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Industry TrendsInformation overload: The growing expectations of MAM systems
Broadcasters are dealing with greater volumes and types of content all the time – meaning ‘shopping lists’ for media asset management systems are becoming increasingly precise
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News
Sony invests in Nevion to boost IP offering
Sony is set to bolster its end-to-end IP offering having struck a partnership and investment deal with Nevion.
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News
BBC toys with international FAANG streaming model
The BBC chairman has admitted the public service broadcaster would “do very well under a subscription model,” speaking in the UK House of Lords yesterday on the future of broadcasting.
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Industry Trends
Nordic broadcasters breaking boundaries
As consumers navigate the crowded OTT and linear TV market, traditional broadcasters are also looking to diversify and add value beyond their core offering. The cooperation and competition among broadcasters, technology companies and digital streaming services were the hot topic during a leadership debate at the recent Northern Waves ...
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Industry Trends
NGA and new delivery: defining audio post workflows
The call to deliver content in more formats, the continued rise of immersive and object-based audio, and the prospect of further loudness recommendations are among the issues making fresh demands on the tools used audio post.
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News
Mediaset takes over 9.6% stake of ProSiebensat.1
ProSiebenSat.1 has had a stake of its business acquired by Italian-based Mediaset as it seeks to diversify its international outlook and invest in the future of European TV.
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News
Media efficiency is critical: IABM reveals buying trends
New media competitiveness has urged companies to pursue efficiencies and multi-platform delivery has shifted business priority to Opex over Capex, according to the IABM.
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Disney takes full control of Hulu
Disney is to assume full operational control of US streaming service Hulu.
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Industry Trends
New lessons in localisation
The growth in OTT platforms has boosted demand for the localisation and regionalisation of content. And the cloud is proving to be a terrific enabler, writes David Davies.
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Industry Trends
Managing and manipulating 4K and 8K content
The shift to 4K and 8K production has required improvements downstream, with those involved in managing and manipulating images in need of greater processing power and increased storage.
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Industry Trends
What next for IP?
With the ratification of the SMPTE ST2110 family of standards in 2018, it might be thought that the topic of IP connectivity would be filed under “sorted” but the recent NAB convention showed that this was far from the case.
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Video
Video: How Red Bee Media is facilitating remote production
Red Bee Media has partnered with V-Nova to overcome bandwidth and encoding issues for its remote production offering.
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Industry Trends
Journeying into the cloud
In the first of a two-part series on cloud adoption, IBC365 looks at how vendors of varying size and age such as Scality, Signiant, Deluxe, M2A Media and Meta have rolled out cloud solutions for the industry.
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News
Intel and Netflix to deliver AV1 codec
NAB 2019: Netflix has partnered with Intel to launch new video codec SVT-AV1.
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News
Telstra expands global media network to Americas and Europe
NAB 2019: Telco Telstra has announced new partnerships in Latin America, the US and Europe to enable the delivery of sport and entertainment content globally.
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Industry Trends
NAB 2019: Five trends to watch
NAB 2019: Automated production, cloud, 5G, at-home production and streaming codecs are among the likely hot topics in Las Vegas.
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News
EU TV execs demand ad measurement reform
Execs at the BBC, Canal+ and RTE have called for greater cross-broadcaster collaboration and the sharing of data in a bid to better understand audiences and boost advertising opportunities.
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News
Disney completes $71.3bn Fox acquisition
Disney officially owns 21st Century Fox after more than a year of negotiations and a $71.3 billion exchange.
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Executive Interviews
Interview: Vera Bichler, ORF
Passionate about sports and storytelling, Vera Bichler speaks to IBC365 about being the first female football director at Austrian broadcaster ORF
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Industry Trends
AI: Moving into the mainstream
2019 is the year that will see AI’s broadcast industry journey from arcane, cutting-edge buzzword to being productised and commonplace completed.
