Paul Macklin

𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 | 𝗟𝘆𝗻𝗾 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗽 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟱𝗚 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗡𝗥+ Pro Audio is a backbone of DECT’s success, but pretty much everything we have seen so far has been based on Classic DECT technology. When we learned that Lynq Networks has opted to use DECT NR+ we had to reach out to talk to Adam Gould, Lynq’s CEO, and learn why he feels that Lynq is bridging the gap between Bluetooth and 5G. Lynq’s primary solution is called RavenTalk, and this is about Long Range Voice and Data Communications. RavenTalk Mesh provides a wireless long-range, decentralized, end-to-end voice and data communications solution built on top of the Raven Network stack. Click here to read the article on page 20 of the latest issue of DECT Today magazine. This article includes a link to our video interview: https://lnkd.in/ee5aY9U4 To suscribe to DECT Today, click this link: https://lnkd.in/d-NBWfS #DECT #DECTNR+ Lynq Technologies

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“What did you do at work today?” “I fell, and fell and fell” The quote above was spoken yesterday by a Norwegian streamer on Twitch called Wirtual. He plays a racing game called Trackmania and these days there is a race to be the first player to reach the top of a map with 16 extremely difficult floors. And if you fall? Well, the chance is high you fall all the way back to ground floor and have to start all over. I haven't played Trackmania in about 18 years, but I highly enjoying seeing Wirtual stream his fails, his falls and his learnings to tens of thousand of people each day. And he does this again and again and again. Wirtual has spent close to 100 hours playing this map so far and is still far from done. And we can all learn something from his massive grind! It’s not just the extreme stamina you need to force yourself to do the same thing over and over, it is an extremely good example of a situation where it is critical to learn from your mistakes. Every new floor Wirtual meets is filled with new, hard challenges, but as he slowly climbs higher and higher, falls more and more, he climbs the earlier floors faster and faster because he has learned from his mistakes so many times. That also means he faster gets to the hard part and gets to attack tat problem again. And so can we. If we dare to fall. And fail. Over and over. However, in a racing game there is little risk involved when you fall. It only means you need to spend more time to climb back to where you fall to get a new chance. However this mindset is not what we tend to do in other scenarios in life. I believe that in general we need to get better at breaking our problems down into smaller pieces so the risk of falling is smaller. In my experience we as humans often do the opposite. We introduce more complexity, we scope things up instead of down to solve everything at once and we make the risk of failing higher and higher. But more on that another time. For now, go check out Wirtual on Twitch when he streams. It is surprisingly entertaining to see people push through hard struggles. And it is absolutely amazing to see how happy Wirtual is even when falling back to the ground because he is able to see how much progress he did on this run and reflect on what he has learned.

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Customer feedback and reception have been overwhelmingly positive since we launched our Gen-IC Cloud Intercom service at the start of the year. Transitioning production workflows from on-premises to cloud-based tools is not always smooth, and getting crews and personnel fluent with new systems can come with many teething challenges. However, one of the main pieces of customer feedback we get is how intuitive Gen-IC is to use especially with the self-serve SkyPort portal. Moreover, the users of the system continue to work with the same virtual clients or physical panels (hybrid systems) that they have come to love for many years. This results in much lower deployment costs as no user training is required. Gen-IC is our first product venture into managed cloud services, and it’s hugely rewarding to hear that it is enabling our customers to save time and money, making productions as efficient as possible. Read more in this InBroadcast write-up Phillip Izzard: https://lnkd.in/eKTDUWGK

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Like Topi Santakivi noticed, ChatGPT 4o's new drawing feature seems to be here. EDIT: only seems as the model I gave access to can't deliver full page of hand written text. See example in comments. But Dall-e does seem to make better short text images than it used to (I haven't used it for a while). It's not perfect in Finnish but better than Dall-e. In the first image I asked a note that a 50 year old woman could have written ("Vacation is here") and decorated with drawings. In the second image I asked ChatGPT to put the image in a mug.

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4 YEARS AND GROWING! Yesterday, 5th of May four years ago, marks the date that Allente Nordic was born from the merger of Viasat Consumer and Canal Digital. Inevitably 4 reflections come to mind when observing our journey: (1)  Success is a team game Our transformation into becoming a consumer-facing brand with a new identity, streaming product and product platform has been made possible through an organizational approach that empowers employees throughout the entire organization. Having a trust-based approach, making it safe to fail however learn from mishaps, and giving others the possibility to shine are all aspects of our corporate culture that have guided us well. (2) Importance of performing whilst transforming Having a strong financial performance has been vital in our journey. Similar to other industry players, we have had our fair share of headwind with increased inflation across the cost base and rapid change in consumer behavior. That said, our Q1 results delivered a strong performance and progress of profits growing 28% vs. last year, and as of now, Q2 looks promising as well. (3) The strength of strategic partnerships Partnerships are a driver of innovation for Allente. We have been able to provide new technologies, modern services, better security as well as more relevant content to our customers through our key strategic and collaborative partnerships. (4) Patience is a virtue As a 4-year old brand with growing awareness, at times it can be challenging as we, as of yet, do not have the household name brand of our formative selves, Viasat and Canal Digital. However, such challenges have been the driver for our continued success - and with patience, a strong 30-year industry legacy, a brand awareness currently at 50% coupled with a culture driven by ownership and stewardship –we have made great progress so far at Allente!!! Can’t wait for even more anniversaries to celebrate on a long-term basis

