All Sustainability articles
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Technical PapersTechnical 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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Technical PapersEvaluating the energy impact of different dimensions of UHD
The UHD standard introduces improvements in video quality across several dimensions. Although the first to be adopted commercially was the increase in resolution, features such as high framerate and dynamic range, wide color gamut and increased bit-depth offer important gains in the quality of experience of the end user. Nevertheless, ...
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Technical PapersIBC2024 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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VideoAccelerator session - ECOFLOW: Energy-Conserving Optimization for Future-ready, Low-impact Online Workflows
This project will tackle the environmental impact of media consumption by developing consolidated metrics for energy consumption at major steps of the end-to-end technology supply chain, best-of-breed energy-saving features into a unified user experience.
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VideoWho Moved My Production?
Production cost per hour budget compression is not new, but with the increased stress in the broadcast business model, producers are expected to drive even more efficiency or increase deficit funding to secure commissions. Many have highlighted that we are now at a point where episodic TV production requires a ...
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Daily NewsIBC CEO shares update on show sustainability
Mike Crimp, IBC CEO, discusses the organisation’s progress in terms of ESG and reveals plans to make the show as sustainable as possible.
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Industry TrendsEdinburgh TV Festival 2024: A challenge to the status quo
The Edinburgh TV Festival, the annual shindig of the movers, shakers, and changemakers of the British television industry, took place last week and change was very much on the schedule, reports Michael Burns.
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Daily NewsVR/AR remote from ruwido offers touch of class
Austrian manufacturer ruwido’s Amulet VR/AR remote control is on show, fresh from winning the Gold German Design Award 2024.
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Daily NewsHeavy-duty drives with airy ambition from Toshiba
The MG10-D series is a family of air-filled conventional magnetic recording (CMR) HDDs from Toshiba, supporting SAS and SATA interfaces and with various capacities of up to 10TB.
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Daily NewsRemotec Technology wins Red Dot Award for second consecutive year
Remotec Technology, a leading smart home technology provider, has once again been honoured with the prestigious Red Dot Award for Product Design, an accolade further solidifying their position as an industry innovator.
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NewsIBC2024 Innovation Awards Finalists Spotlight Dynamic Media Technology Initiatives from across the World
IBC has announced the finalists for this year’s IBC Innovation Awards, to honour collaborative initiatives leading to ground-breaking solutions that address real-world M&E and tech industry challenges, and celebrate social purpose and environment and sustainability initiatives.
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Daily NewsThe Flint Green Line: An IBC networking event… on a Eurostar train
This year’s IBC will see the launch of a new initiative, The Flint Green Line, celebrating more sustainable travel to industry events. The Green Line is a networking event that takes place on a Eurostar train, travelling from London to Amsterdam on 12 September.
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Industry TrendsIBC2024 Accelerator Project: ECOFLOW
How can we make processing, streaming and the consumption of media more sustainable? That’s the question posed by the ECOFLOW: Energy-Conserving Optimization for Future-ready, Low-impact Online Workflows project, proposed by Humans Not Robots and Accedo.tv, with support from Champions ITV and BBC.
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NewsITV launches eBay marketplace for unwanted props and costumes
ITV has partnered with eBay and PropUp Project, a not-for-profit organisation which specialises in rehoming and reselling props and other items from the film and television industry, to launch ITV ReLoved, an official eBay marketplace.
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Industry TrendsGreen screens: creating sustainable productions on location
IBC365 speaks with key players on the new technologies, methods and practices available to productions to help sustain the future of content.
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VideoPeople & Purpose - Episode 1: How to set up an international mentoring scheme
IBC365 puts people front and centre in the latest series of video tutorials, exploring key topics and initiatives created to improve industry standards.
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NewsIBC365 Tutorials: new speaker lineup unveiled! Expert insight on mentoring, sustainability and inclusion
IBC365 puts people front and centre in the latest series of IBC365 video tutorials, exploring key topics and initiatives created to improve industry standards. The tutorials dive into three widely discussed topics within DEI and sustainability: mentoring, biodiversity and disability provision.
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WebinarWebinar: Measuring and reducing the footprint of streaming workflows
Join IBC365 and the ECOFLOW project champions, the recently launched IBC Accelerator, who will discuss the goals of the project, and how to determine and demonstrate opportunities for the industry to make processing, streaming and consumption of media more sustainable. Now available on-demand.
