Connected World

This year, for the first time the popular IPTV, Mobile and Digital Signage Zones are brought together under one roof within the new Connected World in Hall 9.

For companies working in these rapidly evolving fields, this is the ideal opportunity to connect with IBC’s 45,000+ attendees. IBC is at the forefront of presenting new technologies and developments in the electronic media industry, and has a rich heritage of offering innovation, information and inspiration through its world class conference and pioneering engagement initiatives such as the Big Screen Experience, Exhibition Business Briefings and, most recently, the Production Village.

The Connected World reflects the changes in the industry both from the supplier side, where established business models and thinking are being challenged by new technology and content delivery platforms, and from the consumer perspective, where the role of the viewer is changing from that of passive receptor to active selector from a globally-distributed content menu.

At its heart will be a major new attraction – The Connected World Hub.

Through a series of seminars and presentations, Connected World Hub will examine the issues arising from the convergence of consumer electronics devices and IP connectivity and how this will impact business models.

Three Armchair Revolution sessions running from Saturday to Monday will provide visitors with an introduction to the Connected World by examining the new landscape in which users are increasingly setting their own agenda and deciding their own viewing schedules.

Exhibition Business Briefings

As the new home for the popular IBC Exhibition Business Briefings, the Hub will provide multiple opportunities for discussion and networking for all those involved now - or likely to be affected in the future.

Now in their fifth year, these free-admission sessions attract IBC visitors keen to understand how fixed and wireless broadband technologies including IPTV, Mobile and Digital Signage are impacting content creation, management and delivery. 

The Exhibition Business Briefing agenda is set by the participating companies, and reflects the latest technical, regulatory, marketing and business trends.  IBC organizes nominated topics into themed 1½-hour sessions consisting of three presentations. 

Extensive promotion by both IBC and IT Europa, combined with the new show-floor venue surrounded by related technologies, will make the Exhibition Business Briefings a prominent and topical addition to IBC. 

TelecomTV will be supporting and contributing to sessions in the Connected World Hub.  Founded in 2001, TelecomTV transformed business-to-business communications by launching the first-ever online TV channel dedicated to the global ICT sector.  The 2010 Exhibition Business Briefing programme will be recorded and made available as video-on-demand after IBC, extending the life of these sessions well beyond Amsterdam in Septmeber.

Business Briefing presentation slots are included in all IPTV, Mobile and Digital Signage Zone Gold Sponsorship packages. 

Demo Stage @ The Hub

In addition, the Hub’s Demo Stage is available to host demonstrations that illustrate how content is, and will be, managed, distributed and consumed across diverse consumer electronic devices in the new Connected World. 

For more information about participating in IBC’s Connected World complete this enquiry form.