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Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands, and Slovenia boycott Eurovision

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ITV Sport Production to produce World Snooker Tour coverage for 5

News HBO Max has confirmed it is set to launch in the UK and Ireland in March 2026

HBO Max set for March launch in UK and Ireland

News Netflix explores Warner Bros Discovery bid

Netflix to acquire WBD for $72bn

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News Macquarie to sell Arqiva stake

Macquarie to sell Arqiva stake for £16.5m

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BBC remains popular but “must take a firmer grip” in crises, says Ofcom

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TikTok and YouTube trigger influencer boom among older audiences

Interview

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MediaForEurope expands European TV footprint with Impresa deal

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News Marc Mutra, Telefonica

Telefonica set to cut jobs in Spain to cut costs

News AWS announces Elemental MediaConnect router

AWS announces Elemental MediaConnect router

News Telus expands TV+ offering with support from 3SS

Telus expands TV+ offering with support from 3SS

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Gracenote: More effective search features needed to help viewers navigate content

Features

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UK television exports break £2bn barrier

News AI to disrupt sports and media landscape in 2026, warns IMG report

AI to disrupt sports and media landscape in 2026, warns IMG report

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Features Behind the Scenes: NRMA Ashes Series

TNT Sports and The Ashes: “We need to be at the heart of the story”

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Disney and YouTube TV agree carriage deal

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Paramount, Comcast and Netflix prepare bids for Warner Bros Discovery

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Clément Schwebig to succeed Thomas Rabe as CEO of RTL Group

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Innovations from Freely and CCMA’s 3Cat win acclaim at 2025 HbbTV Awards

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Older audiences lead adoption of film and TV viewing on YouTube

News

Fremantle UK names Adam Middleton as Head of Digital and Branded Content

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Apps become most popular way to watch TV

News

DAZN launches on Prime Video in UK and US

News

Denmark to ban social media access for under-15-year-olds

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News 5. ITV

ITV confirms talks with Comcast

News UK MPs call on Chancellor to introduce tax relief for film promotion

UK MPs call on Chancellor to introduce tax relief for film promotion

News UK government to ‘demystify’ creative jobs for young people

UK government to ‘demystify’ creative jobs for young people

News Disney pulls channels from YouTube TV

Disney pulls channels from YouTube TV

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News Winter Olympic: A first look at WBD’s studios in Cortina, Italy that will broadcast live each day during Milano Cortina 2026

Warner Bros Discovery unveils Olympic Winter Games studios

News John Malone to step back from Liberty Global’s media and telecoms empire

John Malone to step back from Liberty Global’s media and telecoms empire

News ITV strikes free-to-air darts deal

ITV strikes free-to-air darts deal

Features Channel 4's first genAI advert was for a food podcast

Can genAI unlock ad revenue for cash-strapped broadcasters?

News WPP Open Pro

WPP launches AI platform to plan, create, and publish clients’ ad campaigns

News Love Island

Liberty Global sells half of ITV stake

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One in 10 internet users watch 10-minute dramas, finds Ampere Analysis

News TV Switch off

UK TV switch-off date could leave 5.4 million households without access

News Big Blue Marble picks 3SS for Android TV

Big Blue Marble picks 3SS for Android TV

News Accedo said it has enabled sports media company FloSports to expand its service to Samsung and Vizio smart TVs

Accedo helps FloSports extend services to smart TVs

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Digital, free-to-air TV channel to rival big tech

News Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has stated that it is considering a sale

Warner Bros Discovery to put itself up for sale

News

Paramount Skydance expected to announce redundancies next week

News

Warner Bros. Discovery to revamp TLC as free-to-air channel in UK and Ireland

News Freely

Freely adds 10 new streaming channels to lineup

News Netflix and Spotify

Netflix to offer podcasts with Spotify deal

News F1 The Movie

Apple TV+ set for rebrand

News

Channel 4 and UKTV strike streaming deal

News MTV

MTV to cut five channels in UK

Tutorials

Why expand your IP into games?

Features

AI-powered measurement: Proving ad impact in a fragmented media landscape

Features NAB NY: 2024

NAB NY preview: Political backdrop casts long shadow over TV innovation

Tutorials

Measuring the value of the TV homepage

Tutorials

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News

UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy considers mix of BBC funding options

Interview Nicolas Winding Refn

Nicolas Winding Refn: “If you mass produce nothingness, why would anyone care?”

Tutorials

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Interview

Latest from Dolby designed to transform sports streaming experience

News

MediaForEurope in talks to acquire stake in Portugal’s Impresa

News

Channel 4 launches first-ever FAST channels on Freely

News

Comcast appoints Mike Cavanagh as Co-Chief Executive

News

Particle6 launches talent studio to create AI stars

News Norigin Media partners with SoundCloud

Norigin Media partners with SoundCloud

News Carlo Perotta, Aldena

Aldena introduces multiband antenna for FM and DAB+

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Rise Awards unveils 2025 shortlist

News MBC Group

Saudi Arabia’s PIF acquires majority stake in MBC Group

News Canal+ has taken effective control of Multichoice.

Canal+ takes control of South Africa’s Multichoice

News

YouTube collab with Broadcasters: Better Together

News

SES unveils new look

Features BBC Director General Tim Davie

RTS Cambridge Convention: One last wave of the flag for British news and content

News

UK public service broadcasters unite in call for government action

News

Netflix's Chief Product Officer Eunice Kim to leave

Features

How loud can you stream? Why sound levels are back on the agenda

News

How Fremantle worked with YouTube to demonetise fake videos

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Evan Shapiro: “Netflix knows who its competition is”

Features Jens Richter, CEO of Commercial and International at Fremantle, and Thomas Gruber, Co-CEO of ProSiebenSat1 PULS 4, spoke onstage at the IBC2025 Conference.

