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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.
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News
MediaKind appoints Allen Broome as CTO
Former Comcast executive Allen Broome has been appointed to the newly created role of chief technology officer at MediaKind.
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Industry Trends
Evolution not revolution
While it was obvious that it’s evolution, rather than revolution, which took a front seat throughout Halls 10 and 11, it was just as clear that new technologies are leading the industry forward.
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News
June Sarpong appointed BBC diversity lead
Broadcaster, writer and campaigner June Sarpong has been named as the BBC’s new director of creative diversity.
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Thought Leadership
IABM: Three IBC 2019 takeaways
As media companies face unprecedented challenges, IABM’s Lorenzo Zanni looks at the key themes from IBC2019: Transformation, collaboration, and aggregation
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News
Tencent joins AV1 codec group Alliance for Open Media
Tencent has joined the Alliance for Open Media, the organisation responsible for AV1, the royalty-free, open-source codec for delivering video over the web.
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Thought Leadership
‘Our customers are looking to redefine the viewer experience’
Bitmovin CEO and co-founder Stefan Lederer reflects on the implications of a growing trend towards selecting ‘the right codec for the right job’.
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Industry Trends
Broadcasters look to optimise workflow costs as storage models evolve
Security, cost-efficiency and the sheer volume of content are becoming increasingly critical as customers adopt more varied storage patterns, writes David Davies.
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Executive Interviews
Lean machine learning
Threatened by a public referendum and squeezed for talent, Léonard Bouchet of RTS delivered revelatory tools while establishing a better work culture, all by embracing data-driven principles.
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News
Dish loses Fox over contract dispute
Dish Network’s customers have lost access to Fox channels as the two companies go head-to-head in the latest carriage dispute.
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Industry Trends
RTS Cambridge Convention 2019 round up
Trust, diversity and content investment are key priorities for leading TV executives from Netflix, Sky, UK, C4, ITV and BBC who spoke during the RTS Cambridge Convention last week.
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News
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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News
LGBT community calls for more industry diversity
IBC2019: Many media technology companies are still too straight and male and should follow the example of broadcasters such as Channel 4, by setting up corporate LGBT networking groups to encourage diversity.
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News
Quality of user experience drives EBU platforms project
IBC2019: The EBU has called for more collaboration across European broadcasters.
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News
Rise recognises outstanding women
IBC2019: Gender diversity advocacy group Rise held its inaugural awards ceremony at IBC today.
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Thought Leadership
It’s time to collaborate
IBC2019: In this complex and rapidly evolving industry, close relationships between media firms and their suppliers are essential, and IBC2019 is the place to forge those ties, writes Peter White.
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Industry Trends
DAB+: A new generation of efficient, cost-effective transmitters
The early noughties were supposed to witness a revolution in radio broadcasting. The introduction of DAB radio was likened to the digital revolution that has taken place in television with analogue TV making way for ever more sophisticated digital TV formats from standard to high definition, 4K and beyond.
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Thought Leadership
Becoming a next gen standards body
IBC2019: As the technologies, workflows and business models of our industry evolve so too must SMPTE, writes Barbara Lange.
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News
IBC2019 Tech Talk: Lebanon’s labour of love
IBC2019: Kicking off IBC2019’s Tech Talks in the Forum’s Lounge area was a presentation from Mike Haroun who talked of the challenges involved in restoring over 180 locally produced classic films dating from the 1940s to 1990s.
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News
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.