10th FOKUS Media Web
Symposium

June 13–14, 2023 – Fraunhofer FOKUS

Daniel Wolbers

Head of Bid Solution Management

Media Broadcast

Daniel Wolbers heads the bid & solutions management in product management at Media Broadcast, this includes the development of commercial and technical solutions for customer inquiries to Media Broadcast as well as product development. In addition, he represents Media Broadcast in various 5G committees focus on campus networks. Previously, Daniel Wolbers was responsible for product management networks & product innovations and various functions in technology.

Media Broadcast is part of the freenet Group; as Germany’s largest service provider for the broadcasting and media industry, it is your partner for digitalisation. The company plans, sets up and operates multimedia transmission platforms for TV and radio on the basis of modern station, cable and satellite networks. Media Broadcast is the market leader in DAB+ and DVB-T2 HD and markets the freenet TV platform; in addition, it has a shareholding in Antenne Deutschland, the nation-wide DAB+ platform operator.

The company also connects broadcasters with its high-availability fibre optic network and realizes productions and broadcasts of live events for TV stations and companies. Since end of 2020 Media Broadcast runs a 5G standalone campus network and develop with partner and customers innovative 5G use cases for media sector and the industry. The company’s headquarters are located in Cologne, Germany. There are several hundred service employees deployed across the country.

  • 13:30 - 14:30 | Session 1

    5G-MAG: Fostering collaboration towards 5G Media Services and Applications

    Jordi J. Gimenez

    Head of Technology

    5G-MAG

    Conceptual business and architectural approach to enhance online delivery with satellite services

    Bram Tullemans

    Program manager broadband technology and online services

    EBU

    5G Media Streaming Advances– towards a universal Media Distribution Platform

    Thomas Stockhammer

    Senior Director Technical Standards

    Qualcomm Technologies

    15:00 - 16:00 | Session 2

    Towards AR for the masses with 5G Media standardization

    Emmanuel Thomas

    Senior Media Engineer

    Xiaomi Technology

    Understanding Metaverse and the Network Requirements

    Thibaud Biatek

    Senior Standardization Specialist

    Media Connectivity & Architecture, Nokia Networks, France

    Leveraging 5G for Media & Entertainment Use Cases

    Williams Tovar

    5G Media Streaming Solutions Director

    Ateme

    Thasso Griebel

    Technical Lead Player Development

    castLabs

    16:30 - 18:00 | Session 3

    Current use cases for tv productions via private 5G

    Daniel Wolbers

    Head of Bid Solution Management

    Media Broadcast

    5G for mobile journalism and media productions – an insight into currenct projects at RTL Germany

    Jens Schilder

    Project engineer

    RTL

    Media production with 5G

    Thorsten Lohmar

    Expert Media Delivery

    Ericsson Research

    SWR 5G Campus Network – Towards Nomadic Use

    Markus Berg

    Head of Broadcast and Media Systems