ProSiebenSat’s Thomas Gruber: “The answer isn’t more polish, it’s more human”

Reports

The TV 3.0 Revolution in Brazil: A Lighthouse for the Future of Broadcasting

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Tata Communications highlights focus on enabling sports organisations to deliver content to fans

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EBU’s Noel Curran: “We have to be careful about entering the opinion space”

Features

ABC Assist: Harnessing AI to empower journalists, not replace them

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Behind the scenes of Becoming Led Zeppelin with Director Bernard MacMahon and Sound Supervisor Nicholas Bergh

Interview deepdub

Future Tech: Deepdub to display AI-powered voice applications

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Interview: Twelvelabs to demonstrate semantic content discovery system

Features Rollo TikTok

TikTok: People 42% more likely to switch to live match after seeing clips on platform

News

UK broadcaster celebrates YouTube success

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Fremantle’s Jens Richter: “We want to make sure the AI knowledge is at every level”

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Mike Darcey: “Like trying to predict the impact of the internet from the standpoint of the ‘90s”

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YouTube and Channel 4 show they’re “better together”

Interview

YouTube’s Justine Ryst: “Come in the spaceship and reinvent the way we think about content”

Features

CTO Roundtable: WBD and ITV chart the future of AI in media

News

IBC2025 Session Summary: "How Microsoft and The Premier League are personalising the fan experience"

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Vimeo sold to Brightcove and WeTransfer owner Bending Spoons

Features

The affinity ecosystem: Evan Shapiro on streaming, studios, and the creator economy

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Banijay UK’s Donna Mulvey-Jones: “I’m looking for something that solves current problems”

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Tedial upgrades smartWork platform

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Future Tech: Files.com details latest file orchestration platform innovation

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Future Tech: TCS to display AI-powered broadcast as a service solution

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Future Tech: Lightricks to live-demo AI native content creation

Interview

Future Tech: Veritone to discuss AI for structured media archives

Interview

Future Tech: Magycal to stream live races with interactive AI features

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Future Tech: Baron Weather to display 3D weather visualisation technology

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Future Tech: 3Play Media to demonstrate localisation and accessibility solutions

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Future Tech: Media Press Group presents the future of contextual metadata

News fremantle main

Fremantle appoint Head of Global AI

Interview

CTO Panel: WBD’s Avi Saxena on facing a “highly volatile but innovative” industry

Interview Dr David Wood from EBU's 'David Wood on...' YouTube series

David Wood on… 100 years of TV, and beyond!

Interview

Interview: Fabric to showcase title master platform from a boat at IBC2025

Features

IBC Accelerators – ECOFLOW II: Driving Sustainable Streaming

Interview Grace Boswood

IBC Keynote – C4's Grace Boswood: ‘Focus on the soul of your products’

Interview

Future Tech: Nagarro to host 17 interactive, real-time demos of AI

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Future Tech: Frammer AI to automatically create FAST channels

Features FNC1

Fight Nation Championship: “Without this setup, it would be impossible to deliver a serious event”

News Roku resized

Roku to launch FAST channels in UK market

News RTS Cambridge convention 2025

YouTube’s Alison Lomax and England manager Sarina Wiegman join RTS Cambridge line-up

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Amazon and NBCUniversal agree distribution deal for streamer Peacock

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IBC Conference: Google’s Justin Gupta on how to “maximise digital revenues” with ad-tech

Features EWC2025 2

Esports World Cup: “Everybody born on this planet is going to be a gamer”

News 5. ITV

ITV Studios names Matthew O’Shea as Technology Director

Features

WSC Sports leverages Wowza to deliver instant AI-powered highlights

Features

IBC Accelerators – Conquering the Air(waves): Private 5G from Land to Sea to Sky

Interview

IBC Conference: BBC’s Antonia Kerle on how to build trust in the age of AI

News

Vienna selected as host city for 2026 Eurovision Song Contest

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Bundesliga unveils multi-layered football rights strategy in UK & Ireland

Features The Future is Now – TV's Place in the New World Order panel session

Edinburgh TV Festival: TV tourists, the Trump effect and YouTube

Features

Content Everywhere: Streamlining live channel delivery at a global scale

News MSNBC, set to become MS NOW, is owned by NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast

News network MSNBC to rebrand

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South Korean drama commissions shrink despite global demand

Features

IBC Accelerators: Ultra-Low Latency Live Streaming at Scale

News TPN to add two tiers to Shield content security program

TPN to add two tiers to Shield content security program

News Sky Sports’s Multiview

Sky Sports unveils Premier League tech innovation plans

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Blast and Singapore Tourism Board to host four esports arena events

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Connective tech – Tutorial, Ep 3: Accelerating supply chain transformation

Features

IBC Conference: Roku on the value of out-of-app discovery

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Live boxing returns to BBC Sport primetime television with Boxxer deal

Features Vincent Grivet Chairman of the HbbTV Association

Premium content: HbbTV formalises integration of popular DRM systems

Interview IBC Conference: Yahoo Mail’s Harish Sarma on the untouched territory of broadcaster emails

IBC Conference: Yahoo Mail’s Harish Sarma on the “untouched territory” of broadcaster emails

News Paramount invests US$1.1bn in exclusive media rights to UFC

Paramount signs exclusive media rights to UFC

News ProSieben’s Newstime studio

Germany’s ProSieben backs higher takeover bid by MFE

News NEP Connect unveils key appointments

NEP Connect unveils key appointments

News Freely to launch streaming device with Netgem

Freely to launch streaming device with Netgem

Interview

IBC Conference: Tubi’s Blake Bassett on AI’s ‘exponential growth’ and creative assistance potential

News castLabs has collaborated with set-top box software provider 3 Screen Solutions

castLabs and 3SS team up on cross-platform players

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YouTube is leading streaming takeover of UK TV sets, says Ofcom

Tutorials

Esports audience and broadcast platforms

News Designed for fast-paced, real-world reporting, ClipperAI is available on a range of devices

Jutel Radioman keeps pace with ClipperAI

News NBCUniversal explores launch of sports cable network

NBCUniversal explores launch of sports cable network

News Women’s Euro final is most watched TV moment of 2025

Women’s Euro final is most watched TV moment of 2025

Features BLAST.tv

From crowd to cloud: Esports broadcasting in 2025

Features

IBC Accelerators: Master Control Cloud

News Finalists announced for IBC2025 Innovation Awards

Finalists announced for IBC2025 Innovation Awards

Features Haivision - SkyRace Case Study - Mountain

SkyRace des Matheysins: Reliable live production in hostile terrain

News France’s Canal+ has moved a step closer to taking over African pay-TV giant MultiChoice

Canal+’s acquisition of Multichoice wins South African approval

Features View of the Live Aid stage and crowd

Behind the scenes: Live Aid at 40

News The remote control features a programmable touch-sensitive LCD button

Ruwido transforms the remote control

News

Xplore to the Max with AEQ

News public service TV is “endangered”

Public service content should be findable on YouTube, says Ofcom

Features The Rest Is Football presenters Gary Lineker (centre), Alan Shearer (left), and Micah Richards (right)

The rest is podcasting: How the stars aligned for vodcasts

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SES completes Intelsat acquisition

Opinion

Beyond the remote control: personalisation as business strategy

Tutorials

Esports – Tutorial, Ep 3: Developing an esports broadcast strategy

Features

IBC Accelerators: Stamping Your Content (C2PA Provenance)

News Users can create themed collections with the ModernTV solution

ModernTV brings clarity to OTT

News BBC to review live events guidance after Glastonbury furore

BBC tells senior staff to step back following Glastonbury row

Features

Is ORS and Insys’ Big Blue Moonshot a Sign of Service Provision to Come?

