Create & Produce
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Executive InterviewsInterview: Mohamed Jalal Al Rayssi, Director General, Emirates News Agency
IBC365 speaks with Emirates News Agency (WAM) Director General Mohamed Jalal Al Rayssi on the challenges and future of the media industry ahead of the upcoming Global Media Congress in Abu Dhabi.
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Executive Interviews
On the front line of audio and video storytelling innovation
Self-styled ‘accidental entrepreneur’ Jeff Kofman tells Anne Morris how Trint grew out of the desire to free journalists like himself from mundane tasks such as transcribing interviews, allowing them to focus on the more creative elements of their jobs.
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Executive Interviews
The Rise Up Academy: Helping media technology resolve its skills crisis
As the industry canters towards a rush of new technologies it does so having to resolve a massive shortage of skilled people, plus an embarrassing diversity deficit. The Rise Up Academy is on the front line of these two battles, and it has opened career windows for many primary and ...
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Executive Interviews
Netflix lays off 300 employees after subs drop
Netflix has laid off 300 employees, its second round of job cuts in a matter of weeks.
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Executive Interviews
Euro 2020 interview: Phil Bigwood, BBC
BBC TV Sport executive producer Phil Bigwood tells IBC365 about the “extremely challenging” nature of covering the Euro 2020 tournament.
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Executive Interviews
Interview: Phil Holdgate, ITV Studios
ITV Studios’ recently appointed head of production sustainability Phil Holdgate talks with IBC365 about how the global production giant is seeking to reduce carbon emissions and cut waste on its shows.
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Executive Interviews
Interview: Roy C Anthony, DNEG
With a roving brief to explore the nexus of technology and art, Roy C Anthony is revelling in his new role as global head of research at DNEG.
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Executive Interviews
Interview: Cara Sheppard, Twickenham Studios
After a majorly disrupted 2020, production in the UK looks to be well and truly back on track and Twickenham Studios, led by managing director Cara Sheppard, is keen capitalise.
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Executive Interviews
Interview: Lucy Cooper, Union VFX
IWD: Union VFX managing director and Access VFX and Animated Women board member Lucy Cooper reflects on running a visual effects facility during Covid times, the outlook for VFX, and what more the industry could do to attract and retain diverse talent.
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Executive Interviews
Interview: Úna Ní Dhonghaíle, editor
The multi-award winning editor of Three Girls, The Crown and Death on the Nile speaks with IBC365 about her journey to becoming one of Hollywood’s most sought after editors.
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Executive Interviews
Interview: Tami Reiker, cinematographer
IWD: In the first in a series of interviews with inspirational female leaders to mark International Women’s Day, Tami Reiker ASC reveals how she made history as the first woman to win an American Society of Cinematographers Award.
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Executive Interviews
Interview: Arthur Soong, Viewpointec by DesignLED Group
Advances in LED display technology and more elaborate customisation are opening up new opportunities in immersive and interactive broadcast studio applications, Viewpointec by DesignLED Group CEO Arthur Soong tells David Davies.
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Executive Interviews
Interview: Ted Schilowitz, Paramount Pictures
Paramount’s resident futurist talks AR and VR, branching narratives, volumetric video and how the pandemic has helped accelerate new ways of working.
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Executive Interviews
Interview: Brian Sullivan, NEP CEO
In his first in-depth interview since taking over as chief executive of NEP Group, Brian Sullivan explains why he thinks the broadcast services and facilities giant is set to thrive despite the constraints of coronavirus.
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Executive Interviews
Grass Valley’s Tim Shoulders: “New ownership will help accelerate our cloud production plans”
Following the recent completion of its acquisition by Black Dragon Capital and the launch of the GV AMPP platform, Grass Valley President Tim Shoulders tells David Davies about his vision for the cloud and the importance of the new GVx Customer Council.
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Executive Interviews
Interview: EVS CEO Serge Van Herck
EVS has dominated the sports market for decades. Having almost completed his first year as CEO, Serge Van Herck outlines the company’s plans for growth.
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Executive Interviews
Super-serving the post community
Corralling technical and creatives teams to work efficiently and seamlessly is post-production supervisor Gemma Nicholson’s forte. She tells IBC365 why she started Post Super and speaks of the juxtaposition power of moving pictures as art and business.
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Executive Interviews
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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Executive Interviews
Driving diversity: Working smarter with tech
On a mission to drive a smarter and fairer future for the media and entertainment industry, Kate McLaughlin founded and leads a start-up business which straddles film and technology. She tells IBC365 about the importance of having an appetite for change.
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Executive Interviews
Interview: Vanessa Whyte, DoP
Cinematographer Vanessa Whyte started out by shooting her own music videos, has since worked with Ridley Scott and set up DoP group Illuminatrix to champion women. Whyte chats to IBC365 about pushing the gender balance and pursuing opportunities.