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https://lnkd.in/eKMeePJa D2X Multicast Broadcast Disaggregation System Architecture supports an SFN underlay RU Category (A) and SFN Wide Area RU Category (B), From perspective RU on a symbol-by-symbol basis under control D2X scheduler via eCPRI protocol messages D2X virtual frame (1000ms) is constructed. First VFS Bootstrap + L1 Signaling (1 + 2) time domain I/Q is sent to I/Q DAC, upconverted RF, PA. Then emitted antenna air interface aligned GPS 1PPS to begin D2X virtual frame. The D2X virtual frame (1000ms) shows highlighted (red) the virtual sub-frames with a mixture of D2X services for SFN underlay and the SFN wide area topologies. The remaining virtual sub-frames have only SFN wide area D2X services. The D2X scheduler eCPRI protocol messages for RU Type (A) sub-frames. The virtual sub-frame SS (3 + 4) is sent from cloud to RU D2X sites (1, 2, 3). Then all PRB for a symbol with D2X services (5) for wide area SFN are sent. Then RU generates three duplicate symbols for each sector (A, B, C) of SFN. Then for all VBP the PRB for D2X services (5) geo-targeted for SFN underlay is sent with eCPRI signaling to direct to a specific Site RU and sector. These are inserted by RU shown in the correct sector as signaled to complete a symbol. This process repeats for each symbol of a virtual frame with SFN underlay D2X services. If virtual sub-frame has only SFN wide area D2X services, then the SFN sectors are generated and the next step for insertion SFN underlay is skipped by D2X scheduler for each symbol of the virtual sub-frame. This is only an example the D2X scheduler, and algorithms are not specified in D2X standard. Only L1 signaling syntax and semantics for receivers (UE) and eCPRI messages to enable innovation using D2X harmonized 5G NR and aligned using O-RAN principles. #D2X #ORAN

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DVB-i moves to next phase in Italy I'm closely following the DVB Project, and its developments, and it's been incredible to witness the progress. I heard early last year that this would be functional in 5 years time, but even last year at IBC I was pleasantly surprised at the progress that had been made. "Italian public broadcaster Rai - Radiotelevisione Italiana has brought forward the launch date for the first multiplex to broadcast in DVB-T2, targeting August 28th. Specific channels haven’t been finalised, but are likely to include flagships Rai 1 HD, Rai 2 HD, and Rai 3 HD in simulcast. This aims to improve reception in areas struggling with the current DVB-T." The Italians will make a test switch in late May to test the equipment functionality. There are lots of #television sets that are not yet capable of receiving the DVB-T standard, so it may be that new TVs sets are needed. "The mandatory switch to DVB-T2 in Italy is expected to happen by December 28th, 2025." #dvbi #tvindustry #innovation #tv #mediaindustry #italy #rai #italia https://lnkd.in/efasE2WJ

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How to Generate Videos with Open-Sora-Plan Video Generation Model - Learn how to generate images with one of the latest models within image generation by Eivind Kjosbakken

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Below is D2X which uses ATSC 3.0 A/322 Standard as a Baseline. https://lnkd.in/epdHu4C “The purpose of the ATSC 3.0 physical layer is to offer a wide range of tools for broadcasters to choose the operating mode(s) that best fits their needs and targeted devices. This toolbox of technology is expected to grow over time and the ability to upgrade or swap out new technology is enabled with the extensive and extensible signaling in the Preamble. Broadcasters will have the ability to try new technologies out without breaking an existing service. The bootstrap, as described in A/321, allows emitted Frames to be different, including non-ATSC related signals. The time of the next similar frame is signaled so that the existing service can continue.” The D2X physical layer protocol shown below is intended for battery powered receivers (UE) including reduced capability IoT and wearables. D2X is harmonized for future interworking 5G NR (MBS) RAN layer 2 Cloud (datacenter) with 5G PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol). D2X is built on foundation of OFDMA with (24) sub-carriers defined as (1) physical resource block (PRB) in frequency and (N) PRB determines bandwidth of physical layer resources. The use LDPC with Non-uniform constellations with LDPC FEC frame length 16200 bits and 12 code rates. D2X supports SFN topologies with (5, 10, 15, 20, 25) km Inter-Site Distance (ISD). Channel estimation using 10 scattered pilot patterns along with continual pilot patterns. Three IFFT sizes (2K, 4K and 8K) supports various bandwidths (5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 24) MHz RF carriers. The D2X receivers (UE) adapt and use (512, 1024, 2K, 4K, 8K) FFT depending on bandwidth (number of PRB) and for battery savings. The Doppler support selected from 300 km/h to 600 km/h using 1000 MHz RF carrier frequency as reference. https://lnkd.in/e8Q8zcU4 #D2X #ATSC3 #ORAN #5GNR #Interwork

