Standards: Appendix B - Special Interest Groups
These are a few examples of special interest groups that operate in the media and broadcasting sphere. They publish useful supporting materials that will help you deploy standards-based products.
This is an Appendix to our series of articles on Standards.
| Organization | Description |
|---|---|
| ACM | The Association for Computing Machinery is a professional body for computing and manages a large range of special interest groups covering specific topics. They also have a large digital library for access by members. |
|
ACM Siggraph |
This special interest group within ACM is concerned with computer graphics. |
| IMIS | The International Moving Image Society was previously known as the BKSTS. They publish very useful reference wall charts with detailed information about cinematic film gauges and processes and an informative knowledge base. |
| MPAI | The Moving Pictures by AI group are researching how to compress video and other content using AI techniques. |
|
NAG Numerical Library |
A collection of algorithms that have been optimized for mathematical and statistical purposes. Not really a standard but a useful collected body of computing knowledge and techniques. As we develop software for analytics and processing, these algorithms will save a lot of time. |
| IEEE | The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is based in New York. They publish a wide range of scholarly journals and resources containing papers written by experts in broadcasting and telecommunications. Not to be confused with the IEE or IET organizations. |
| IET | The Institution of Engineering and Technology works to promote careers in engineering. They publish a range of useful resources. They have assimilated various other organizations such as the IEE. |
| NAB | The National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association that represents the interests of radio and television broadcasters in the USA. This is particularly useful because there are a lot of independent broadcasters in America. Their annual conference proceedings contain informative papers. |
| IBC | The annual International Broadcasting Convention have published many conference proceedings with relevant and useful technical papers. |
| BBC R&D | Historically, a lot of useful material has been published by the BBC. If you are working with legacy archive material, this might be a valuable resource. Some technical papers were also published in collaboration with the independent commercial TV services in the UK. |
Part of a series supported by
You might also like...
Remote Contribution At NAB 2025
The technology required to get high quality content from the venue to the viewer for live sports production remains an area of intense research and development, so there will be plenty of innovation and expertise in this area on the…
Playout Monitoring & Compliance At NAB 2025
Automation, interoperability, and scaling are overarching themes at NAB 2025, associated with continued progression of hybrid video services that are tilting more and more towards streaming. For monitoring and compliance, this means increasing integration across the whole workflow and content lifecycle,…
Streaming Delivery At NAB 2025
Hybrid workflows combining cloud and on-premise systems, and application of AI for personalization, are major streaming themes for NAB 2025. There is an even stronger focus on remote production than at previous shows, especially for live sports. Security of live streams…
OTA TV Transmission At NAB 2025
It is time to consider the state of the US TV Transmission industry and how this might be reflected on the NAB 2025 show floor.
Channel Creation & Playout At NAB 2025
Playout is moving to the public cloud as broadcasters take this next step in their strategies for master control, even as some analytics functions are being drawn back towards on premise systems. This will be reflected by the offerings and…