News RTL Group is to acquire Sky Deutschland

RTL Group to acquire Sky Deutschland

News BBC to review live events guidance after Glastonbury furore

BBC to review live events guidance after Glastonbury furore

News A man made £300,000 through the operation of an illegal streaming service

Man jailed after making £300,000 from illegal streaming service

Features UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 will be held in Switzerland

BBC goes hybrid for coverage of UEFA Women’s Euros

News 3Ready Hero aims to get viewers chatting with their STB

Natural interactions with 3ReadyHero from 3SS

News Astro selects ThinkMediaAI to drive user engagement on sooka

Astro selects ThinkMediaAI to drive user engagement on sooka

News Gracenote report shows further rise in SVOD programming

Gracenote report shows further rise in SVOD programming

News Netflix's Greg Peters and TF1's Rodolphe Belmer

Netflix strikes ‘first-of-its-kind’ distribution partnership with France’s TF1

News

Streaming eclipses combined broadcast and cable viewing in US for first time

News Amazon and Roku are teaming on a new initiative that will give advertisers access to more than 80% of connected TV

Amazon partners with Roku for connected TV advertising initiative

News ProSiebenSat.1 and FreeWheel have agreed a commercial partnership for pan-European advertising solutions

ProSiebenSat.1 strikes European ad solutions deal with FreeWheel

Interview

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Hollywood is over: Time for creators to take charge

News Kings of Joburg

Canal+ and Netflix extend partnership to Africa

News

Warner Bros. Discovery to split into two companies

News The BBC has begun the first phase of a trial of low-latency live streaming on BBC iPlayer

BBC begins low-latency streaming trial on iPlayer

News

Amazon names Nicole Clemens as Head of International Originals

News

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Opinion

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News Squid Game

YouGov sheds light on UK streaming habits

News Theft of video services, especially live sport rising

Enders Analysis warns of “industrial scale” online piracy

News ‘A Roadmap for Programmatic TV in Europe’

TV, tech and ad industry launch action plan for programmatic TV

Features

FlightStory: Forget the creator economy, this is the era of the creator founder

News Georgia Brown

Georgia Brown joins podcast platform Podimo

News Women's Champions League cup

Disney+ takes rights to UEFA Women’s Champions League in Europe

News England Women seal IT20 Series against the West Indies

5 strikes free-to-air deal for international cricket

News Channel 4 strikes video distribution deal with Spotify

Channel 4 strikes video distribution deal with Spotify

News

MainStreaming joins Euro Stack initiative

News

Wiztivi and XroadMedia announce partnership

News Gracenote to help transform vehicles into sports hubs

Gracenote transforms connected cars into sports hubs

News Vodafone picks 3SS for next-gen TV

Vodafone picks 3SS for next-gen TV

News 38% of YouTube users watch TV and film content

Nearly 40% of YouTube users watch TV and film content

News BT nears sale of TNT Sports stake to Warner Bros Discovery

BT nears sale of TNT Sports stake to Warner Bros Discovery - report

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Neglect of working class comes home to roost in British TV

News Tim Davie

BBC’s Tim Davie backs IP switchover plan for 2030s

News Hollywood Park Studios

Los Angeles unveils location of IBC for 2028 Olympics and Paralympics

Features MPTS 2025

MPTS 2025 reveals a media industry struggling to keep pace

Features DTG Summit: (Speaking) Russell Pert, Group Director at Meta

DTG Summit: “We are living in the age of distraction”

News DCMS report explores future of TV distribution

DCMS report explores future of TV distribution

News Bert Habets

ProSiebenSat.1 to cut 430 jobs

News Netflix homepage

Netflix introduces new homepage design for TV screens

Features Creative Cities Convention

Creative Cities Convention: Concern and caution expressed by UK TV over tariff threat

Features Genies

Talking pictures: How agentic AI could reshape the media landscape

News Jean-Francois-Fallacher

Eutelsat names Jean-François Fallacher as CEO

News Trump blocks funding for public broadcasters

Trump signs order to block funding for public broadcasters

News New Broadcasting House

BBC World Service to shift from satellite to IP distribution

Tutorials

Challenges in delivering holographic communications

News Love Island

Banijay in talks about ITV acquisition – reports

News HBS and NVP will handle media production of LaLiga matches from next season

Mediapro withdraws criticism of LaLiga tender process for broadcast contracts

Features

Blended networks: Adopting a hybrid approach to broadcasting

News 2020-21 FA Women’s Super League fixture between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City

European women’s football media rights remain undervalued, finds report

News

Comcast’s Peacock platform hits 41m subscribers

News Liz Corbin, EBU

Effects of AI on broadcast newsrooms ‘astounding’ says EBU

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Behaviour-based data: Defining the advertising audience

Tutorials

Accelerating innovation – Tutorial, Ep 1: Understanding 6G holographics and business adoption

News (L-R) Yoni Tayar, TVU Networks; Amy Rajaonson, France Télévisions; and Romuald Rat, France Télévisions

IBC Innovation Awards 2025: Nominations now open across five categories

Features

How sport is embracing DTC at both ends of the playing field

News David Bortis

David Bortis named interim CEO at Ateliere Creative Technologies

News City of London Police has seen a significant increase in illegal sports streaming

Sports streaming piracy has gone ‘through the roof’, say police

Interview

NAB 2025: What should we be talking about more as an industry?

Features

Discoverability, engagement and reach: IBC365 roundtable explores the role of AI personalisation in broadcast

News LaLiga football competition has selected HBS and NVP to handle media production

LaLiga names HBS and NVP as broadcast partners

Interview

NAB 2025: Thomas Thomson, Omdia: “Trust is vital. Media organisations trade on trust.”