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Interesting data on audience engagement with #AI generated summaries ‘Journalists can choose whether or not to use the AI system NRK set up to create a summary, and some still opt to write it themselves without AI input, Sætre said. Those who want to use the AI-supported option copy the article URL into the system before publishing. This analyses the text using OpenAI technology and returns the summary along with three suggestions for the article headline: an ordinary headline, an SEO-optimised headline and a teaser headline for the front page, Sætre explained. The summary is ready to be copied and pasted into the NRK's Content Management System (CMS). The system is currently not integrated into NRK’s CMS, which the broadcaster is in the process of replacing, but it will be integrated in the coming version, Sætre said. According to NRK data for 9-16 May 2024, 89 articles published during that time featured summary boxes. Out of 1.2 million total pageviews of those articles, there were 359,000 clicks to expand the summary box, a 19% rate. Looking at the list of articles with the most summary box clicks, Sætre notes that “users normally expand very complicated articles.” Offering a recent example, he described an article about the outcome of the agreement for a new city government for Oslo, reached in October 2023. While the main body of the article covered the agreement itself, the summary box listed the consequences of the deal for Oslo residents in terms of changes to school policies, toll fees, taxes and other key day-to-day impacts. In this story, the summary box expansion rate rose to almost 60%, Sætre said. Readers who clicked to expand the summary box tended to spend more time on the page than those who didn’t, according to the same data for 9-16 May. The median time spent on an article with a summary box by users who expanded the box on 9-16 May was 49 seconds, almost twice the median time spent by users who did not (25 seconds). “We have to do more research on this. But the little we have suggests that when [users] read the summary, then they understand this is an article that [they are] interested in so they choose to read more,” said Sætre. In terms of age, readers younger than 50 were more likely than not to expand the summary box on 9-16 May. Readers aged 50 and above were more likely not to expand it.

The eCPRI Fronthaul Protocol design for D2X. To support SFN Topology shown below with Wide Area SFN and Target SFN Underlay (Content / Data replaced Edge) https://lnkd.in/e8Q8zcU4 The D2X eCPRI protocol supports, two Category RU (A, B) Dense Population or Hotspots Category A RU allows Target Insertion SFN Underlay. Rural Areas Category B or Mix of both can be implemented. All Content Data insertion happens Cloud and at addressable RU (sector). #D2X #SFN #5GNR #Edge

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On my way to Streaming Tech Sweden 2024 where I today will talk about the challenges faced when automating integration testing for video streaming services and present examples on how they can be solved using available open source tools and services. See you there! #stswe24

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There are so many different types of transports available for use. They all have strengths and weaknesses. Here is a piece that discusses that along with applications where these transport streams can be used. As a bonus, there is a handy format chart that can be downloaded as a quick reference guide!

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Why Parallels RAS? VIPP Esther Barthel gives the inside scoop! Hear about the smooth sailing interface, turbocharged performance, and more from Esther, then check out what the buzz is about here: https://lnkd.in/d43yMSd

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When it comes to broadcasting high-traffic sporting events, connection matters in order to provide a great and memorable live fan experience. That’s why we took on a new challenge with 3 Sverige and Mobile Links Europe AB to bring the Stockholm Marathon to the silver screen – all with a supercharged 5G and network slicing 📡 Leveraging state-of-the-art Ericsson equipment and the robust 3 Sverige 5G standalone network, the marathon’s lead vehicle seamlessly livestreamed the entire event, from beginning to end. With the ability to optimize traffic through a slice configured to meet broadcasters’ specific needs in throughput, latency and security, network slicing technology allows us to provide a fast and flexible service, changing the way we watch live sporting events. We’re transforming broadcasting with 5G network slicing. Find out how ➡ https://lnkd.in/eq5BVgqQ #Ericsson #3Sverige #StockholmMarathon #MakeItMemorable #NetworkSlicing #5GBroadcasting

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