Christian Timmerer
@timmerer.com
Researcher, entrepreneur & teacher on immersive multimedia communication, streaming, adaptation, & QoE. CIO & Co-Founder at Bitmovin (YC S15). Professor at AAU/ITEC. http://timmerer.com
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Christian Timmerer
@timmerer.com
· Nov 15
I've set up a starter pack on Video Tech. Please share and let me know if you're interested in joining. Thanks! go.bsky.app/KMv5Lid
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Did Netflix buy the wrong thing? WBD = Old Media. But TikTok - that should have been the deal Sarandos made www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/New...
Netflix move on WBD means others have to scale fast or die trying
At the start of 2025 Netflix set a target of achieving 430 million subscribers worldwide by 2030. The deal to acquire the streaming platforms not to mention content of Warner Bros. Studios means this ...
www.streamingmedia.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Did Netflix buy the wrong thing? WBD = Old Media. But TikTok - that should have been the deal Sarandos made www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/New...
Open position: Professor of Cybersecurity (all genders welcome) @uniklagenfurt.bsky.social
Application deadline: 14 January 2026
Further information available here: jobs.aau.at/en/job/5-2/
Application deadline: 14 January 2026
Further information available here: jobs.aau.at/en/job/5-2/
Professor of Cybersecurity (all genders welcome) – Universität Klagenfurt | Job-Portal
jobs.aau.at
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Open position: Professor of Cybersecurity (all genders welcome) @uniklagenfurt.bsky.social
Application deadline: 14 January 2026
Further information available here: jobs.aau.at/en/job/5-2/
Application deadline: 14 January 2026
Further information available here: jobs.aau.at/en/job/5-2/
Reposted by Christian Timmerer
Reposted by Christian Timmerer
Netflix: AV1 powers 30 per cent of all viewing www.tvbeurope.com/media-manage...
Netflix: AV1 powers 30 per cent of all viewing - TVBEurope
Netflix said it sees "significant opportunities" for AV1 beyond traditional VoD streaming, and is "currently evaluating" how the codec can hyperscale concurrent viewership
www.tvbeurope.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Netflix: AV1 powers 30 per cent of all viewing www.tvbeurope.com/media-manage...
Predoc Scientist (all genders welcome) | Wireless Sensing or Drone Coordination at @uniklagenfurt.bsky.social
Application deadline: 10 December 2025
jobs.aau.at/en/job/predo...
Application deadline: 10 December 2025
jobs.aau.at/en/job/predo...
Predoc Scientist (all genders welcome) | Wireless Sensing or Drone Coordination – Universität Klagenfurt | Job-Portal
jobs.aau.at
December 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Predoc Scientist (all genders welcome) | Wireless Sensing or Drone Coordination at @uniklagenfurt.bsky.social
Application deadline: 10 December 2025
jobs.aau.at/en/job/predo...
Application deadline: 10 December 2025
jobs.aau.at/en/job/predo...
Nice, the VCIP'25 conference currently happening in Klagenfurt is in the Austrian news (in German): Internationale Konferenz in Klagenfurt: Bilder zwischen Realität und Fiktion www.sn.at/leben/karrie...
Internationale Konferenz in Klagenfurt: Bilder zwischen Realität und Fiktion
KI-Systeme und realitätsnahe Bilder inklusive Chancen und Risiken stehen im Rahmen eines weltweiten Kongresses in Kärnten auf dem Programm.
www.sn.at
December 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Nice, the VCIP'25 conference currently happening in Klagenfurt is in the Austrian news (in German): Internationale Konferenz in Klagenfurt: Bilder zwischen Realität und Fiktion www.sn.at/leben/karrie...
MPEG news: a report from the 152nd meeting multimediacommunication.blogspot.com/2025/11/mpeg...
MPEG news: a report from the 152nd meeting
This version of the blog post is also available at ACM SIGMM Records MPEG News Archive The 152nd MPEG meeting took place in Geneva, Switzer...
multimediacommunication.blogspot.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
MPEG news: a report from the 152nd meeting multimediacommunication.blogspot.com/2025/11/mpeg...
This is not good at all... #AcademicSky 🧪
This is by a large margin the most serious problem and mistake in conference peer review I have seen in my career. Apparently a many people were aware of this and many could find out who their reviewers were. This probably has created a large number of unnecessary enmities.
@iclr-conf.bsky.social
@iclr-conf.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM
This is not good at all... #AcademicSky 🧪
Congrats to Daniel Silhavy and his team: dash.js v5.1.0 released
The main changes in this release include initial support for L3D DASH, MPEG-5 LCEVC Scalable support, support for the preselection element and a Cue Interval Tree for fast cue lookups.
Release notes: github.com/Dash-Industr...
The main changes in this release include initial support for L3D DASH, MPEG-5 LCEVC Scalable support, support for the preselection element and a Cue Interval Tree for fast cue lookups.
Release notes: github.com/Dash-Industr...