News

UK MPs call for streamer levy to boost film and high-end TV industry

News MBC Group

Mike Sneesby named CEO of Middle East broadcaster MBC Group

Interview

NAB 2025: Backlight’s Kathleen Barrett on the growing importance of dynamic MAMS

Interview

NAB 2025: Avid’s Craig Wilson on the evolution of mobile tools

News NAB 2025: Roundtable

IBC365 Roundtable: Exploring advances in AI-based personalisation at NAB

Features NAB 2025

NAB show review: Tariffs, technology and legacy business in the spotlight

Interview

Owning the delivery: Unleashing DTC’s full potential

News Love Island All Stars

ITVX hits 1 billion streams in first quarter of 2025

News Maria Kyriacou

Maria Kyriacou proposed as Chairwoman of ProSiebenSat.1

News Aimee Lou Wood in The White Lotus

Max expands ad supported plan to Spain and Portugal

News Netflix subtitling

Netflix expands dubbing and subtitles for TV viewers

News BBC Chairman Samir Shah

BBC flags AI and technology priorities in annual plan

News President Trump's administration temporarily blocked from firing Voice of America staff

US judge temporarily blocks firing of Voice of America staff

News The role of Head of Amazon MGM Studios will not be replaced

Jennifer Salke steps down as Head of Amazon MGM Studios

News Sky expects European call volumes to ease by a third over the coming years

Sky says 2,000 jobs at risk at call centre sites

Interview Saleha Williams, CEO at IABM

Saleha Williams: ‘The industry is changing and IABM needs to as well’

News Video hosting platform Gamovideo was closed following an investigation by ACE

Pirate video platform Gamovideo shut down in Spain

News Baby Reindeer

Baby Reindeer leads nominations for BAFTA Television and Craft Awards

News Mediaset Italia

MediaForEurope launches takeover bid for Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1

News The report found that spend is moving out of daytime entertainment

Pact voices concern about the future health of the production sector

News Sheikha Dana Naser Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah

Warner Bros Discovery takes stake in Middle East’s OSN Streaming

News 3SS launches 3Ready Hero for STB voice commands

3SS launches 3Ready Hero for STB voice commands

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Content Everywhere: Getting (more) personal in the AI era

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Tribal Ready partners with Synamedia for Native American services

News 5G Broadcast Strategic Task Force (5BSTF)

5G broadcast commercial services set for Europe launch in 2027

News Henry Slade in action for England during Guinness Six Nations 2024 rugby match between Italy and England

ITV, BBC agree four-year Six Nations rugby deal

News The Forsyte Saga

Channel 5 rebrands linear and streaming platforms

News IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland

Comcast agrees $3bn Olympics rights and technology deal

News Rhodri Talfan Davies, BBC Director, Nations

BBC secures TV rights for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland international football

News Sky News agrees on deal with IRN

Sky News expands deal with IRN to include video content

News Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center

FIFA to base International Broadcast Centre for 2026 World Cup in Dallas

News Slow Horses

Mediawan takes majority stake in Slow Horses producer See-Saw Films

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Interview

Kickstart Day 2025: BBC’s Marianna Spring on the fight against disinformation

Features

MWC2025: EU must stand alone in network-AI war

News William Cooper, SLR

SLR joins DVB to promote DVB-I

News Think360 AI platform supports Dish Network and Sling TV

Think360 AI platform supports Dish Network and Sling TV

News Comcast Technology Solutions launches MediaExpress

Comcast Technology Solutions launches MediaExpress

News ThinkAnalytics launches ThinkMediaAI

ThinkAnalytics launches ThinkMediaAI

News Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson

Streamers to spend $12.5bn on sports rights in 2025 - report

Features

Getting personal: Crossing the streams with ad-tech and AI

Features PlayStation XP Tournament

Game changer: Sony rolls out multi-title approach to esports production

News Shay Segev, DAZN and Danny Townsend, SURJ

Saudi Arabia invests $1bn in DAZN

News European cinema attendance has had a slight 2% decline on previous year

European cinema admissions settle at 841 million in 2024

News Youtube is the new TV

TV set is primary device for YouTube viewing, says CEO Neal Mohan

Features IBC Accelerator Kickstart Day 2025

Kickstart Day 2025: Programme celebrates power of collaboration on centenary of TV

Interview Freely: Browser player

Freely highlights HbbTV’s role in evolution to all-IP future

Features

From multicast to MAUD: the evolution of MABR

News Sergio Garcia of Fireballs GC at LIV Golf Andalucía in 2024

ITV brings golf back to free-to-air TV in UK

News Global content spend will increase by just 0.4% to reach $248bn in 2025

Global content spend set for meagre growth in 2025 – report

Interview

ISE 2025: Kari Eythorsson explores innovations in software services to create and provide content

Interview

ISE 2025: Mark Carlisle navigates the challenges of migrating legacy tech to IP

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CNN opens new operation in Qatar’s Media City

Interview Fans had access to supplementary audio options, such as multi-language commentary, personalised audio settings, and enhanced dialogue for greater accessibility

One4HDD: Further R&D in 5G broadcast dependent on government priorities

News Warner Bros. Discovery to fold Eurosport into TNT Sports in UK & Ireland

Warner Bros. Discovery to fold Eurosport into TNT Sports in UK & Ireland

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TV and video streaming account for 4% of global emissions – report

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DAZN owner invests extra $827m to propel sports streaming ambitions

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Comcast Technology Solutions and Mediaocean expand partnership

News Squid Game, series 2

Netflix subscribers cross 300 million mark

Features

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Birmingham-based illegal streaming operator jailed

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Trump signs executive order to delay US TikTok ban

News

Nippon TV promotes Hiroyuki Fukuda to CEO

News Rhodri Talfan Davies, Director, BBC

BBC updates generative AI guidance

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UKTV reports digital growth following U rebrand

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Comcast sets leadership team for ‘SpinCo’ cable unit

News Lisa Nandy, UK Culture Secretary

Labour exploring ‘alternative funding options’ to BBC licence fee

News Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery have cancelled the planned launch of their live sports streaming service Venu Sports

Disney, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery cancel Venu Sports launch

News SW Yong, President and Head of Visual Display Business at Samsung Electronics

Samsung expands TV artificial intelligence offering

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Netflix’s first NFL coverage attracts over 60m viewers

News Operation Kratos took down record number of illegal streaming platforms

Europol takes down network of illegal streaming platforms

News MotoGP hosted 21 races across 17 countries for the 2024 season

European Commission to investigate Liberty Media’s acquisition of Dorna Sports

News 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup winners Spain

Netflix secures US rights to FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 and 2031

News BBC World Service enhances programme offer for Syria

BBC World Service enhances programme offer for Syria

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DAZN acquires Australian pay-TV group Foxtel

Tutorials

Wi-Fi 7: A game-changer for delivering IPTV

Features IBC2024 hosted 45,085 visitors from 170 countries – the largest live IBC in 5 years

Broadcasting in 2024: Spotlight falls on production and platforms

News BBC Sport and ITV have agreed a deal for live coverage of the FIFA World Cups in 2026 and 2030 across TV, audio and digital platforms.

BBC and ITV confirm rights deal for FIFA World Cup 2026 and 2030

News Arte has become the newest member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)

Arte joins European Broadcasting Union

News Around five billion people, or 84% of the potential global audiences, followed the Olympic Games Paris 2024

Paris 2024 audience hit five billion – IOC report

News ITV is to make hundreds of hours of its programmes available to viewers on YouTube.

