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Past Workshops and Training Seminars

 

Proceedings of the Final MediaNet Workshop and Demo Day

 

Seminar on the Economics of Digital Content Distribution, 27 February 2006 in Paris

Because media industries are based on intellectual property rights strictly shaping vertical relations, these industries challenge the technical vision of open digital broadband networks able to deliver any form of content to any consumer in the world.

Media economics is a complex matter which requires economic tools enabling to depict the information on good industries, the vertical relations at stake in distribution issues, and the network effects feeding the roll-out of digital equipment. Those three characteristics combined with the regulation attached to them, shape the dynamics of the media sector and its attitude towards new technical means. 

This seminar described the main economics patterns of the audio/video industry in Europe and the competition among digital technologies in the distribution of copy righted content.

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User-Centric Broadband Services in a Converged World, 15 September 2005 in Antwerp, Belgium

”In addition to seeking basic connectivity, end users demand a multitude of services that satisfy their business, organization, entertainment, and empowerment needs through choice and customisation. Research shows a strong drive towards personalized communication, restricted neither by devices nor connections. End users want their broadband services delivered to multiple device types at any location through any network. They do not wish to be concerned with choosing the proper device to access a specific network or a certain service. Users want more simplicity, reflected in single authentication, consistent personalization and being “always best connected”. Simplicity for the end user means complexity in the network. And masking this complexity is the job of the user centric service delivery network. The service delivery platform facilitates the access to content, which is adapted to the terminal type and connected to the network via broadband access (wireline, wireless and mobile).” (Organisers of the workshop)

For further information please visit the following website: http://www.ieeeucn.ua.ac.be/

MediaNet / B@Home Workshop, 7 April 2005 in Brussels, Belgium

A common workshop with representatives of MediaNet and the B@Home project has taken place on 7 April at Belgacom Surfhouse in Brussels. As the objectives of both projects complement one another, this internal joint meeting was dedicated to address common questions and the exchange of ideas. While MediaNet aims at the abolition of obstacles to the exchange of digital media and audio-visual goods from creators and providers to customers and between citizens, the project B@Home aims at developing new business models and technical architectures for end-to-end provision of ubiquitous broadband services to the home. Participation is limited to partners of the MediaNet and B@Home project.

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Second Training Course on Technologies for Multi-Channel Publication, 26 January 2005 in Leuven, Belgium

IMEC offered to run a second time the course on technologies for multi-channel publication that they had organized in September 2004.

Training Course on Technologies for Multi-Channel Publication, 7 September 2004 in Leuven, Belgium

A 1-day training session was offered by IMEC on how to publish media content on the many new emerging devices while taking into account terminal capabilities like screen size and resolution, processing power and support for media standards. Participants got an in-depth look at technologies for creating content in a device independent way, adapting multimedia content, and how to manage multiple versions of the same media content for different platforms.

Training Course on the Economics of Content and Digital Media, 14 June 2004 in Berlin, Germany

A training course has been offered by CERNA (Centre for Industrial Economics at the Ecole des Mines de Paris) on 14 June in Berlin. The training course aimed at adding to MediaNet an economic perspective based on the recognition of the specific economic rationale of content creation and distribution; identifying the resulting constraints on the design of technical models for distributing digital media works; and sharing a common overall perspective, vocabulary and references.

During the discussion between the 40 participants, four key themes for future research have been of major interest: The US/Europe competition field and the relative advantage of each industrial organization; the potential new business models for distributing digital content; the competition/substitution with existing physical distribution channels and business models; and the location of fees collection in the vertical distribution networks as well as its regulatory, competitive, and technical consequences.

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