Release dash.js v5.1.0 · Dash-Industry-Forum/dash.js
Features
#4839 Add support for L3D DASH by @dsilhavy
#4572 Add MPEG-5 LCEVC Scalable support by @v-nova-romas
#4812 Add a Cue Interval Tree for fast cue lookups by @eduter
#4790 Add support for the...
github.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Congrats to Daniel Silhavy and his team: dash.js v5.1.0 released
The main changes in this release include initial support for L3D DASH, MPEG-5 LCEVC Scalable support, support for the preselection element and a Cue Interval Tree for fast cue lookups.
Release notes: github.com/Dash-Industr...
The main changes in this release include initial support for L3D DASH, MPEG-5 LCEVC Scalable support, support for the preselection element and a Cue Interval Tree for fast cue lookups.
Release notes: github.com/Dash-Industr...
VCIP’25 Program has been updated and I’m looking forward to welcoming everyone in Klagenfurt, Dec 1-4, 2025
🚀 The #VCIP2025 program is live!
🎤 Keynotes from leading experts
🎓 Tutorials & overview talks on AI, video, and compression
🧠 Technical sessions, special events, and a vibrant social program in Klagenfurt 🇦🇹
Science. Innovation. Connection.
👉 vcip2025.itec.aau.at/program-at-a...
🎤 Keynotes from leading experts
🎓 Tutorials & overview talks on AI, video, and compression
🧠 Technical sessions, special events, and a vibrant social program in Klagenfurt 🇦🇹
Science. Innovation. Connection.
👉 vcip2025.itec.aau.at/program-at-a...
Program at a Glance – VCIP 2025
vcip2025.itec.aau.at
November 14, 2025 at 5:40 AM
VCIP’25 Program has been updated and I’m looking forward to welcoming everyone in Klagenfurt, Dec 1-4, 2025
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So it begins … I’m expecting more of this in the future and not only for voice.
Michael Caine allows ElevenLabs to create AI version of his voice
www.tvbeurope.com/artificial-i...
www.tvbeurope.com/artificial-i...
Michael Caine allows ElevenLabs to create AI version of his voice - TVBEurope
Over 25 other iconic voices are available in the company's Iconic Marketplace, including those of Dr Maya Angelou, Alan Turing, Liza Minelli, and Art Garfunkel
www.tvbeurope.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
So it begins … I’m expecting more of this in the future and not only for voice.
Reposted by Christian Timmerer
This week's most popular articles: 4 - AWS plans new Atlantic cable capable of streaming 12.5 million high definition films simultaneously
www.tvbeurope.com/media-manage...
www.tvbeurope.com/media-manage...
AWS plans new Atlantic cable capable of streaming 12.5 million high definition films simultaneously - TVBEurope
The new cable will improve global connectivity and meet rising demand for cloud computing and AI, said the company
www.tvbeurope.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This week's most popular articles: 4 - AWS plans new Atlantic cable capable of streaming 12.5 million high definition films simultaneously
www.tvbeurope.com/media-manage...
www.tvbeurope.com/media-manage...
Wow, I've just seen the 75000th MPEG input document ;)
November 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Wow, I've just seen the 75000th MPEG input document ;)
🚀 The #VCIP2025 program is live!
🎤 Keynotes from leading experts
🎓 Tutorials & overview talks on AI, video, and compression
🧠 Technical sessions, special events, and a vibrant social program in Klagenfurt 🇦🇹
Science. Innovation. Connection.
👉 vcip2025.itec.aau.at/program-at-a...
🎤 Keynotes from leading experts
🎓 Tutorials & overview talks on AI, video, and compression
🧠 Technical sessions, special events, and a vibrant social program in Klagenfurt 🇦🇹
Science. Innovation. Connection.
👉 vcip2025.itec.aau.at/program-at-a...
Program at a Glance – VCIP 2025
vcip2025.itec.aau.at
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🚀 The #VCIP2025 program is live!
🎤 Keynotes from leading experts
🎓 Tutorials & overview talks on AI, video, and compression
🧠 Technical sessions, special events, and a vibrant social program in Klagenfurt 🇦🇹
Science. Innovation. Connection.
👉 vcip2025.itec.aau.at/program-at-a...
🎤 Keynotes from leading experts
🎓 Tutorials & overview talks on AI, video, and compression
🧠 Technical sessions, special events, and a vibrant social program in Klagenfurt 🇦🇹
Science. Innovation. Connection.
👉 vcip2025.itec.aau.at/program-at-a...
University meets Industry at @uniklagenfurt.bsky.social happening now
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
University meets Industry at @uniklagenfurt.bsky.social happening now
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category. Is that the end of survey articles? #AcademicChatter blog.arxiv.org/2025/10/31/a...
November 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category. Is that the end of survey articles? #AcademicChatter blog.arxiv.org/2025/10/31/a...
Live Streaming Video Platform Market is likely to Reach USD 827.53 Billion by 2035, Growing at a CAGR of 20.08% During 2025 - 2035 industrytoday.co.uk/it/live-stre...
Live Streaming Video Platform Market is likely to Reach USD 827.53 Billion by 2035, Growing at a CAGR of 20.08% During 2025 - 2035 - Industry Today
Live Streaming Video Platform Market is set to reach $827.53 Billion by 2035, growing at a 20.08% CAGR. Get detailed market analysis, trends, and forecasts for 2025-2035
industrytoday.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Live Streaming Video Platform Market is likely to Reach USD 827.53 Billion by 2035, Growing at a CAGR of 20.08% During 2025 - 2035 industrytoday.co.uk/it/live-stre...
