George Jarrett
George Jarrett has written about film and TV industry subjects for four and a half decades. He started on the non-theatrical title Film User and went on to edit several industry titles, two of which he was founder of. He was also founding editor of the IBC Daily and the legendary weekly Soho Runner. He has been to NAB 35 times and to 46 IBC Shows. He has written for TVBEurope for many years and has written regularly for another six outlets. For IBC he produced and chaired nearly 50 workshops and master classes.
Industry TrendsGetting the industry to address the EBU Pyramid
Subjecting 32 vendors to 8,000 individual Tests: George Jarrett talks to the EBU and BBC R&D about the JT-NM Tested Program that lit up IBC with green and red.
- Industry Trends
MESA tackles OTT sport opportunities
MESA’s post IBC2019 review looked at multi-territory OTT sports platforms. George Jarrett reports.
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DPP: Globalising media at an industrial scale
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) had a three-pronged strategy for IBC fronted by IMF implementation.
- Industry Trends
Skill sets: Transitioning to data science and analytics
Are we ever going to plunge into being simply an IT industry? George Jarrett looks at the radical changes in skill sets needed as the industry transitions away from the linear broadcast model.
- Daily News
5G-MAG promises a multicast layer cake
IBC’s rich history as a launch pad for major industry initiatives takes another giant step today with the official launch of the 5G Media Action Group.
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Moving online has given the SCTE an edge in broadband training
IBC2019: The SCTE used part of its IBC2019 sessions to discuss the future of training and the benefits of online training platforms in a changing industry.
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IABM awards show vendors to be exceeding user demands
IBC2019: The nine categories of the IABM BaM Awards, mirroring the elements of the BaM Content Chain that runs from creator to consumer, produced a mix of big and small vendor names.
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Quality of user experience drives EBU platforms project
IBC2019: The EBU has called for more collaboration across European broadcasters.
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IABM offers its data riches to end users
IBC2019: The IABM, which began re-inventing itself seven years ago, has now totally shredded its ‘trad tech’ origins with a Global Engaged Partner program aimed at attracting influential end users.
- Executive Interviews
Interview: Olivier Jollet, Pluto TV
In a tough, competitive media market, choosing the right business model is crucial. Ahead of his appearance at IBC, Pluto TV’s Olivier Jollet tells George Jarrett how global game-changing media businesses should be developing new strategies.
- Executive Interviews
Interview: Dr. Oliver Schreer
Prior to his Monday conference session at IBC, ‘VR meets AR. Real and Virtual Space Become One’, Dr. Oliver Schreer talks to George Jarrett about his incredible 25-year research career in 3D and latterly VR.
- Executive Interviews
Interview: Bruce Devlin, SMPTE
Want to get to grips with the Interoperable Master File (IMF) standard? Mark your diary for IMF 101, taking place at IBC this year. George Jarrett talks to Bruce Devlin, AKA Mr MXF, in advance of this sure to be popular event at IBC.
- Executive Interviews
Interview: Colin Jackson, BBC
IBC2019’s Big Screen programme includes the Planet Innovation: A BBC Studios Natural History Showcase. BBC Natural History Unit’s Colin Jackson explains all about the genre.
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New body set to take 5G in hand at IBC
With 5G promising very high capacity broadband and low costs to the consumer, Europe needs to devise, assess and demonstrate a 5G network architecture for large scale immersive media delivery, says EBU’s Antonio Arcidiacono
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IABM embraces SaaS
What are the challenges, issues and potential benefits for both media companies and vendors as they transform to a software-as-a-service based mode?
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EditFest 2019: Just keep cutting
The seventh annual American Cinema Editors’ London EditFest offered insights into cutting for factual, TV drama, and features, George Jarrett reports.
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Olly Strous, ITN Productions
ITN Productions has adopted Sony CI cloud platform. George Jarrett speaks with head of postproduction Olly Strous to find out what Impact the technology has had to ITN’s workflow
- Industry Trends
How Fox Sports is preparing for the Women’s World Cup
Director of post-production at Fox Sports Brandon Potter explains how the broadcaster worked with some key vendors to deliver footage of the Russia World Cup and the lessons it learnt.
- Industry Trends
Broadcasting theatre on the big screen
The National Theatre is home to world-class productions and performances, but how are the plays broadcast to cinemas around the world?
- Executive Interviews
Sky’s Andrew Griffith – Challenge the status quo to thrive
How can businesses and academia successfully navigate a world being transformed by tech? That was the theme of the National Centre for Universities & Business’ (NCUB) Annual Lecture – delivered this year by Sky COO and CFO Andrew Griffith.