ITV strikes partnership deal with YouTube

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LTN and DAZN expand partnership on live events

News

Synamedia and OSN Group tie on CTV advertising

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Titan OS picks ThinkAdvertising for Titan Audience Segments

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Tata and Artist One team on connected arenas

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Warner Bros. Discovery unveils linear TV and streaming restructure

News Outside Vivendi Headquarters

Shareholders approve break up of Vivendi media group

News The global advertising market will have grown by 6.8% by the end of 2024 to close at $772.4bn

Global ad industry enjoys strong growth in 2024

News EBU’s Executive Board

EBU elects new executive board

Interview

Merging Sky and NBCUniversal: Engineering culture and collaboration across continents

News FIFA’s Gianni Infantino and DAZN’s Shay Segev

DAZN to broadcast FIFA Club World Cup

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Armando Iannucci launches Touchscreen with BBC Studios development deal

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UK government scraps expert panel advising on BBC funding

News Ofcom study reveals digital differences between men and women

Ofcom study reveals digital differences between men and women

News UK public service broadcaster ITV is being circled by potential buyers

Potential suitors eye bid for ITV

News The Premier League is to launch its own in-house media production and distribution operation

Premier League to launch in-house media production operation

Opinion Contrary to baseline AI tagging, multimodal AI enables contextual understanding when generating content summaries and improves discoverability

Opinion: With AI, MAM systems can finally deliver on their potential

News YouTube is the priority platform for the sports industry

YouTube emerges as priority platform for sports industry

News Mark Lazarus, Chairman of NBCUniversal Media Group

Comcast confirms plan to spin off cable TV networks

Tutorials

Maximising ad-tech opportunities: top tips for media and entertainment publishers

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How can you effectively tackle outcome measurement?

News Clarkson’s Farm

Sky extends Prime Video collaboration

News LIVE On Netflix: Jake Paul Vs. Mike Tyson

Netflix sees 60m households tune in for Paul vs Tyson boxing

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Ad-tech – Tutorial, Ep 3: How to approach measuring outcomes as a TV media owner

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UK government launches forum to advise on future of linear TV

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Comcast explores spin-off of cable networks

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Six biggest audiovisual companies to spend record $126bn on content in 2024

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Netflix launches ‘Moments’ mobile feature to save and share scenes

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Channel 4 trebles viewing of episodes on YouTube

News Warner Bros. Discovery extends cycling rights in Europe

Warner Bros. Discovery extends cycling rights in Europe

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Connatix and JW Player merge

Features Kate Waters, ITV

Project Lantern: TV ads and the outcomes business

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Channel 4 secures new 10-year broadcasting licence

News Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) will launch its Max streaming service across seven new markets in the Asia-Pacific region next month

Warner Bros Discovery confirms Max launch in seven Asian markets

Features “We are aiming to bring high personalisation, advanced segmentation, and DAI into broadcast, closing the gap with digital streaming services

How Brazil’s TV 3.0 will help “close the gap” between broadcast and digital streaming

Interview Rhys McLachlan, ITV

Contextual advertising proves its worth

News Global satellite provider SES has extended its long-standing partnership with Sky in the UK and Ireland

SES and Sky extend satellite contract in UK and Ireland

Features NAB NY: ”VP makes content creation more easily available to those not in television broadcast”

NAB Show New York: US broadcasters tackle challenges of a shifting landscape

News Meta Movie Gen allows users to create image, video and audio clips from text prompts

Meta Movie Gen capable of producing 16-second clips

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In Conversation with Mstyslav Chernov

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Gamechangers in media: Content and monetization

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Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios joins MPA

News Film London and Creative Zero have launched a new report taking an in-depth look at decarbonising supplier transport and mobile power for London’s Film and TV industry

Four UK shows lead Netflix’s most watched chart

News Paul Rolland, Technical Director at Witbe

Controlling data usage with strong streaming vital for video service providers and mobile network operators

Features LEO satellites orbit much closer to Earth, reducing the signal travel time and providing a more responsive connection.

Adapting to the evolving landscape of satellite technology in broadcast

News Telekom Srbija-owned m:tel in Bosnia and Herzegovina has partnered with 24i and Antecna to offer an improved TV experience with new functionalities and an advanced user interface.

m:tel Banja Luka partners with 24i and Antecna

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Exploring the market drivers behind the creation of Freely

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Can connected TVs save the pay-TV operator?

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Enhancing content discovery, personalisation and user experience with AI

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Revolutionising Disc Golf Streaming: Successful Migration to Improve Viewer Experience

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Global sports streaming service DAZN rises to the challenge of delivering live sports to all platforms

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Revolutionising Video Compliance with the SpherexAI Multimodal Platform

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Enhancing content discovery, personalisation and user experience with AI

News Fromont: “We take the best technologies and combine them to optimise both the distribution reach and the cost point”

Seamless and secure hybrid distribution from Intelsat

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Building Live Experiences: Enhancing Engagement with Real-time Interactions

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Content for everywhere: new AI/ML production use cases

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Delivering live content at scale

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Creating digital linear channels that seamlessly integrate sports and news for all platforms - including FAST

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IBC Accelerators - ECOFLOW: Picking the right parameters critical to measuring improvements in sustainability

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Pluto TV adds news channels to FAST offering

News Viewing growth for VOD platform BBC iPlayer is up 20% so far this year, outstripping its competitors across all audiences, according to the BBC.

BBC iPlayer is “fastest growing VOD platform in the UK”

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Platform Engagement Unlocked: Deep Audience Understanding through Product Analytics

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Monitoring Video Distribution to Ensure Audience Satisfaction

News Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN) and Globecast have announced the successful launch of a comprehensive new global distribution solution of the AJMN suit of channels on multiple delivery platforms.

Globecast Extends with Al Jazeera Media Network partnership to enhance global distribution services

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AI at Swiss Radio and Television

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Keeping content everywhere secure everywhere

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Informing business strategies with deep data

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WatchParty: Turning TV time into a social event

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The New Age of Cloud TV

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Shaping the Future of Television: Reflections on the Paris Olympics TV 3.0 Live Broadcast Showcase in Brazil

Features

Apple, HBS, Google: Gamechangers highlight latest innovations in VR and discovery

IBC Show VOD

Paramount and MGM share CTO Perspectives in Q&A Panel

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Energising radio: the future of broadcast radio with DAB+

IBC Show VOD

Olympics 2024: Technology to broadcast beyond expectations - ‘it isn’t all cloud and AI!’

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Decentralised Personalisation for News Media

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Pioneering New Paths in Content Creation with AI

News Peter Siebert IEEE/BTS: ‘Now there’s a new kid on the block.”

