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Asset Management is nowadays more and more migrated into the Cloud. The obvious rationale behind that is the cheap cost structure, high availability and high scalability. When migrating asset management from a traditional on-premises infrastructure into the cloud it is not sufficient just to install the software in virtual servers. The cloud platforms of the various vendors offer services that completely differ from traditional IT hardware. However, the new features provide opportunities to design and operate new cost-effective and more powerful solutions for asset management. The paper first presents the solution elements required for asset management in the cloud, such as short and longterm storage, databases, computing capacity, and control and orchestration. In the second part, the solution elements are combined into architectural patterns that bring out the added value of cloud native asset management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

High dynamic range (HDR) allows to capture an enormous range of luminance values. But in the near future the consumers will not have appropriate displays to see the quality difference. To improve the picture quality for SDR as well as HDR displays a new method is described in this paper. The basic idea is to analyse each luminance value for its relevance in the image and discard unimportant ones. This "virtual aperture" will be processed on the whole image and on image sections. Finally the tone mapping result will be composed with the corrected chrominance values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In den letzten Jahren hat die Nutzung des Webs ein schwindelerregendes Wachstum erlebt. In jüngster Vergangenheit war die Betrachtung von Online-Videos die treibende Kraft für das Wachstum. Bis zum Erscheinen der „HTML5 Agglomerate"-Spezifikation (noch Entwurf) waren der Zugang und die Nutzung von Multimedia-Inhalten im Web nicht standardisiert. Daher war bisher der Einsatz von proprietären Web-Browser-Plug-ins nur als Zwischenlösung zu sehen. Die Autoren untersuchen die Möglichkeit, eine Live-Streaming-Lösung zu entwickeln, die auf verfügbaren Web-Standards aufsetzt. Ausgezeichnet als „Best Paper" auf der Web 2014-Konferenz durch die Int. Academy, Research and Industry Association und eingereicht für den ARD/ZDF-Förderpreis „Frauen + Medientechnologie". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper addresses the question of HEVC usefulness and adoption within the video broadcasting market segments, where it is an enabling technology to the success of Ultra HD (UHD) TV launch. It discusses whether HEVC should replace existing compression technology or should be dedicated to emerging markets. Finally, it outlines the benefits of consolidating technologies across codec generations to accelerate the learning curve and improvement in HEVC video quality by leveraging previous codec development experience [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

IPTV systems offer advantages over conventional CATV and coax television systems, notably easier expansion to cope with future demand. Investment in an infrastructure supporting high-quality television distribution over IP networks should be considered whenever buildings are being modernised. This paper presents several different methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In order to alert the population during a disaster it is essential, to have an alerting system that can use diverse communications channels to reach as many people as possible. The aim of this paper is to present a powerful and effective system which is capable of broadcasting alerts to the population via their televisions. The Alert4All [1] project is developing an innovative multi-channel public alert system that uses HbbTV, an established standard supported by SmartTV's, to disseminate alerts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]