Midgard Media Lab – NTNU is an advanced multi media lab with high capacity network access available for all interested participants at NTNU, and for external collaboration partners in Norway.
Multimedia lab Midgard Media Labprovides a common platform for advanced research within the technology, creation, production, digitalization, distribution, and presentation of multimedia contents. The lab also functions as a resource for research and education within media-related activities in a national perspective.
Midgard Media Lab – NTNU participates in “Åpen Kanal,” the Norwegian parallel to Open Channel and Public Channel.
Sponsored research The lab receives funding from the public financial sources for Telenor Research and Development, undertakes research assignments from public and private industry, and is supported by Consortium, which is established under Midgard Media Lab. Midgard also cooperates with departments, projects, and organisations at NTNU, and domestic and international R&D institutions. Media actors, both content and equipment producers, contribute content, assignments, hardware, and software to the lab.
Midgard Media Lab builds a dynamic academic network between interests, collaborating partners, and supporters both nationally and internationally.22.04.2005> Midgard Media Lab is a member of the international MPEG-4 Industry Forum, cooperates with Standard Norge and the Norwegian Trade Council’s New Media Network – NMN, and participates in the Norwegian universities’ reference group for the FRIDA project.
The laboratory is an independent unit. The initiators are the Department of Art and Media Studies, Department of Telecommunications, and Department of Telematics. The lab is managed by a council with representatives from these departments.
External partners The Norwegian Broadcasting Company - NRK and the telecom company Telenor. New partners may join the lab.
Midgard Media Lab – NTNU is also an Envivio European Academic Partner.
Further Information Midgard medialab - NTNU's homepage .
Contact Professor Andrew Perkis : (+47) 73 592383 Department of Electronics and Telecommunications
