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Industry Trends
IBC2024: Best of the Show
IBC recorded its strongest year yet post-pandemic with more than 45,000 visitors from 170 countries converging on the RAI Amsterdam from the 13-16 September.
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Industry Trends
IBC Roundtable - Beyond the hype: how media finds true value in AI today
Participants at a roundtable on AI in media and entertainment at IBC2024 assessed some of the opportunities and challenges confronting media companies seeking to tap the potential of generative AI across a range of applications.
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News
Globecast Extends with Al Jazeera Media Network partnership to enhance global distribution services
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.
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News
BBC iPlayer is “fastest growing VOD platform in the UK”
Viewing growth for VOD platform BBC iPlayer is up 20% so far this year, outstripping its competitors across all audiences, according to the BBC.
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News
Fremantle UK merges production labels Thames and Talkback
Fremantle UK is to re-merge its labels Thames and Talkback into one single entertainment company, TalkbackThames.
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Whitepaper
Whitepaper: Interactive Live Streaming
Caretta Research, in partnership with Livepeer Studio, has delivered a new whitepaper titled ‘Interactive Live Streaming: The Evolution of the Streaming Experience’, identifying profitable real-time streaming business models for a range of streaming companies.
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News
Diverse hiring policies and established mentoring schemes essential for engaging future generations
IBC Talent Programme Part 1: At the wrap-up session on the final day of the conference, the IBC Talent Program highlighted the vital role diversity plays in shaping the future of the broadcasting industry.
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Technical Papers
Technical Papers 2024 Session: Sustainability – energy efficiency, spanning devices to delivery systems
In this session from IBC2024, three authors present their work on Sustainability in the M&E ecosystem as part of the IBC Technical Papers.
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News
Netflix and Airoha enter strategic partnership to support set-top box innovation
Netflix and Airoha Technology, a subsidiary of MediaTek, have announced a strategic partnership to support seamless Netflix integration for set-top boxes used by operators worldwide. This collaboration aims to accelerate time to market and foster innovation, creating new opportunities for operators to enhance their service offerings with Netflix.
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Industry Trends
FAST fills the gap for Virgin Media O2
FAST has proved an attractive – if challenging – way of filling a key gap left by basic cable channels in Virgin Media O2’s line-up, according to David Bouchier, chief TV and entertainment officer, Virgin Media O2.
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Technical Papers
IBC2024 Tech Papers: Reducing the energy consumption of terrestrial DAB transmission
The requirement to develop sustainable broadcast platforms that support global net-zero targets increases year on year. This paper discusses initiatives developed by the BBC and Arqiva to reduce power consumption in their terrestrial DAB broadcast network. In some cases, it is possible to improve efficiency without complete replacement of the ...
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News
David Grindle to step down as SMPTE executive director
David Grindle is to conclude his term as Executive Director of The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) on October 18.
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News
What to look out for on Day 3 (Sunday 15 September)
Day Three and more valuable insights, topical trends and groundbreaking discoveries are waiting in store at Amsterdam’s RAI. With IBC2024 offering more priceless connections and not-to-be-missed discussions, here’s some highlights for the day ahead.
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News
Content providers have dim view of tech vendors’ security attitudes - DPP research
Broadcasters and content providers have an incredibly dim view of the cyber security posture of media technology vendors according to a DPP report titled ‘The State of Media Technology Security 2024.’
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News
IBC Conference: Keeping AI honest
IBC2024: In the session titled ‘Can AI be regulated? What public policy can(‘t) do to address AI risks’, speakers Renard Jenkins, President of SMPTE, and Francois Lavoir, Senior EU Policy Advisor for the EBU, debated some of the responses to the new risks created by the rapid development of AI ...
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News
Former BBC Studios CEO to become first Chair of BAFTA albert
Former CEO of BBC Studios Productions Ralph Lee has been appointed as BAFTA albert’s first Chair. This newly created voluntary non-executive role is part of a new governance structure established following an organisational review completed in 2023.
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News
SCTE Launches New mobile App
Telecoms and broadband professionals who are members of The Society for Broadband Professionals (SCTE) will have access to a new user-focused mobile app which makes accessibility of information from the society easier than ever.
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Executive Interviews
Tim Richards: outgoing IBC Chairman reflects on a decade of “phenomenal” industry innovation
As he announces his departure from the role of IBC Chairman, Tim Richards contemplates a decade of rapid technological change, the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, and the enduring strength of the IBC team.
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Thought Leadership
The Broadcast Industry at a Crossroads: Economic Efficiency and the Rise of Private 5G
The broadcast industry is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by the need for greater economic efficiency and the advent of new technologies such as private 5G. As the demand for content continues to surge, budget constraints and the pressure to do more with less have become central concerns for decision-makers. ...
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Industry Trends
Life on the edge: protecting the value of algorithms
Neal Michie, Director of Product Management at PACE Anti-Piracy discusses how intellectual property in the form of algorithms deployed on the edge can be reverse engineered and stolen, and how a white-box solution can prevent this process from taking place.