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News
Celebrating Change: Sir Lenny Henry to headline BE YOU Festival
Soho Media Club, the network that brings together film, TV and media communities, has announced that Sir Lenny Henry will headline its annual festival. The Soho, London event will run on 13 July, more information and tickets are here: BE YOU Festival
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News
Georgia Brown to Chair UK Skills Task Force
Georgia Brown, the former head of Amazon Studios Europe, is to chair the Skills Task Force, an industry-led group that aims to tackle labour shortages in the UK’s production screen sectors.
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Executive Interviews
AI and ML: Diversity, Deep Fakes and the Potential for Social-Economic Change
Jigyasa Grover is – by any standards - a high achiever in the field of Machine Learning. A multi-award winner in AI and Open Source, Co-author campaigning for a data-centric approach to ML, and currently Twitter’s Senior ML Engineer, she spoke to IBC365 about the risks and opportunities that data ...
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Industry Trends
IWD2023: Gender, Ethnicity & Class Pay Gaps in TV and tech
The industry pay gap was the key topic at Wonder Women Live, an annual women’s networking event which champions diverse women who work in television and the creative industries, reports Sheryl Hickey.
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Executive Interviews
Tech innovation, people power and the importance of inclusion
On diversity, the root of the issue and how to not stunt its growth, IBC365’s Sheryl Hickey talks to Daniella Weigner, tech company founder and Rise Woman of the Year 2022 for her insights on tech, diversity, inclusion and workforce retention strategies.
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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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Video
Women leading the direct-to-consumer revolution
IBC2022: Google is committed to addressing the diversity and, in particular, the gender gap in the media and entertainment industry. Hear from female executives about their unique experiences leading teams in the direct-to-consumer space, how we can better empower more diverse leadership in media and entertainment, and the actions needed ...
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Webinar
Webinar: Building a culture of inclusivity: Why D&I is for everyone
Join IBC365 on-demand to gain advice for leadership on building a diverse and inclusive workplace, as broadcasting and streaming strives to improve this issue within the industry.
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Industry Trends
MWC 2023 Preview: 5G, Sustainability and revenue models
As the telecoms industry convenes in Barcelona for the annual Mobile World Congress (MWC), it has more than a few headaches to resolve, writes Adrian Pennington.
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Industry Trends
IBC2023 Accelerators preview: Where sporting innovation has no limits
The IBC2023 Accelerators programme has begun in earnest, with initial discussions around pitch proposals from a core team of key Champions and Participants beginning in December 2022 - including representative Champions from Microsoft, Warner Bros Discovery, BBC, Sky Sports, BT Sport and DAZN. The team has been developing ideas taking ...
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Industry Trends
Behind the Scenes: The Woman King - Battle hardened?
Historical action epic The Woman King, may have missed the Oscars nod, but has been widely acclaimed by critics and audiences alike. Adrian Pennington speaks to British DoP Polly Morgan about crafting a powerful and diverse film.
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News
Rise Awards 2022 honour women in media technology
Rise, the advocacy group for gender diversity in the media technology sector, announced the winners for the 2022 Rise Awards at a ceremony at BT Sport Studios last week.
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Video
Soho Media Club: In Conversation with John Olivieira
IBC2022: This Soho Media Club session kicks off with an “In conversation with John Olivieira”. John Olivieira, publisher at OneWorld, shares insight into how he got started in the media space as well as discussing the challenges in the industry. John is currently chairman of the board of the European ...
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News
Women account for only 25% of all film directors in Europe
Women still only represent a quarter of all film directors working in Europe, according to a European Audiovisual Observatory report.
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Industry Trends
Opening the conversation: Diversity in media and broadcasting
The conversation around diversity in media and broadcasting was a key focus among many of IBC2022’s speakers and panellists and was particularly emphasised in Day Three’s session with ‘Soho Media Club: In conversation with John Olivieira - moving the diversity and inclusion needle’.
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Industry Trends
IBC2022: The Hottest Themes and trends of IBC2022
The IBC2022 Show ended on a high earlier this week, after four days of high-quality networking, more than a thousand exhibitors, and some robust analysis of the wider industry from some of the biggest names and brands in the M&E world. Here we take a look at some of the ...
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Video
RISE: Strive to Rise
IBC2022: Strive to Rise is a new formal recognition programme designed by Rise for companies working across the media technology industry working towards gender equality. This initiative has been designed to encourage and celebrate good practice within organisations and to support companies to increase and diversify their pool of talent. ...
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Industry Trends
IBC2022: True gender equality in media tech on the rise
Sunday morning on the IBC Conference stage saw three companies discuss how they have piloted Strive to Rise, a new formal recognition programme for media technology companies working towards gender equality.
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Industry Trends
The challenge: Ethics of VR and AR in media
Speaking at IBC2022, Nonny de la Peña, Journalist, Filmmaker, Virtual & Augmented Reality (VR/AR) pioneer & Founder, Emblematic Group explained just why VR and AR will play an increasingly important part in global media and entertainment.
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Video
IBC Digital 2021: Creating a more diverse workforce with STARZ’s Jamila Daniel
Jamila Daniel, Chief Diversity Officer for Lionsgate and Senior Vice President of Human Resources at STARZ, is responsible for partnering with the company’s leadership team to effect organisational changes in policy and culture that lead to a more diverse and inclusive workplace. In this IBC Digital 2021 video, she explains ...