Int'l Conf. on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP'25): Call for Participation featuring keynotes by Thomas Wiegand, Daniel Schien, and Silvia Miksch
1-4 December 2025, Klagenfurt, Austria
Early bird registration deadline: 31 Oct, 2025
Web site: vcip2025.itec.aau.at #AcademicSky 🧪
1-4 December 2025, Klagenfurt, Austria
Early bird registration deadline: 31 Oct, 2025
Web site: vcip2025.itec.aau.at #AcademicSky 🧪
October 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Int'l Conf. on Visual Communications and Image Processing (VCIP'25): Call for Participation featuring keynotes by Thomas Wiegand, Daniel Schien, and Silvia Miksch
1-4 December 2025, Klagenfurt, Austria
Early bird registration deadline: 31 Oct, 2025
Web site: vcip2025.itec.aau.at #AcademicSky 🧪
1-4 December 2025, Klagenfurt, Austria
Early bird registration deadline: 31 Oct, 2025
Web site: vcip2025.itec.aau.at #AcademicSky 🧪
Submitting your paper to arXiv while under double-blind review at a conference could compromise the double-blind process, even though most conferences do not view arXiv submissions as formal publications. I think conference organizers should reconsider their policy wrt preprints. What do you think?
October 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Submitting your paper to arXiv while under double-blind review at a conference could compromise the double-blind process, even though most conferences do not view arXiv submissions as formal publications. I think conference organizers should reconsider their policy wrt preprints. What do you think?
Reposted by Christian Timmerer
Vaguely inspired by xkcd
xkcd.com/963/
xkcd.com/963/
October 20, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Vaguely inspired by xkcd
xkcd.com/963/
xkcd.com/963/
>>It is not a defense to a charge of plagiarism or of inaccuracy to argue that "an LLM did it"<< #AcademicSky 🧪
October 17, 2025 at 6:08 AM
>>It is not a defense to a charge of plagiarism or of inaccuracy to argue that "an LLM did it"<< #AcademicSky 🧪
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📢 #MMSP2026 invites Special Session Proposals!
We’re looking for 3–4 sessions on new or cross-disciplinary topics in multimedia signal processing.
Submit your PDF proposal to the SS Chairs — see details on the MMSP 2026 site:
attend.ieee.org/mmsp-2026/ca...
#IEEE #SignalProcessing #Research
We’re looking for 3–4 sessions on new or cross-disciplinary topics in multimedia signal processing.
Submit your PDF proposal to the SS Chairs — see details on the MMSP 2026 site:
attend.ieee.org/mmsp-2026/ca...
#IEEE #SignalProcessing #Research
October 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
📢 #MMSP2026 invites Special Session Proposals!
We’re looking for 3–4 sessions on new or cross-disciplinary topics in multimedia signal processing.
Submit your PDF proposal to the SS Chairs — see details on the MMSP 2026 site:
attend.ieee.org/mmsp-2026/ca...
#IEEE #SignalProcessing #Research
We’re looking for 3–4 sessions on new or cross-disciplinary topics in multimedia signal processing.
Submit your PDF proposal to the SS Chairs — see details on the MMSP 2026 site:
attend.ieee.org/mmsp-2026/ca...
#IEEE #SignalProcessing #Research
Happy World Standards Day 2025! Here are my thoughts from an MPEG point of view... multimediacommunication.blogspot.com/2025/10/happ...
Happy World Standards Day 2025!
Celebrating innovation, interoperability, and collaboration through international standards. Every year on October 14, we celebrate World St...
multimediacommunication.blogspot.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Happy World Standards Day 2025! Here are my thoughts from an MPEG point of view... multimediacommunication.blogspot.com/2025/10/happ...
Congrats, Ayman, for getting his first paper accepted at @uniklagenfurt.bsky.social as part of his doctoral thesis:
"Resolution vs Quantization: A Trade-Off for Hologram Compression" at the 38th Picture Coding Symposium (PCS) 2025 in Aachen, Germany.
athena.itec.aau.at/2025/09/reso...
"Resolution vs Quantization: A Trade-Off for Hologram Compression" at the 38th Picture Coding Symposium (PCS) 2025 in Aachen, Germany.
athena.itec.aau.at/2025/09/reso...
Resolution vs Quantization: A Trade-Off for Hologram Compression | ATHENA Christian Doppler (CD) Laboratory
athena.itec.aau.at
October 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Congrats, Ayman, for getting his first paper accepted at @uniklagenfurt.bsky.social as part of his doctoral thesis:
"Resolution vs Quantization: A Trade-Off for Hologram Compression" at the 38th Picture Coding Symposium (PCS) 2025 in Aachen, Germany.
athena.itec.aau.at/2025/09/reso...
"Resolution vs Quantization: A Trade-Off for Hologram Compression" at the 38th Picture Coding Symposium (PCS) 2025 in Aachen, Germany.
athena.itec.aau.at/2025/09/reso...