TF-Media: Task Force on Media Management and Distribution
The community of national research and education networking organisations (NRENs) has found that it is in a good position to provide audio and video recording, repository and distribution services to universities (where e.g., lectures can be recorded, archived and distributed), taking into account special requirements regarding quality, searchability, copyright, policy, etc.
The first TERENA workshop on Media Management and Distribution involved key players from NRENs and universities all around Europe. The goal was to identify their potential roles in developing this area, as well as the core group of researchers willing to work on the technical and administrative issues around those roles.
The initial workshop was held on 29-30 January 2009, in Zürich, Switzerland hosted by SWITCH, the Swiss NREN.
The outcome of the first workshop was that the collaboration among the NRENs to collect ideas, knowledge and experiences about technical and legal aspects of a federated multimedia production, management and distribution service on a pan-European scale is essential. TERENA has started to formulate a new task force on Media Management and Distribution issues called TF-Media.
The task force preparation meeting was held on 5-6 November 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic hosted by CESNET, the Czech NREN.
If you are designing, developing and/or deploying, operating, administrating multimedia production, management and distribution systems, services at your NREN or university and/or you are interested in the related collaboration, standardisation and legal issues, you are welcome to participate in the task force and share your experiences and ideas.
TF-Media details
Task Force Chair: Andy Zbinden (SWITCH)
Secretary: Peter Szegedi (TERENA)
Running period: January 2010 - December 2011