Object-based broadcasting: A brief overview

Chris Baume

Senior Research Engineer

What is object-based broadcasting?

What is an object?

Object = Media + Metadata

Traditional audio broadcast

Distribution

Object-based audio broadcast

Distribution

Opportunities

Experiences that are:

  • Personalised
  • Interactive
  • Immersive
  • Accessible

Challenges

  • Formats and protocols
  • Scaling down objects
  • Monitoring multiple experiences
  • Reverberation
  • Producer buy-in
  • ...many more!

BBC prototypes

5live football experiment

Forecaster

Forecaster

Immersive 3D audio

Responsive Radio

Responsive Radio

Responsive Radio

SqueezeBox

C.A.K.E.

The Mermaid's Tears

BBC projects

ORPHEUS

Object-based Media Toolkit

OPTIC

Object-based Production Tools In the Cloud

Thanks!

Learn more at:

- bbc.co.uk/rd/projects/orpheus

- bbc.co.uk/rd/projects/optic

- bbc.co.uk/rd/projects/squeezebox

- bbc.co.uk/rd/projects/cake

- bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2015-11-forecaster-our-experimental-object-based-weather-forecast

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