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DPP publishes guidance for VOD supplier onboarding

24.03.2021

This new guidance sets out commonly agreed best practices that are simple to implement and can drive significant time and cost savings. It is recommended reading for both senders and receivers of VOD content.

Tech File Delivery Workflows Implementation Guidance VOD

Committed To Sustainability Guidance Notes

Information on how to collect and interpret the information needed for your Committed to Sustainability response.

Tech Sustainability

DPP guidance makes IMF implementation easier

17.07.2019

The DPP has today released four documents to support the industry’s deployment of IMF for Broadcast & Online.

IMF Tech Versioning Recommendation Implementation Guidance

DPP005 IMF Operational Guidance

This Guidance document helps adopters to make sense of IMF standards, specifications and terminology, and understand their impact on workflows.

IMF Tech Production Workflows Versioning Guidance

Members

DPP launches news metadata guidance

22.05.2018

The DPP has announced the release of a new implementation guide: DPP Metadata Exchange for News.

Tech Recommendation News Metadata

DPP007 - Content Supplier Onboarding

This guidance sets out commonly agreed best practices that are simple to implement and can drive significant time and cost savings.

Tech File Delivery Workflows Implementation Guidance VOD

DPP Committed to Security Programme Updates

15.06.2020

We've reviewed & updated the DPP Committed to Security programme checklists and guidance

Tech Security Certification DPP Update Guidance

DPP004 IMF QC Workflows

This Guidance document provides an overview of how QC processes can be adapted to suit component based media workflows, using formats such as IMF.

IMF Tech Workflows Versioning Guidance QC

Sustainability

Building an environmentally sustainable media industry

Tech Sustainability Certification

Humans Not Robots and Red Bee Media join forces to enable the DPP Committed to Sustainability programme

07.09.2023

The DPP are delighted that Humans Not Robots are co-enabling the Committed to Sustainability programme alongside long standing sponsor Red Bee Media.

Sustainability

Downloads

Find all the DPP's downloadable technical documents and other assets.

Calls for media companies and supply chain to rehearse collective cyber response

27.04.2022

Expert contributors to Cyber Security Secrets call for collective effort to mitigate cyber incident which could impact multiple organisations.

Security

DPP publishes Recommendation DPP008 Business to Business Metadata Exchange

13.01.2022

Business to Business Metadata Exchange aims to reduce friction in the media supply chain at the points of content interchange, specifically around the exchange of metadata.

Recommendation Supply Chain Tech Update Tech Network

Recommendation DPP001 Live IP Profiles updated to version 1.1

07.12.2021

The document defines a number of profiles for the exchange of live content over IP networks, maximising interoperability between parties by limiting the number of different profiles in use.

Recommendation Tech Update Tech Network

The DPP partners with Convergent for its Committed to Security Programme

03.11.2021

The DPP announces the launch of a new partnership to enhance and grow the DPP Committed to Security Programme.

Tech Security Implementation

Cloud adoption disrupts established relationships in the media industry, reveals new DPP insight

27.10.2021

The Cloud for Media series explores the present reality of media in the cloud, and sheds light on the challenges that remain.

Research Insight The Cloud For Media

DPP and SMPTE publish major updates to IMF documentation

04.08.2021

The DPP has collaborated with SMPTE® on the publication of a new pair of SMPTE Recommended Disclosure Documents resulting in adoption by the BBC this summer.

IMF Tech Specification Versioning

DPP Tech Network: January 2021

At this Tech Network update we discussed recent DPP technical insights, updates to DPP technical projects and projects on the roadmap for 2021.

Tech Tech Network

DPP Tech Network: January

18 January 2021

DPP members meet to hear the latest updates from DPP technical projects, and participate in discussion around them

Tech Tech Network

DPP Tech Network: October

5 October 2020

DPP members meet to hear the latest updates from DPP technical projects, and participate in discussion around them.

Tech Tech Network

DPP reveals key success factors for maximising the value of content libraries

29.09.2020

Achieve the resilience and responsiveness now required of a modern media company, maximise the value of your archives, and ensure they’re fit for an uncertain future.

