identifying pain points and exploring formats and standards. What practical steps can be taken to reduce complexity and enhance efficiency in this vital artery of our industry?

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Meet The IMF Pioneers

16.10.2018

How are some of the world’s biggest broadcasters implementing IMF for Broadcast & Online in their workflows?

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File Delivery: The Story So Far

17.05.2015

What made the DPP’s implementation of file delivery in the UK, on 1st October 2014, such an extraordinary example of pan-industry collaboration?

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