“New kid on the block” looks to deliver on Mobile TV’s promise

Features Chem Assayag, Orange and Marion Ranchet, Streaming Made Easy

Orange: telcos looking to quality of experience and AI in battle for customers

IBC Show VOD

Discover AI-Driven Speech Solutions to Expand Your Content’s Reach w/ Live Demo

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ADVisor – leveraging Video AI to improve operational efficiency, content discovery, content monetization and audience experience

News Calleja: ‘several exciting conversations and a huge interest in this game-changing technology’

GlobalM offers a SDVN bridge across two worlds

News Docherty: ‘The only way to make FAST work is to attract advertisers’

ThinkAnalytics suggests FAST way to monetise content

News 2. Pact census.The Crown

UK production sector revenues fall by nearly £400m

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Amazon shares vision for convergence

IBC Show VOD

The Future of Dubbing: What to expect from AI

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Empowering Media Companies with AI Solutions: Transforming Engagement and Discoverability

Interview

Streaming services seek ways to disrupt linear TV models

IBC Show VOD

Keynote CTO Perspectives: From ideas to impact: Blending technology, creativity and business

News From left to right. Max Signorelli, Omdia; Anshul Kapoor, Google Cloud; Vijay Sajja, Evergent; Phil Wiser, Paramount

Streamers push to profitability

News Chris Evans, Head of Knowledge, IABM

IBC Opening Session: lift and shift approach to cloud migration “not ideal”

News From left to right: Rob Ambrose, Grace Boswood, Cristina Gomila and Sinead Greenaway

Tech Strategies Propel New Broadcaster Business Models

News Peña: ‘We craft it in Europe, and sell it worldwide’

Celestia TTI shoots for the moon

News Whale TV and Teads have enhanced their collaboration for increased CTV monetisation

Whale TV makes a bigger splash on CTV

News FrameFormer has enjoyed a successful year thanks to a summer of sports

Olympian effort leads to IBC integrations for InSync Technology

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Initial lineup unveiled for inaugural Mip London market

News AOMedia to launch AV1 adoption showcase at IBC2024

AOMedia launches ‘adoption showcase’ to highlight key implementors of AV1 codec

News Tengs: ‘Space Norway is now a powerhouse in the European satellite services arena’

New name brings new potential for Telenor

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Viaccess-Orca cloud TV platform enhances connected video delivery

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News Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) International has launched WBD AIM (Audience Insights and Measurement), a first-party data platform for advertisers

Warner Bros. Discovery International launches advertiser data platform

News Haivision’s StreamHub receiver and MoJoPro app is now available on the AWS marketplace on a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) basis

Haivision StreamHub and MoJoPro now available on AWS

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News Tom Cruise on the set of Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One

Edgar Bronfman drops Paramount bid

News In-vehicle entertainment is the subject of a 3SS and COVESA workshop at IBC

3SS puts content in the driving seat

News YouTube is the priority platform for the sports industry

Research: FAST services impact SVOD subscriptions

Features Edinburgh TV Festival

Peak TV has been reached and UK public service broadcast is shrinking

Features

Content Everywhere: What to expect at IBC2024

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UK entertainment and media market to become largest in Europe

News News Corp is considering Foxtel sale

News Corp considers Foxtel sale

Features DVB World in Munich, 2024

Is DVB-I about to save public service media?

News Sky Sports+ is a dedicated channel for sports

Sky Sports+ launches ahead of EFL opening weekend

Opinion Landmarks Around Paris Ahead Of The Summer Olympics

How 2024 has become the 5G Broadcast Olympics

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EPTVI: Developing a roadmap for programmatic TV in Europe

News Big top: Farmerswife has announced feature updates for its Cirkus platform

No clowning around with Cirkus updates

News The Olympics opening ceremony saw big TV audiences

Opening ceremony scores big TV audiences for Paris Olympics

News Agile Content TVaaS - the future of TV is more accessible and manageable than ever before

Empowering smaller telcos to compete with TV giants

News NATO chose Synamedia to stream its 75th anniversary summit

NATO picks Synamedia streaming tech

Features

Build-up to IBC2024: Content Everywhere companies take stock

Features index

Paris 2024: OBS gets up close and personal to capture Olympic spirit

Opinion

Measurement, currencies and walled gardens: how do we solve the video industry’s headache?

Features Landmarks Around Paris Ahead Of The Summer Olympics

Paris 2024: Dynamic studios and multilingual reporting to deliver games to 47 markets

Interview

IBC Keynote - Benedict Evans: There was a period when mobile was exciting… now smartphones have become boring

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Channel 4 reveals Paris 2024 Paralympic Games coverage plans

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DAZN & beIN Sports agree last-minute deal for France’s Ligue 1

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Channel 4 appoints Streaming Business Director

Features

Multi-format shoulder programming takes Centre Court at Wimbledon

Features Livepeer Studio

ProAV: How corporates are leveraging streaming and socials to deliver high-impact content

News “Watch this space”: Will the World Cup be streamed in UHD HDR?

FIFA looking to raise up to $2bn to grow streaming service

Features Newsnight on the road with an audience in Birmingham looking at health

UK general election: Connectivity key to BBC’s blanket reporting

News Jill Green, Eleventh Hour Films

Sony Pictures Television acquires majority stake in Eleventh Hour Films

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News Mr Bean: The Animated Series

Banijay Rights to launch animated Mr Bean FAST channel

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Mainstreaming collaborates with Stream7

News Liberty Global to acquire Forumla E stake from WBD

Liberty Global to acquire Formula E stake from Warner Bros. Discovery

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UKTV sets launch date for ‘U’ master brand

News ITV ready for first General Election debate

ITV set for first General Election leaders’ debate

News The 2024 Champions League Final will be held at Wembley

Champions League Final to be upscaled for UHD viewers

News Red Bee Media to supply services to WPT

Red Bee Media announces WPT deal

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Game on: enabling gaming and esports in the streaming era

Features Streamers are increasingly looking to secure rights to live sporting events

Streaming rights: live sports unite audiences in cultural moments worth fighting for

News Max in 20 European countries

Streaming platform Max goes live in 20 European countries

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Comcast launches Peacock, Netflix and Apple TV+ bundle

News Channel 4 is to cut the amount of weekly episodes of Hollyoaks

Channel 4 trebles viewing of TV shows on YouTube

News “Watch this space”: Will the World Cup be streamed in UHD HDR?

Disney, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery name joint sports streamer Venu Sports

Features Alex Wall: ”It is all about metadata”

DTG Summit: Gen Z accelerates the demise of linear TV

Interview

Channel 4’s Marcia Williams Talks Programming with ‘Societal Impact’

Features

The Future of Broadcast Engineering: Navigating the Cloud Computing Revolution

News Freely has officially launched in the UK

Freely streaming services officially launches in UK

News LTN partners with TelevisaUnivision

LTN partners with TelevisaUnivision

Tutorials

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Features IBC Webinar: The collision of Gaming and TV

IBC Webinar: The collision of Gaming and TV

News Netflix’s 3 Body Problem

Netflix brings in 9.3m more subscribers in first quarter of 2024

News “Watch this space”: Will the World Cup be streamed in UHD HDR?

