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IST Event: TOWARDS THE LAUNCH OF A PAN-EUROPEAN NETWORKED AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA INITIATIVE, held 16 th November 2004. |
The Networked and Electronic Media Industrial Initiative (NEM Initiative) held its public launching workshop on 3rd December 2004 in Nice.
Expression of Interest (word 94 Kb)
Agenda NEM Workshop and presentations
European Industrial Initiative launched for the development of networked and electronic media in Europe Nice, 3rd December 2004 . Leading European players in the telecom, consumer electronics and media industry launched a joint industrial initiative for the accelerated development of Networked and Electronic Media (NEM) technologies and services in Europe . Today, the promoters of the NEM, namely Thomson, leader, Alcatel, France Telecom, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Intel, Nokia, Philips and Telefónica I+D, supported by Rose Vision and Eurescom, have presented the initiative to the public at a workshop in Nice. The main objective of the NEM initiative is to foster the development and introduction of novel audiovisual and multimedia broadband services and applications to the benefit of citizen, enterprises and with significant impact on the European economy in the context of the Lisbon objectives. The NEM Initiative is a unique opportunity to bring to all European citizens access to the European cultural diversity. This is based on the adoption of a "Strategic Research Agenda" to serve as a common framework for research and innovation in Europe . This initiative will accelerate the pace of innovation bringing Europe to the forefront of NEM technologies. The focus of the NEM Initiative is on innovative services based on a mix of various media forms, delivered seamlessly and interactively over a variety of complementary access networks to a variety of terminals and devices, and will thereby improve the quality, enjoyment and value of the user experience. In addition, the NEM Initiative will stimulate worldwide regulations and standardization policies. It will allow EU industry and sector actors to master the required technologies of the value chain, to develop a consensus on the required standards, to promote international co-operation and to support the regulatory process. In this vision, NEM assumes the challenges, risks and opportunities derived from the convergence of the audiovisual technologies, the broadband technologies and networks, the consumer and professional equipment for multimedia applications and services. More than 120 experts all over Europe have participated in this launching event, representing content producers (television, gaming, etc.), broadcasters, telecom equipment manufacturers and operators, consumer electronics manufacturers, silicon manufacturers, service providers, academic institutions, European and national initiatives, standardization organizations, industry associations, universities and technological centers. During the workshop , all the speakers expressed the support and commitment of their companies to dedicate resources towards the setting up of the NEM initiative. The implementation of the NEM vision through a European Technology Platform will provide , through a broad consensus process, strong and ambitious inputs for the European Union 7th Framework Programme and will work with other European and national R&D initiatives, such as the CELTIC Eureka programme. The NEM Initiative has high societal relevance and will foster Europe´s growth, competitiveness and sustainable development. Expression of interest by organizations on the NEM industrial initiative is publicly available. 1.- The workshop has been organised with the support of Rose Vision , Eurescom and Homega-Research. |
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The Networked and Electronic Media Industrial Initiative (NEM Initiative) will hold its public launching workshop on 3rd December 2004 in Nice.
A leading group of European Research and Technological Developers have agreed to work towards the launch of an Industrial Initiative (Technology Platform) in the Networked and Electronic Media (NEM) field in order to enhance, increase and make the most efficient use of the European efforts in the R+D and fostering the development of new audiovisual and multimedia broadband services and applications in the NEM field.
A NEM vision has been developed and will be widely discussed with all constituencies in the NEM sector. The acting proponents of the NEM Initiative have concluded that this sector is sufficiently important for Europe (in terms of industrial, business and societal impacts) that requires full attention in the preparation of a long term research agenda, including the Framework Programme 7. The vision of the NEM Initiative has been supported by the previous work carried out within the New Media Council group of the Networked Audiovisual Systems and Home Platforms strategic objective of the FP6. The core group of launching Entities of the NEM Initiative includes ALCATEL, EBU, FRANCE TELECOM , INTEL, NOKIA, PHILIPS, TELEFONICA, THOMSON, supported by EURESCOM and ROSE VISION.
The NEM Initiative focuses on the development of new multimedia services and applications oriented to serve to the users and workers through the research and development of new content technologies, new delivery technologies, integration of existing content and delivery technologies, seamless use of delivery networks, assuming an evolutionary framework from current home and office towards broadband extended home and office environments. In this vision, NEM assumes the challenges, risks and opportunities derived from the convergence of the audiovisual technologies (content, processing, delivery and presentation), the broadband technologies and networks, the consumer and professional equipment for multimedia applications and services. It will allow EU industry and sector actors to completely master the required technologies of the value chain, to develop a consensus on the required standards, to promote international co-operation and at the same time matching the overall regulatory process with the power and range of the new technologies and services.
A public workshop will be held on 3 rd December 2004 in Nice, taking opportunity of the Net@Home 2004 Conference (30 th November to 2 nd December) and the NAVSHP Concertation meeting (2 nd December). The date of the meeting will allow you to attend the 'Net@home' conference, and the regular Project Concertation meeting, if you wish. Information on these events is available at www.rose.es/navshp , www.ist-bip.org and www.net-athome.com . Further information on NEM Workshop agenda will be available in these websites, including the NEM vision draft (doc 4.90 Mb). You may wish to show your interest (doc 94 Kb) on the NEM Initiative by sending an email to NEMinitiative@rose.es or info@nem-initiative.org. More information is available at www.nem-initiative.org.
We look forward to see you in Nice.
NEM Initiative Promoters
NOTE: The NEM Industrial Technology Initiative is also being assisted by the Commission services. Discussions within the New Media Council (a group advising the FP6 projects) are guided and chaired by Mr. David Wood (European Broadcasting Union) assisted by the European FP6 project AVISTA (IRT, PHILI PS , TDF, TELVIUM, ROSE, EBU), external strategy consultants and the European Commission staff of the Unit D2. Further information on this work is available at www.rose.es/newmediacouncil.
Participants at the high level group of strategists in the New Media Council are: AIE-GIART-FILAIE, ALCATEL, BERTELSMANN, BSKyB , CENELEC, DEUTSCHE WELLE, DIGITAL-LIFESTYLES, DHWG, DVB, EBU, EPFL-MPEG IMPL GROUP, ERICSSON , FRANCE TELECOM , HOMEGA RESEARCH, IMEC, INTEL, IRT, ISDM, MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY SPAIN, NOKIA, PHILIPS, ROSE, SGAE, SMARTHOUSE, SONY, STMICROELECTRONICS, TAHI, TDF, TELEFONICA, TELENOR, TELVIUM, THOMSON, TPS, UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA, UPM-MADRID, ZETACAST and others . Participants in the core NEM group are: ALCATEL, EBU , FRANCE TELECOM, INTEL, NOKIA, PHILIPS, TELEFONICA, THOMSON, supported by EURESCOM and ROSE VISION. This group is coordinated by Patrick Baudelaire ( Thomson ).