Transformation Workflows Research Metadata Supply Chain Design for Tomorrow

DPP identifies key success factors for an agile media factory

15.09.2020

Content Preparation, the second report in our Design for Tomorrow series, identifies the key success factors for the design of content preparation operations in an unpredictable media market.

Tech Transformation Research Supply Chain Design for Tomorrow

DPP provides the design principles to help companies succeed in an uncertain future

25.08.2020

A new DPP report, Key Design Principles, provides practical guidance, and five foundational components, for any organisation determined to build back better from the turmoil of 2020.

Transformation Research Design for Tomorrow

Key Design Principles

25.08.2020

Discover the five Key Design Principles for any organisation determined to build back better from the turmoil of 2020, and equip your company to succeed, even when the future is unknown.

Transformation Research Design for Tomorrow

Unique DPP research project documents the stress and uncertainty of lockdown

21.07.2020

In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic the story commonly told is that the media industry moved to remote working quickly and well; and this is true. But no-one has reported what happened next - until now...

Cloud Transformation Production Workflows Research Supply Chain Connectivity

DPP and Digital Catapult launch AI in Media Challenge

05.06.2020

An exclusive new initiative to enable the next generation of media AI solutions, created in partnership with Digital Catapult

Tech AI Metadata Business Requirements

How green is our DPP house?

24.03.2020

A few months ago we revealed the DPP’s Committed to Sustainability score. What does our progress look like and how can our experiences help you?

Sustainability Opinion

COVID-19 and Secure Remote Working

17.03.2020

How can you stay ahead of cyber criminals, who are already using Covid-19 as part of phishing campaigns?

Security

News Organisations Collaborate Through the DPP

13.12.2019

For a number of years we have been working with news organisations to facilitate collaboration and information exchange.

Tech News Metadata

Committed to Sustainability Mark Usage Guidelines

This Mark Usage Guideline provides guidance and sets out the conditions for using the Committed to Sustainability Mark(s).

Tech Sustainability

The DPP in 2020: helping to build intelligent businesses

23.10.2019

How will smart media companies make their business decisions in 2020? How will a broadcaster’s CTO decide which new technology areas are worthy of their team’s attention?

Opinion Tech Leaders' Briefing IP Supply Chain

DPP and NABA launch IMF Application Constraint DPP (JPEG2000) published by SMPTE

23.08.2019

The DPP in collaboration with NABA has today announced the publication of the second SMPTE Technical Specification (TSP) for the IMF for broadcast and online use cases.

IMF Tech Specification Versioning

Supplement for HDR

This document provides guidance on the technical and operational practices used during the production of HDR programmes.

Tech File Delivery UHD

Why DPP technology work isn’t about technology

28.06.2019

Change is perhaps the only constant in our industry. And the landscape has certainly changed a lot in the last few decades.R

Tech Transformation Opinion Implementation

IMF For Real

11.04.2019

Bright and early on Tuesday morning, a dedicated group of enthusiastic DPP members turned out at our NAB breakfast briefing.

IMF Tech Versioning Implementation

A Producer's Guide to File Delivery

05.10.2017

Guidance on the end-to-end file delivery process from file creation (AS-11) and metadata insertion through to QC and delivery

File Delivery Production Workflows

10 Things You Need to Know About Going Live Online

24.08.2017

Which online platforms do professional content producers need to consider? How to get set up and deliver your content effectively online

Cloud Production Workflows IP 10 Things

DPP helps accelerate industry move to UHD

27.01.2016

The DPP has today announced a technical standard for the delivery of Ultra High Definition (UHD) programmes.

Tech DPP At Home Production Workflows UHD Implementation

DPP Launches Quality Control Guidelines

13.03.2014

The DPP has released a set of standardised UK Quality Control Requirements

Tech File Delivery QC

The Bloodless Revolution

01.05.2012

Practical tips for anyone delivering an end-to-end digital production. Plus, a checklist to help ensure the smoothest route through the production jungle.

Production Workflows