Free-to-air sport broadcasting worth €4.9bn to European economy

Interview

NAB 2024: Harjinder Sandhu, Zixi

News Comcast launches Now into US market

Comcast Launches Now into US market

News Warner Bros. Discovery offers first look at production plans for Paris 2024

Warner Bros. Discovery offers first look at Paris 2024 production plans

Features Rai and 5G Broadcast

Is it too soon to talk about 6G? IBC365 Webinar report

Features

NAB 2024 Preview: An industry in constant flux

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Webinar: The collision of gaming and TV: How CTV, streaming and VR are paving the way for new forms of media consumption

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Sony expands FAST business with launch of 54 channels in Europe

News MotoGP is hosting 21 races across 17 countries for the 2024 season

Liberty Media acquires MotoGP owner Dorna Sports

News Netflix algorithm automates viewing suggestions

Three platforms account for 85% of SVOD viewing in Europe

News Tim Davie, BBC

BBC to explore licence fee reform says Director General Tim Davie

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MIPTV to end as RX London readies 2025 launch of MIP London

News Fremantle has completed its acquisition of Asacha Media Group

Fremantle completes Asacha acquisition

Opinion

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BBC defies UK scripted commissioning downturn

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Canal+ buys stake in Senegalese producer Marodi TV

News Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides in Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ action adventure “Dune: Part Two,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release

Apollo Global offers $11bn to buy Paramount’s film and TV studios – report

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Warner Bros. Discovery to launch Max streamer in Europe from May

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France’s Altice sells media unit for €1.55bn

News BBC Studios Productions Australia acquires Werner Film Productions

BBC Studios Productions Australia acquires Werner Film Productions

News Eva the Owlet

Publisher Scholastic to acquire kids TV producer 9 Story Media

Features “Feeling disconnected? The AMWA NMOS specifications can remedy this by ensuring networked media infrastructures operate seamlessly

NMOS Control project: what does the latest development mean for IP production?

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FC Barcelona to launch free streaming platform Barça One

News Fremantle has struck a deal with Astral Projection

Fremantle strikes deal with Rachel Weisz and Polly Stokes’ Astral Projection

Features

From AVOD to SVOD: Navigating a new streaming landscape

News BBC has plans for digital station extensions of BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, and BBC Radio 3

BBC announces plans for new digital radio stations

News NASCAR races will be among the thousands of sporting events featured on the new app

FOX, Warner Bros. Discovery and ESPN launch sports streaming giant

Interview

ISE 2024: In what ways are big brands and corporations becoming the new broadcasters?

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EBU launches Eurovision Sport streaming platform

News Freely streaming service unveils its new user interface

Freely streaming service sets Q2 launch date reveals user interface

News Sky Sports +

Sky to cut 1,000 jobs amid shift from satellite services

Features MwareTV found it had the right products at the right times as the pandemic unfolded

Growth vs Consolidation: Business strategies in the Age of ‘Permacrisis’

News Behind the Scenes: Eurovision 2023

BBC to put production of Blue Peter, Eurovision out to tender

News Rugby League launches SuperLeague+

Rugby League launches streaming service SuperLeague+

News Amazon Prime Video and YouTube already stream NFL games

Peacock subscribers double in 2023

News Thomas Dey, ACF

Forest Road takes majority stake in media investment bank ACF

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Peak TV has come to abrupt end says Ampere Analysis report

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Channel 4 extends Formula 1 production deal with Whisper

Interview

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News Dreaming Whilst Black, Big Deal Films

BBC announces Small Indie Fund recipients

Opinion Google’s exhibition was heavily geared towards generative AI

What did CES 2024 reveal about the state of generative AI?

News The investment by Amazon will see Prime Video become Diamond’s primary partner

Amazon acquires minority stake in Diamond Sports as part of rescue deal

News Mr Bates vs. the Post Office

Mr Bates vs. the Post Office becomes ITV’s biggest new drama in a decade

Features

DTT and Wireless Mics Win Out at WRC23

News Formula E: Jake Dennis in action

Warner Bros. Discovery extends partnership with Formula E

News

Canal+ wins approval for acquisition of Orange’s pay-TV platform OCS

Interview

Secrets of success of FAST channel Pluto TV

News The recent implementation of IBM watsonx at the Wimbledon Championships

Live sports key to streaming growth, says Kantar report

News Number of pay TV subscribers in Africa will climb by 12 million between 2023 and 2029

Africa to Add 12 Million Pay TV Subs by 2029

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Barbie Crowned Top UK Home Entertainment Title of 2023

News “We are aiming to bring high personalisation, advanced segmentation, and DAI into broadcast, closing the gap with digital streaming services

Only 5% of US Internet Households Have Pay-TV

Interview

Challenges for OTT service providers around the world

News More than 4.8m people tuned in to watch 2024 PDC World Darts Championship final

Darts Final Scores Highest Ever Non-Football Audience for Sky Sports

News DAZN’s UK sports line-up includes the UEFA Women’s Champions League

DAZN App to Launch on Sky UK

News ITVX The Winter King

ITVX Hits Eight Million Streams on New Year’s Day

News EastEnders was the top title on iPlayer with 26.28m streams for the ‘festive fortnight’

BBC iPlayer enjoys record streaming over Christmas

IBC Show VOD

Tapping into APAC’s Online Video Potential: Insights and Solutions from CDNetworks

News Stephan Schmitter: Chief Content Officer and incoming CEO of RTL Deutschland

RTL Deutschland, Sky Deutschland strike partnership deal

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Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 to step up investment in local content

Features

What do Streamers Want? Sitcoms, Police Drama and Reality Shows

News The actors strike ran from July 14 until November 9 when a deal was finally reached.

