Subject: [Hls-interest] HLS-Interest Meeting: Interstitials and content-steering

From: Josh Tidsbury <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 11:17:01 -0800

Hello HLS-Interest,

Apple plans to host a WebEx teleconference meeting of the HLS-interest group on Wednesday, February 17th, from 10 AM to 1 PM (Pacific). We plan to present and discuss two topics:

(1) Plans to add high-level interstitial support to HLS. This will make it easier to create and deliver bumpers and mid-roll ads (as well as more advanced experiences such as dynamic scheduling and late binding to current ad inventory that are difficult to achieve with earlier techniques). We will discuss the developer preview of this feature, which is available in the iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS 14.5 betas and the macOS Big Sur 11.3 beta.

(2) Plans to add explicit content steering support to HLS. This will enable content providers to indicate that their content is present on two or more endpoints (CDNs, for example) and deterministically steer clients between them during playback to manage server load and failure response.

Please reply to me with other topics that you would like to discuss on the call. Note that the IETF intellectual property rules will govern this meeting, which means that any discussion can be considered an “IETF contribution."

Here is the WebEx dial-in information:

https://appleinc.webex.com/appleinc/j.php?MTID=m500f3ef24645ecb58de7213ee94f1b7b

Meeting number: 187 178 2496
Password: G5JhS6FJ7NZ

Join by video system
Dial [email-masked]

Join by phone
+1-415-655-0003 United States Toll
+1-416-915-6530 Canada Toll
Access code: 187 178 2496

Global call-in numbers:
https://appleinc.webex.com/cmp3300/webcomponents/widget/globalcallin/globalcallin.do?siteurl=appleinc 

Some guidelines during the meeting:
- Please remain on mute throughout the meeting unless called upon to ensure that the presenter can be heard
- We’re expecting a high number of participants, and would request that everyone disable their camera except when speaking
- If you have a question or would like to comment, please ask the hosts via the chat function, and we will queue in the order received

We look forward to collaborating with the community on these new HLS features.

Many thanks,
Josh Tidsbury

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Josh Tidsbury
Technology Evangelism
Apple
[email-masked]