More that just satellites… Colin Sladen | May 2016

Tomorrowland: A World Beyond

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About me Colin Sladen

Key things to know

•  Started at Sky in 1997

•  Joined at a graduate after studying Broadcast Engineering at Liverpool John Moores

•  Has held a number of positions in operations, support and design

•  Experience is primarily in platform headend systems

•  Now heads up the ‘Emerging Technologies’ team in TV Engineering

•  Involved in

–  Digital launch

–  Move to HD

–  On Demand

–  AdSmart

–  Sky Q and UHD

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A brief history Innovation at Sky

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A brief history Innovation at Sky

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Innovation under the bonnet Tapeless

Around the turn of the decade, Sky became tapeless

Creating a single, centralised Media Asset Management (MAM) capability has not just led to Sky’s content operation being more efficient, it has enabled our growth and expansion into new delivery formats and paths, such as Video On Demand and OTT

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DTH Linear channel Typical workflow

MediaAssetManagement

Scheduling

Transmission & Playout

MasterControl

Linear Headend

IngestEncode & Uplink

Studios

Edit/PostFile Delivery

Outside Broadcast

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MediaAssetManagement

Scheduling

Transmission & Playout

MasterControl

Online Video Platform

Ingest

Encode, Packaging and

Distribution

Studios

Edit/PostFile Delivery

Outside Broadcast

OTT Linear channel Typical workflow

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Subscription VOD Typical workflow

MediaAssetManagement

Scheduling and Editorial

Content Preparation and Transcode

VOD Headend

IngestCatalogue and

Content Distribution

Edit/PostFile Delivery

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Sky AdSmart Dynamic targeted advertising

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Sky Q A brief overview

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UHD Ultra High Definition

“the UK’s most comprehensive Ultra High Definition service”

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The End Thank you

“Questions?”