Asia-Pacific Broadcasting (APB) April 2016 Volume 33, Issue 3 | Page 19

NEWS & VIEWS April 2016 nections categorising data into three quadrants — “positive”, “neutral” and “negative”. Content can prevail across any plat- form, if you deploy the correct cross-media strategy, suggested Song Jaeheon, execu- tive director, KBS Content Business, Korea Broadcasting System (KBS). Song cited the example of the South Korean broadcaster’s broadcast of New Journey to the West, which received 53 mil- lion hits. Through online comments made by viewers, the programme was broadcast several times during peak hours on TV and posted online where it could be watched anywhere and anytime. With the advertising revenue effects, he underlined that content creators can indeed make money without traditional linear screens. “The essence of your content and its emotional appeal will remain key ingredients in content creation,” Song concluded. The transition from SD to HD, and pos- sibly to 4K/UHD and 8K in the future, is effecting changes in studio techniques and ushering in a transition from hardware to software solutions. How can broadcasters then keep up with not only these changes in the media landscape, but also the changes in viewer expectations and behaviour? Scheduling rights is central to any strate- gies broadcasters put forth, said Michel Beke, SVP product strategy at Belgium company MediaGeniX. “Scheduling rights need to be integrated with sales systems to create cam- paign-based promotion schedules,” he said. MediaGeniX believes that from a sched- uling perspective, it is now clear that non- linear and linear go hand-in-hand, that is, what is published on the linear sched- ule influences what is available on the non-linear schedule. At this year’s sympo- sium, MediaGeniX highlighted its flagship WHATS’On solution, which allows broad- casters to create both linear scheduling and video-on-demand (VoD) scheduling workflows. Channel owners today may have a vision in mind. More often than not, this vision is More than 1,000 delegates and participants representing 200 organisations from 56 countries discussed and debated on technologies and issues impacting Asia’s broadcast industry. NETWORK. AUDIO. VIDEO. CONTROL. smart IP live production infrastructure. Look at IP video core infrastructure with a whole new perspective. Flip your mind. Monday, April 18, 11:00 am, NAB booth N1822. Can your system manage? MediaGeniX’s Michel Beke (left) and Johan Vanmarcke asked delegates and visitors. 8 20 www.lawo.com 19