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Industry TrendsA question of acquisition: New codecs for a higher resolution, remote production future
New demands in terms of decentralised production, cloud workflows and UHD are among the influences shaping the market for acquisition codecs, writes David Davies.
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Industry Trends
MPEG at war: The future of video codecs beyond 2020
MPEG co-founder Leonardo Chiariglione has left the standards body, declaring it dead… but MPEG disagrees. So what is going on at the video standards group, and how will it impact the codec wars? Adrian Pennington investigates.
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News
SMPTE transforms annual event into immersive, interactive remote experience
SMPTE has unveiled plans to hold its 2020 technical conference and exhibition as an interactive and immersive remote experience.
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Industry Trends
365 Playlist: Codecs
With 2020 predicted as crunch time for the “codec wars” IBC365 rounds up features on compression and codecs, from EVC and VVC to VC-6 and AV1.
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Webinar
Plug and play or plug and pray? Making microservices work
Join IBC365 on Wednesday 24 June at 2pm BST to find out how media microservices are being widely adopted for new media solutions in the content supply chain.
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Industry Trends
Cracking the code – AI enters the frame
The traditional means of optimising video streaming workflows have run their course. Future advances will be made in software automated by AI.
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Industry Trends
Analysis: Grass Valley’s future under the Black Dragon
Will Grass Valley’s fourth owner in the last two decades skyrocket the company mission to champion software technology and cloud services? IBC365’s Alana Foster speaks with industry analysts to probe the acquisition.
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Industry Trends
2020: Crunch time for codecs
Three new codecs will enter an already complex market this year as patent wrangling looks set to beset the promoters of video streaming codec AV1.
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News
RIST Forum appoints new directors to drive interoperability
Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST), which champions interoperability for the broadcast market, has announced the appointment of new directors to drive this vision for 2020.
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Thought Leadership
International Women’s Day: Each for equal
The #MeToo movement started a generation of change. Advocacy group Rise managing director Carrie Wootten looks back at its success and forward to industry change.
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Video
Tech Expert: Inside Codecs
Video: In this week’s Tech Expert, Ken McCann explains the importance of the role of codecs including HEVC, AV1 and VVC.
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News
HbbTV releases targeted advertisings specs
HbbTV Association has announced the release of HbbTV-TA, the first open specification for targeted advertising for live broadcast TV.
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News
Disney scientists use AI to enhance video compression
Computer scientists from the University of California, Irvine and Disney Research have demonstrated how deep learning can compete with classical codecs using AI-enhanced video compression.
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Whitepaper
Cloud video editing: fast, efficient and scalable
Discover how editing and publishing video in the cloud can be very fast, efficient and scalable. This cutting edge platform provides rapid access to video content for the easy creation of clips and highlights to multiple devices and platforms.
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News
Visual Data acquires Digital Post Services
Multichannel media management company Visual Data Media Services has struck a deal to acquire Hollywood-based Digital Post Services.
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Industry Trends
Live graphics: Delivering differentiation
Ensuring that broadcast graphics remain effective and consistent is no small feat in the era of OTT services and Augmented Reality, writes David Davies.
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News
Women’s mentoring group Rise opens 2020 programme
Rise, the advocate group for gender diversity within the broadcast manufacturing and services sector, has launched its third annual mentoring scheme.
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News
Mediaset’s shareholders approve Media For Europe
Mediaset España’s shareholders have approved amendments to the articles of association of the planned holding company that will house Mediaset’s merged Italian and Spanish arms.
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News
DPP predicts globalisation to impact M+E
The DPP has published its annual media industries predictions revealing the challenges and opportunities affecting media supply chain.
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News
Black Dragon Capital to acquire Belden’s Grass Valley
The entirety of Grass Valley will be acquired by a private equity firm led by former Avid CEO Louis Hernandez, with aims to accelerate the business into a cloud-based technology leader.
