[Commlist] PhD course in Digital Media

Digital media - a radical change from dedicated broadcast to IP based 
streaming <https://phd.moodle.aau.dk/course/view.php?id=1205>


Description:

The course is concerned with the development of the audio/visual media 
sector regarding distribution and content platforms, from technology, 
market and policy perspectives.

Media landscapes have gone through major changes throughout the history 
and have been undergoing fundamental changes in recent years and will 
continue to do so in the near future. The changes have intensified in 
the last two decades starting with the digitalization of broadcast 
infrastructures and presently with the development of streaming 
platforms and the development of broadband infrastructures and cloud 
platforms that most likely will result in the end of dedicated 
infrastructures for media distributions. Time shifting, place shifting, 
video / audio on demand, and global networks for distribution of 
audiovisual content are just a few examples of these changes. The 
implications are, e.g., the transformation of the traditional media 
distribution and delivery platforms and content markets, as well as a 
disruption of home video markets and the record / music industry. 
Furthermore, there are major changes in the usage and consumption 
behavior connected with terminal devices and the combination of 
audiovisual applications and services with social networking applications.

These changes are driven by the interplay between technological 
developments, market developments and new business models and the policy 
and regulatory environment. The aim of this course is to discuss the 
driving forces for such changes and to examine the implications for the 
markets, industries, users and the technological development. The course 
takes it basic point of departure in discussing the materiality of the 
media. The end of dedicated infrastructures does not mean that the 
material basis for media production and consumption ‘dematerializes’. It 
means that it changes with implications for media production, 
consumption and industrial structures.

The course will address the following topics:

Media convergence
New business models
The materiality of new media
Standardization processes
Dedicated TV and radio infrastructures - the current status and future 
perspectives
Linear and nonlinear audio-visual services
IP based Over the Top (OTT) and hybrid platforms
Development of fixed and mobile broadband infrastructures, including LTE 
and 5G as platform for audio visual services
Market developments and usage
Silo based versus open media platforms


Organizer: Reza Tadayoni (reza /at/ cmi.aau.dk) and Anders Henten 
(henten /at/ plan.aau.dk)

Lecturers: Jannick Sørensen, Knud Erik Skouby, Anders Henten, Reza Tadayoni

ECTS: 2

Time: May 23-24 2019

Place: AAU Copenhagen

City: Copenhagen

Number of seats: 20

Deadline for application: May 2nd 2019


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