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 TrendsIABM spells out top priorities for media tech firms
IBC2018: Senior execs from companies such as Avid, AWS, NEP and ITV debate the state of the industry at IABM Business Breakfast.
Industry TrendsCollaboration is key, says EBU technology boss
IBC2018: European public service broadcasters are under pressure to “create great things together” says new EBU Director of Technology and Innovation Antonio Arcidiacono
Executive InterviewsInterview: Matt Tabaccos, Ruptly
A multi-disciplinary media executive with over 12 years of experience in cross media production and business development. Matt Tabaccos leads the commercial strategy at Ruptly Video News Agency, helping the company become the go-to brand in news media.
Executive InterviewsDefining HDR colour space
Don’t mention the HDR standards war to Jeremy Booth because he is happily distanced from it. The compositing TD from Jellyfish Pictures is much more concerned with the bigger picture around colour and VFX.
Industry TrendsBranding: What's in a name?
Is ditching a legacy brand name a good idea – and, if so, how should you go about successfully rebranding a company?
Industry TrendsBrexit: Media industry concerns
With the deadline to Brexit fast approaching, IBC365 asks leading media executives about the big issues they want government to resolve.
Industry TrendsSurfing the AI wave
In this second part of an IBC365 focus on becoming cloud - and micro services - native, we follow on from what vendors Grass Valley and Avid said in part one, and look to the umbrella under which all broadcasters gather to resolve the great technology issues – the European ...
Industry TrendsVendors cast a critical eye on the private cloud
Migrating broadcast operations to private cloud environments is increasingly popular, but for reasons of agility, efficiency and even creativity, but the future model may lie more in the direction of micro-services and the public cloud, according to the big broadcasting vendors
Industry TrendsOn a mission to master
Work on the standard mastering format for B2B content distribution across the digital landscape has been a long process, but a gathering of the leading cheerleaders for IMF at NAB in Las Vegas may indicate that consensus is closer than ever
Industry TrendsNAB 2018: “Incredible interest” shown in AV1
Some of the leading exponents of AV1 speak with IBC365 about the origins of AV1, the industry’s reaction to the codec, and how it is likely to evolve.
Industry TrendsInside the IP Showcase at NAB 2018
IP is finally on a home run according to 56 vendors and eight prestigious industry bodies behind the NAB 2018 IP Showcase.
Industry TrendsIMF: DPP and SMPTE explain the spec
SMPTE and DPP explain why they are working together on the creation of an Interoperable Master Format (IMF) specification for broadcast and online and what progress has been made so far.
Industry TrendsSale or scale: The future of production
The Royal Television Society (RTS) took the lilt and inference of the property and design franchise show Love It or List It for an evening panel session on the stark implications of eye-catching buy-outs in the media markets.
Industry TrendsMetadata, AI and automated workflows: Vendors' news tech plans
Making sure that metadata remains with material, the use of AI to search archives and workflows that allow journalists to publish one story to multiple platforms simultaneously - George Jarrett completes a two-part look at the newsroom technology market.
Industry TrendsDelivering the story: Newsroom technology
In the first of a two part series on newsroom technology, George Jarrett talks to the BBC and vendors about enabling journalists and delivering content to digital and broadcast platforms.
Industry TrendsWhat's holding back HDR?
The availability of BBC natural history series Blue Planet II in UHD HDR has been one of the more high profile recent HDR releases, but have the variety of industry standards and approaches hampered rollout?
Industry TrendsHow the EBU is pioneering greater personalisation
An automated recommendation system developed by members of the EBU and in use by Switzerland’s RTS and Portugal’s RTP is the work of a development team spread throughout Europe.
Industry TrendsHow CBC Radio Canada wants to create open-source SMPTE 2110 software
CBC Radio Canada wants to reduce the barriers to entry for smaller software developers and boost interoperability.
Industry TrendsIBC2017 round-up: Trade bodies and industry alliances
The broadcast and media industry’s trade bodies were out in force at this year’s IBC, demonstrating technology advances, forging alliances and showcasing their standards work.
Executive InterviewsInterview: Michael Jaschke, glomex
With a promise of fair ad revenue shares, detailed analytics and one-click embedded codes, glomex has strong ideas when it comes to monetisation.
