SMPTE ST 2094-60: Bridging Consistency and Creativity

Description

High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology enhances video with greater contrast, brightness, and a wider color gamut, qualities that are driving rapid adoption of the technology throughout the production and distribution of media. HDR plays a key role in preserving creative intent – giving broadcasters and content creators the freedom to tell richer visual stories while maintaining the integrity of artistic choices made during production.

HDR Single Master workflows, especially in live sports, have established new benchmarks for premium content creation, while also revealing ongoing challenges in achieving seamless, interoperable conversions throughout the production and delivery chain.

In this webinar, InterDigital will introduce the SMPTE Dynamic Range Conversion Characterization Metadata standard (ST 2094-60), which establishes a set of anchor points and associated metadata designed to ensure consistent and interoperable HDR conversions across different techniques.

Join the discussion to better understand the key challenges of live HDR sports production, alongside new solutions like Single Master workflows that support both HDR and SDR distribution. We’ll examine critical control points in HDR production, detail the essential behaviors of HDR-to-SDR converters across the media workflow, and give audiences an opportunity to learn how SMPTE ST 2094-60 enables reliable and predictable HDR–SDR conversions, from live capture to final delivery, while supporting interoperability between diverse technologies. This webinar will also address real-world applications of the standard, including streaming and broader distribution scenarios.

Speakers

David Touze

Principal Engineer , InterDigital

David Touze is Principal Engineer at InterDigital, with expertise in hardware design, system architecture and image/video processing. Since 2008, David has worked with teams leading research on new video formats, specifically High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Wide Color Gamut techniques adapted for live video production and distribution workflows. His contributions have been fundamental to the definition of HDR content distribution formats and standards. David began his career as a hardware design engineer, working on board design, FPGA, and ASIC development, followed by system engineering roles within telecommunications companies including Philips, Newbridge, and Alcatel. In 2004, David joined Technicolor, where he contributed to ASIC design in the field of video compression. He holds an engineering degree from the École Supérieure d’Électricité (Supelec).

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