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Video streaming infrastructure provider Wowza has acquired AVA Intellect, an AI-native start-up specialising in intelligent and embedded agent technology for video platforms.

ORS Group and Insys Video Technologies have announced the launch of a new joint brand identity: Big Blue Marble. According to the companies, the move reflects the evolution of their long-standing partnership that began in 2017 and was deepened further in 2023 when ORS became a shareholder in Insys.

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has appointed Sasha Breslau as Vice President Content Acquisitions for HBO Max in the UK & Ireland.

The global media & entertainment (M&E) industry is forecast to hit $3.5 trillion in revenues in 2029 as advertising spend surges across platforms, according to PwC’s Annual Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2025-29.

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

The Royal Television Society (RTS) has named Tia Shenton, Broadcast Engineer at Techex, as the winner of its annual RTS Young Technologist of the Year Award.

Following its installation at the National Image Archive of China News in Beijing, film scanning specialist Digital Film Technology (DFT) will be bringing its DFT Polar HQ 8K film scanner to Amsterdam.

Remote control specialist Ruwido has transformed a traditional remote control into a service-oriented platform, enabling communication, targeted promotion, and new revenue opportunities.

The new UHL-X40 is a particularly compact studio-quality 4K-UHD HDR camera. Based on Ikegami’s UHL-F4000 for aerial applications, the UHL-X40 head measures just 120x128x112mm, weighs 1.1kg and has very low power consumption, at 28W, 12V DC.

With innovation continuing apace across the media and entertainment industry, visitors to IBC2025 won’t want to miss the all-new Future Tech hub located in Hall 14.