All Broadcast engineering articles
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Industry Trends
Young ambitions: how to reignite the attractiveness of technical roles in media
Severe shortages in technical skills and lack of interest from younger generations are all worrying trends identified in IABM’s latest Talent Shortages in Media Tech report. The organisation’s Head of Skills and Development Stuart Ray discusses some of the biggest challenges facing employers and educators and how initiatives such as ...
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Daily News
European debut for Widepath’s ReplayMaster
Developed to deliver slow-motion replays and highlight reels for sports broadcasters, Widepath’s ReplayMaster is set to make its European debut at IBC.
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News
Technical skills and deep-rooted ambition praised at the RTS young technologist of the year awards
The Royal Television Society (RTS) presented their annual Young Technologist of the Year Award to Benjamin Sheppard, Design Engineer at BBC for his “profound impact” on one of the country’s leading broadcasters, with the RTS Excellence in Technology 2024 going to YouView TV’s Connor Webster.
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Industry Trends
How can broadcast engineers keep pace with seismic shifts in the media tech landscape?
IT-based broadcasting is continually evolving and engineers face new challenges in key growth areas such as IP-based production and cybersecurity. John Maxwell Hobbs breaks down the resources at hand to help broadcast engineers stay on top of their game.
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Daily News
Cellnex picks Synamedia for RTVE in Spain
Telecoms and broadcasting infrastructure provider Cellnex opted for Synamedia’s virtual digital content manager (vDCM) to support Spanish public broadcaster RTVE in Spain.
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Industry Trends
IWD2023: Gender diversity in broadcast technology: forward momentum, but the pipeline needs work
In 2022, in honour of International Women’s Day, we looked at the state of gender diversity in broadcast technology. The consensus of the interviewees was that although the industry had made progress, there was more that needed to be done. One year on, we are revisiting the topic with a ...
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News
Obituary: Michael Cox (1932–2022)
One of the great joys of IBC and the industry it represents is the wonderful characters that have inhabited it. Mike Cox, who died on 1 April, was most definitely one of those characters.
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News
RTS calls for entries for Young Technologist of the Year Award
The Royal Television Society is accepting entries from ambitious engineers and technologists who have recently embarked on a career in broadcast or related industries.
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News
Creative studio to train university students in virtual production as industry demand grows
Final Pixel Academy and the University of Greenwich have partnered to offer a Virtual Production (VP) Skills Course to third-year film and TV students to help address a skills gap in the sector.