MBT 2023 conference was held from 31st May to 1st June 2023 at the hotel Mediteran in Bečići, Budva, Montenegro. The organizer and host of the conference was Radio-difuzni centar (RDC) from Podgorica, Montenegro, with the support of the MBT Association.
The main topics of the conference were:
- Broadcasting infrastructure and spectrum – energy efficiency and CO2 reduction, automation, network management, alternative energy sources, UHF spectrum protection
- 5G broadcasting – new opportunities for broadcasters and network operators
- DAB+ digital radio – development in the region; small scale DAB, an opportunity for small radio broadcasters
PROGRAMME
| May 31, 2023 | |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Registration |
| 15:00 – 15:10 | Opening and welcome speeches Armend Milla, State Secretary, Ministry of Economic Development and Tourism & Tigran Vržina, MBT Association, President |
| 15:10 – 15:30 | Protecting UHF spectrum for broadcasting at WRC-23 and the value of DTT for Europe, Lars Backlund, Secretary General of BNE |
| 15:30 – 15:50 | Antenna Solutions for 5G Broadcast / Next Generation TV, Zoltan Metz, Broadcast Engineer, Sales Coordinator, Kathrein |
| 15:50 – 16:10 | OIV & RTV SLO 5G Broadcast project, Radovan Lovasić, Broadcasting Systems Senior Expert, OIV |
| 16:10 – 16:30 | Flexiva GX ultra-compact analogue FM transmitters – improved power efficiency and CO2 emission reduction in FM broadcasting, Aleander Kurz, Sales Director EMEA, GatesAir |
| 16:30 – 16:50 | Monitoring and testing solutions in broadcasting, Bojan Nikolić, Sales Manager, IBIS instruments |
| 16:50 – 17:10 | Coffee break |
| 17:10 – 17:30 | The global growth of DAB+, Jacqueline Bierhorst, Vice-President of WorldDAB |
| 17:30 – 17:50 | Small Scale DAB in the UK – the route to increased listener choice, Lawrence Galkoff, General Manager, Radioplayer Worldwide Ltd |
| 17:50 – 18:10 | Optimize the costs when building a DVB-T/T2 or DAB+ network, Luis Grela, Managing Director, Tredess |
| 18:10 – 18:20 | DAB+ status in Slovenia, Bojan Ramšak, Head of the development team, Oddajniki in zveze, RTV Slovenia |
| 18:20 – 18:30 | DAB+ status in Croatia, Bruno Cigrovski, Head of Broadcasting Systems Department, OIV |
| 18:30 – 18:40 | DAB+ status in Serbia, Sladjan Stanković, CTO, JP ETV |
| 18:40 – 19:00 | Aixtream 24/7 software for 5G audio reporting, DAB inhouse streaming applications and audio delivery to FM transmitters, Tobias Dornbusch, Product Expert, Ferncast GmbH |
| 20:00 – 23:00 | Gala dinner |
| June 1, 2023 | |
| 09:00 – 09:20 | Cutting Carbon Emissions with Next Generation Transmitters, Maurice Uhlmann, Product Manager Terrestrial Transmitters, Rohde & Schwarz Gmbh & Co KG |
| 09:20 – 09:40 | History & Facts about PLISCH, Georg Klauser, Engineer, Plisch, |
| 09:40 – 10:00 | ECRESO – FM transmitters and SmartFM, Tatiana Lisman, Key account manager, WorldCast Systems |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Energy savings in medium wave networks using MDCL technologies, Viktor Vámos, Technical expert broadcasting services, Antenna Hungaria ZRT |
| 10:20 – 10:40 | Coffee break |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Ultimate LIVE TV Contribution, Michal Wyrzykowski, Technical Sales Engineer, Appear TV |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | RF-over-IP, Darko Bujanovic, Regional Sales Representative, Evertz Microsystems Ltd. |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | The opportunities and challenges of video over IP, Andrej Zejn, Regional Sales Director, Net Insight |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | ATEME’s video delivery solutions, Jean-Marie Vouemba, Solution Engineer – CEE, Ateme |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | How to secure, optimize your network and create value with 3 Enensys solutions: monitoring, targeted advertising and IP transport and switching, Audrey Moysan, Sales Area Manager, Enensys |
| 13:15 | Transport from the hotel to Kotor bay |
| 14:00 – 21:00 | Lunch / boat cruising along the Boka bay |