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Digital 9 agrees £459.3 million deal for 48 per cent stake in Arqiva
Deal is expected to complete in the second half of 2022
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Dr Rajesh Pankaj appointed InterDigital CTO
He is also inventor or co-inventor on 230 patents worldwide
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Avid returns to IBC
Avid CEO Jeff Rosica said the company is confident that the improving conditions and handling of the pandemic can help to ensure that IBC...
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Free webinar: 5G networks and the new coding standards
An expert panel will discuss how 5G is expected to unlock higher resolution video services and new forms of media, such as volumetric content,...
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Deltatre acquired by Bain Capital and Nextalia SGR
According to the company, its OTT solutions have approximately 25 million end users per day
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ReDefine to open Barcelona-based VFX studio
New location will join the company’s other European studios in London, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria
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Ofcom proposes modernising BBC’s operating licence to enable broadcaster to be more innovative
New operating licence would give the broadcaster greater flexibility to adapt and innovate in how it delivers content for audiences
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New organisation aims to drive open metaverse interoperability
The Metaverse Standards Forum will focus on technologies around 3D assets and rendering, AR and VR, and user-created content
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Sony confirms return to IBC
Company will have a stand in Hall 13 as IBC returns as a physical event for the first time since 2019
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Meet the technical artist
Zero Density's Menaf Seçilmiş got his start in the media tech industry while interning at the company as a student. Now he helps build...
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VFX company DNEG drops plans to go public
Namit Malhotra, DNEG chairman and CEO, insisted the company feels "incredibly optimistic" about its future despite the decision
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‘It’s important to us to be relevant’: Telestream’s Jon Wilson on the company’s push into the cloud
Telestream's COO and president Jon Wilson talks to TVBEurope about the company's push into cloud and hybrid workflows
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Media Innovation Hub to open in Hilversum this autumn
It will focus on new applications for entertainment and media content, including immersive content
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Analyst: Disney Plus, Netflix could generate $1 billion each in ad revenue by 2025
"The devil will be in the details of how each company prices these new offerings and how much of the available content impressions will...
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Report: Keep over-50s in the TV industry to plug the skills gap
Report from UK Film and TV Charity finds industry could gain 35,000 workers if it embraced the over 50s
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Keith Buckley appointed Xytech CEO
Resource management software company Xytech has appointed Keith Buckley as its new chief executive officer and president. He will take over from the company’s...
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Meet the head of product innovation
dock10's Richard Wormwell reveals how he moved into the TV industry after starting out in desktop publishing, and why working with leading edge technology...
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Unions representing 120K UK creative workers oppose Channel 4 privatisation
In a letter to Nadine Dorries, the unions warn the sale of Channel 4 will have major consequences for the UK's broadcasting landscape
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Goldman Sachs downgrades Netflix rating to ‘sell’
Shares in the streaming service dropped by 5 per cent following the announcement
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Mediapro ‘definitively resolves’ financial uncertainties
Company has reached an agreement with its creditor funds to refinance its debt
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Imagine Communications makes key UK/EMEA appointments
Company makes three new appointments as it looks to work with customers who are transitioning to IP- and cloud-based workflows
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Guillaume Dubois appointed Euronews CEO
Euronews is distributed to 160 countries and 440 million households worldwide, and broadcasts 24/7 in 17 languages
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Science Museum to showcase ‘pioneering technologies’ from BBC’s 100 years
The BBC at 100 display will include a 78 'Midget' Portable Disc Recorder, developed in the 1940's, as well as the iconic BBC Microcomputer
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LiveU acquires Pacific Live Media
"This move will help us to maximise our business potential and expand our end-to-end offerings," said LiveU CEO and co-founder Samuel Wasserman
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Tony Rizkallah joins Blu Digital Group as COO
He has been tasked with expanding Blu Digital's English dubbing and audio description division
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Meet the head of marketing and communications
Tellyo's Stuart Russell reveals how he went from professional musician to marketing supremo, and why he feels the media tech's vendor landscape has never...
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Film and TV Charity launches latest mental health survey
The biennial survey aims to understand what issues people working across the UK's media industry are dealing with
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Disney pushes metaverse ambitions with latest hire
Mark Bozon and his team "will be instrumental in defining and designing new storytelling experiences across various physical and digital canvases"
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Amazon, Netflix ‘set to bid for Formula 1 US TV rights’
Current rights holder ESPN is expected to face competition from NBCUniversal as well as streaming services Amazon and Netflix
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Warner Bros Discovery-BT JV probed by CMA
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority is probing the joint venture between Warner Bros Discovery and BT Group
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Views from the trade show floors. Part three: are shows still an effective platform?
The final instalment of our series on the return to large-scale, in-person trade shows looks at the ongoing effectiveness of such events (in their...
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EMG UK shows its support for Pride Month with rainbow flag adorned OB truck
The Nova 125 vehicle will support at a series of live sporting events as well as the Glastonbury Festival before finishing at the Pride...
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Views from the trade show floors: Part two
In part two of our trade show feature, we find out more about the targets being set and met at recent shows, as well...
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Tim Bridger promoted to M&E sales director role at Jigsaw24 Media
Bridger's promotion is effective from 1 June and he will be responsible for driving the media and entertainment division’s sales strategy and leading the...
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Meet the head of product development
Gefei Lu is looking forward to bringing her experience in the technology sector to "help make the world better through empowering more stories, better...
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TVBEurope June 2022 issue now available
The June edition of TVBEurope is now available to read online and download
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Views from the trade show floors
The recent NAB and ISE shows were each heralded as success stories as the trade show scene gets back up and running across the...
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Synamedia acquires content discovery platform provider Utelly
Utelly aggregates data in real-time from multiple metadata providers – pre-integrated with Gracenote, TiVo, IMDB, Netflix and 50 others
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Report: Sports broadcasters plan to increase investment in technology following pandemic lull
New report looks at the way sports broadcasters' investment priorities have changed since the start of the pandemic, with production equipment leading the list...
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Meet the development and production executive
Shayna Waldman started out working in a legal firm before finding her way in to the media industry
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Viaplay wins EFL Championship and Carabao Cup rights across 10 countries
The long-term agreement will see more than 180 live matches from England's second tier broadcast on Viaplay every season, including the semi-finals and finals
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MediaKind CEO: You must be driven to tackle and solve new challenges
MediaKind CEO Allen Broome talks exclusively to TVBEurope about his nerve-wracking introduction to the industry, and the democratisation of video