Media dispatch group
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The Media Dispatch Group was created in 2003 as an activity of the Professional-MPEG Forum
to create a vendor-neutral open technology to create integrated solutions for the professional exchange of large media files securely over IP networks. Members of the Media Dispatch Group include representatives from broadcasters
, facility houses, equipment manufacturers, and the digital cinema
production community, as well as liaisons with the wider standards community.
Recent developments in media technology have concentrated on the convergence of digital media with computers, leading towards completely tape-less systems for broadcast media. Moving to a completely integrated system offers cost advantages as well as the promise of increased efficiency and reliability of the whole system through the greater use of automation. For this reason, many organizations are moving or getting ready to move to the use of file-based digital media, both within their organizations and between organizations.
However, there is no generally accepted integrated solution for the secure exchange of large media files in the professional environment. The Pro-MPEG Forum
set up this group was created to define a recommended practice for securely dispatching large media files over IP networks, using a collection of existing interchange standards.
The main focus of the group is currently to define, implement and test the Media Dispatch Protocol
(MDP), an open protocol for organisations to initiate a delivery, agree on the details of how it should happen, and manage the delivery.
Pro-MPEG
Pro-MPEG – the Professional-MPEG Forum – is an association of broadcasters, program makers, equipment manufacturers, and component suppliers with interests in realizing the interoperability of professional television equipment, according to the implementation requirements of...
to create a vendor-neutral open technology to create integrated solutions for the professional exchange of large media files securely over IP networks. Members of the Media Dispatch Group include representatives from broadcasters
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
, facility houses, equipment manufacturers, and the digital cinema
Digital cinema
Digital cinema refers to the use of digital technology to distribute and project motion pictures. A movie can be distributed via hard drives, optical disks or satellite and projected using a digital projector instead of a conventional film projector...
production community, as well as liaisons with the wider standards community.
Recent developments in media technology have concentrated on the convergence of digital media with computers, leading towards completely tape-less systems for broadcast media. Moving to a completely integrated system offers cost advantages as well as the promise of increased efficiency and reliability of the whole system through the greater use of automation. For this reason, many organizations are moving or getting ready to move to the use of file-based digital media, both within their organizations and between organizations.
However, there is no generally accepted integrated solution for the secure exchange of large media files in the professional environment. The Pro-MPEG Forum
Pro-MPEG
Pro-MPEG – the Professional-MPEG Forum – is an association of broadcasters, program makers, equipment manufacturers, and component suppliers with interests in realizing the interoperability of professional television equipment, according to the implementation requirements of...
set up this group was created to define a recommended practice for securely dispatching large media files over IP networks, using a collection of existing interchange standards.
The main focus of the group is currently to define, implement and test the Media Dispatch Protocol
Media dispatch protocol
The Media Dispatch Protocol was developed by the Pro-MPEG Media Dispatch Group to provide an open standard for secure, automated, and tapeless delivery of audio, video and associated data files...
(MDP), an open protocol for organisations to initiate a delivery, agree on the details of how it should happen, and manage the delivery.