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Twitch has acquired the Internet Gaming Database. Launched in 2014, the IGDB is a website that aims to gather all relevant information about games in one place and create an egalitarian community for gamers and gaming industry pros. The Amazon-owned streamer will integrate the IGDB database into its own apps and services and use it to enhance Twitch’s search and discover features. IGDB is merging its premium and free tiers into a single new free tier. TWITCH ACQUIRES IGDB
This year’s IBC show put esports centre stage – literally – in its Esports Showcase. The Showcase filled the auditorium in Amsterdam with curious tech-heads and very interested investors. The IBC Esports Showcase allowed tech vendors like EVS, IHSE, Lagardère and NEP to live demo the workings of an esports tournament broadcast with the gameplay displayed on a large cinema screen. Esport leagues provided National Championship teams from Germany and Spain, which went head to head in a live Counter-Strike tournament. A panel discussion included speakers from the British Esports Association, GINX Esports TV Canada, EVS, ESL, Twitch and Blizzard. IBC2019 HIGHLIGHTS ESPORTS
AIMS PUBLISHES NEWSPEC The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) has released an update to the AIMS roadmap for a standards-based approach to applying IP technologies in broadcast operations. to their networks and configure it with a minimum amount of human interaction. The JT-NM Tech Stack Part 1 summarises standards, specifications and documents specific to additional constraints related to this domain of use.
The update includes an important addition, developed by the Joint Task Force on Networked Media (JT-NM). The addition, dubbed JT-NM Tech Stack Part 1 (JT-NM TR-1001-1), provides specifications and guidance designed to make SMPTE ST 2110-based systems easier to deploy and operate, leading to greater efficiencies for broadcasters. JT-NM TR-1001-1 enables the creation of network environments in which end users can take delivery
This is the latest in a progression of IP-based standards that launched with SMPTE ST 2022-6, which established an SDI-over-IP baseline, then added AES67 for audio over IP, and followed with SMPTE ST 2110 for standardised transport of audio, video and ANC. “Now the industry is seeing broader and more mainstream IP deployments, JT-NM TR-1001-1 will play a key role in making IP installation and operation easier and more straightforward,” said AIMS board member Andy Warman.
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