The most popular IBC365 news stories of 2023

News Warner Bros. Discovery promises to deliver all 3,800 hours of live competition and tailor it to 19 languages across 47 markets

Warner Bros Discovery, Paramount Global in merger talks – reports

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Warner Bros. Discovery and Movistar Plus+ Strike Partnership Deal in Spain

News RTL sells to DPG Media

RTL Group to Sell Dutch TV and Streaming Division to DPG Media

News The Night Agent: Netflix reveals most viewed show

Netflix Shares Viewing Data Across Entire Catalogue

IBC Show VOD

Sustainability in Production: Uncle Albert and the new kids on the block

News Patrick Walters

See-Saw Films Launches Drama Label with Heartstopper Exec Producer

News

Tubi Hires David Salmon to Lead International Expansion

News Premier League

Premier League in Record £6.7bn UK TV rights Deal

Features

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Plotting the Effects of Disruption: Charting the new media ecosystem

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Banijay Launches Sports Division

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Global Pay TV Penetration to Fall for the First Time in 2024

News Sky has secured a five-year tennis deal with ATP and WTA

Sky Strikes Five-year Tennis Deals with ATP and WTA

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News TV remains the primary news source for European citizens

TV Remains Primary News Source for European Citizens

News RTÉ has published a reform plan in a bid for radical transformation of the organisation

Ireland’s RTÉ Sets Out Radical Reform Plan in Response to Funding Crisis

Features

World Television Day 2023: Expert Insights on the Box

News Shinfield Studios

UK’s Shinfield Studios Nears Completion

News Frozen Planet II: Our Frozen Planet

International Sales of British TV Programmes Reach New High

News Sky executive Karl Holmes has been appointed to lead Disney+ in the EMEA region

Disney to Complete Hulu Takeover

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Paramount to Combine My5 and Pluto TV Platforms in UK

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From the NFL to Broadcast & Streaming the World’s Biggest Live Events: How 5G is powering the future of media and entertainment

News The Forge is the production company behind shows such as Help (pictured), Ackley Bridge and Marriage

Banijay acquires UK drama indie The Forge

News

German Broadcasters ARD and ZDF Launch Streaming Network

Webinars

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Interview

MovieLabs 2030 Vision update

IBC Show VOD

DAB+ A firm foundation for radio

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SCTE: Tackling the telco net zero challenge

IBC Show VOD

Ensure you are delivering the highest quality linear, live and on-demand viewing experiences across all of your markets

IBC Show VOD

Launching TV experiences in the face of monetisation model and connected TV fragmentation

IBC Show VOD

Formula 1: Racing Through Video

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The road map to next generation video experiences

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Planning the transition from linear to IP distribution

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Panel Discussion: The technical challenges of live streaming

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The state of play in cloud adoption and digital transformation

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The AI Moment for Smart TV

News Eutelsat and AWS teamed up for a video distribution workflow at IBC

Eutelsat and Amazon Web Services deliver DVB-NIP from the sky and the cloud

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Amazon to Introduce Ads for Prime Video Streaming

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Panel Discussion: Best Practice for FAST in Europe

IBC Show VOD

High Performance Sporting Case Studies

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SCTE Announces 2023 Autumn Lecture for Cable, Fibre and Telecoms Community

Features Behind the Scenes: Rugby World Cup

Behind the Scenes: Rugby World Cup

News

Amazon Studios’ Scripted Head of Production Frank Murray to launch UK-US indie

News Freely is set to launch in 2024 and viewers will be able to watch live TV channels together with on-demand content on their smart TV

UK broadcasters team to launch live TV streaming service Freely

News Dahl: Mux is seeing a lot of success in the world of sport

Sporting chance for Mux

News Shaking on it: Vijay Sajja, Founder/CEO of Evergent, and Irdeto CEO Doug Lowther

Irdeto and Evergent target OTT

News LTN sets sights on EMEA

LTN sets sights on EMEA

Reports

DVB-I service delivery over 5G Systems

Reports

5G Broadcast Receivers: Optimizing Performance under Implementation Constraints

Reports

Efficient Delivery of Audiovisual Content to Mobile Devices Combining 5G Broadcast and CDN Technologies

Reports

5G Standalone Non-Public Networks: Modernising Wireless Production

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Multicast-Assisted Unicast Delivery

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News TV remains the primary news source for European citizens

Warner Bros. Discovery to Launch CNN Max News Service

Features Online movie streaming with laptop computer, Young man watching a movie on a mobile phone with an imaginary video player service.

IBC2023 marks tenth year of Content Everywhere

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Arabic and Africa SVOD Subs to Boom

News WGA have called Disney, Amazon, and Netflix ‘gatekeepers of media’

Disney, Amazon and Netflix: ‘The New Gatekeepers of Media'

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Spherex platform helps content reach a global audience

News DAZN’s UK sports line-up includes the UEFA Women’s Champions League

DAZN strikes partnership deal with Canal+

Interview Recoupling: Love Island series 4

ITVX: X marks the spot

News IBC2023 Accelerator: Responsive Narrative Factory

Inside the IBC Accelerator exploring the success of future streaming services

News Lionsgate is the largest independent studio in the US, home to franchises including John Wick.

Hasbro sells eOne to Lionsgate for $500 million

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Traditional TV viewing in sharpest ever fall, says Ofcom report

News ITV and Pact have announced new terms for a trade deal desgined for the streaming era

ITV Agrees Streaming Era Terms of Trade Deal with Pact

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Sky Deutschland Retreats from Commissioning Scripted Originals

Features 5G: Transforming media and entertainment

5G in broadcast: 5G TV online

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Features

If TikTok is killed off, how long will short form video live?

Reports

Predicting Energy Usage of High Dynamic Range Video on Mobile Devices

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Helios: Foundations for Peer-to-Peer Social Media Platform for Privacy-Aware People and Prosumers

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BBC to broadcast Glastonbury in UHD

Reports

IoT-based Media Framework for Public Service Media: Expansion of Current Digital Broadcasting Systems

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Producing immersive and interactive audio content with orchestrated personal devices

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Adaptive Streaming of Content-Aware-Encoded Videos in dash.js

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Universal CMAF container for efficient cross-format low latency delivery

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The (Non)sense of Artificial Intelligence in Real-Time Video Encoding

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Cloud-Based Multi-Station Distribution Architecture for Networked Radio Stations

News NBC will be taking HD 1080P HDR feeds from Tokyo and upconverting some of it to UHD.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: BBC and NBC reveal remote production plans

News Sky Sports: Rise With Us campaign

Sky Sports aims to diversify new audiences for women’s sport

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Features Holorider: In-car mixed reality entertainment

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MARCONI: Towards an Integrated, Intelligent Radio Production Platform

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Leveraging Acoustic Information for Enhanced Personalization in the Entertainment Domain

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Regional Contents in a National DVB-T2 SFN: A Novel Approach Based on DVB-SIS

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Evolution of Radio Services in the Era of Voice-Controlled Digital Assistants

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Networked Collaborative Recommendation Architecture

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Understanding the effect of content type on the value of OTT audiences

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From Broadcast Television to the Personalised Web: An Indian ethnographic study

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BT Sport on target for HDR first at UEFA Champions League Final

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US broadcasters to roll out next-gen TV

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User-Centric Companion Screen Architecture for Improving Accessibility of Broadcast Services

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Personalising the Public: Personalising Linear Radio at a Public Service Broadcaster

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BBC World Service announces Emergency Radio Service for Gaza