The Authenticated Data Specification project is one of the eight Challenges in the 2023 cohort for IBC’s Accelerator Media Innovation Programme.
The project is championed by ITV, and the participants come from media data solution provider Fabric, media workflow developer and systems integrator Flomenco, The Entertainment Identifier Registry Association (EIDR), Amazon via IMDb, and The Language Metadata Table community (LMT).
The Challenge
The specific challenge as stated on the project site is:
Studios, Content Creators and Broadcasters lose control of their metadata once it is published. As content is distributed and it works its way through the entertainment data landscape, it becomes augmented and the original quality, messaging and intent becomes compromised.
This is why the industry needs Authenticated Data Specification, which will allow...
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