Executive Interviews
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Executive Interviews
IBC2020 cancellation: Q&A with IBC CEO Michael Crimp
Following the announcement that IBC2020 has been cancelled due to the coronavirus, IBC chief executive Michael Crimp speaks to IBC365 about the decision to cancel, and plans for going virtual.
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Executive Interviews
The CTO interview: Dave Travis, Red Bee Media
As a managed services provider to the media industry, Red Bee offers broadcasters, media companies and content owners the opportunity to outsource flexibility and innovation. Chief product and technology officer Dave Travis tells IBC365 how the company is able to keep ahead of developments in the media landscape.
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Interview: Marge Dean, Women in Animation
Organising people, money and time is Margaret Dean’s mantle. The Women in Animation chief tells IBC365 of the “tremendous” social impact animation as an art form has and the business changes occurring as the virtual pipeline becomes industry standard.
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Grass Valley’s Tim Shoulders on Black Dragon’s take over from Belden
Private equity firm Black Dragon led by a former Avid boss has acquired Grass Valley from Belden in a deal set to harness the company’s “responsible innovation” and foray into cloud and SaaS solutions.
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Executive Interviews
The DTG helps with UK Cyber Security legislation
DTG CEO Richard Lindsay-Davies talks cyber security, the move to IP and personalisation.
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Executive Interviews
Interview: Tim Shoulders on Grass Valley’s future
Belden has struggled with the “volatility” of Grass Valley’s broadcast business, but a new owner in the form of a private equity buyer will give the company a chance to invest and ”retrench”.
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Interview: Christophe Poulain, Worldcast Systems
Improving user experience and making products that are easier to configure and operate is a priority, says Worldcast Group co-president Christophe Poulain.
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Empowering all to thrive in broadcasting
As head of broadcast and entertainment for the UK & Ireland in Google’s Strategic Partnerships team, Justin Gupta, who is also part of IBC’s Content Steering Group, explains how the group has strived for a better gender balance throughout this year’s conference programme.
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Executive Interviews
Challenging media authenticity with diversity
Mainstream media must balance creativity and diversity, with LGBT visibility particularly low across the broadcasting industry, and authenticity key according to TV and radio presenter Stephanie Hirst.
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Executive Interviews
Lean machine learning
Threatened by a public referendum and squeezed for talent, Léonard Bouchet of RTS delivered revelatory tools while establishing a better work culture, all by embracing data-driven principles.
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Interview: Mathieu Yerle, Connect
Broadcasters are constantly analysing their performances and trying to circumvent workflow bottlenecks, and to do so they are relying on datasets that are getting larger and larger, says Connect director of sales and product strategy Mathieu Yerle.
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Cyber security should be ‘top priority’ for media companies
Cyber security expert Scott Borg tells IBC365 that the media industry is in “dire straits” if cyber policies and defences aren’t given the highest level of priority.
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Executive Interviews
The DPP lays out its key priorities
From the challenge of monetising online video, to the implications of artificial intelligence and the adoption of IMF, DPP managing director Mark Harrison spells out the key focuses for the organisation.
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Executive Interviews
Interview: Andy Maltz, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
Digital movie archives can be short-lived, and without concerted effort we risk losing part of our cultural history.
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Interview: Amedeo D'Angelo, Inside Secure
Three major threats - ad blockers, ad bots and hackers - are compromising ad-based revenue models, says Inside Secure Chairman and Chief Executive Amedeo D’Angelo.
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Executive Interviews
Crunch year for European content
Ahead of the IBC Leader’s Forum, Erik Huggers is ringing the alarm bell over the need for European broadcasters to rapidly build aggregated online offerings.
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Executive Interviews
Interview: Lily Cole and Kwame Ferreira, Impossible
Planet-centric design is user-centred, because it’s in humans’ best interests to have a healthy planet, say Impossible founders and IBC2018 keynote speakers Lily Cole and Kwame Ferreira.
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Interview: Melody Hildebrandt, 21st Century Fox
From board games to board rooms, the rise of Melody Hildebrandt to Global Chief Information Security Officer at 21st Century Fox has come at a time of great change and heightened risk in the media landscape.
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Executive Interviews
CTO Series: Mohamed Abuagla, Al Jazeera
The key challenges facing the broadcast industry are not just to do with technology, according to Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Abuagla.
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Executive Interviews
Interview: Hannes Strobel, Rohde & Schwarz
Rohde & Schwarz is helping its customers build functional workflows, drive supply chain efficiency and create IP-centric solutions, explains Hannes Strobel, Vice President of Monitoring and Headend.