France Télévisions has been presented with the 2025 Technology and Innovation Award at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) summit, hosted by RTÉ in Dublin on June 5th and 6th.
The broadcaster picked up an award for its proof-of-concept implementation of the C2PA (Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity) standard. The C2PA framework aims to provide a technical foundation for ensuring trust in media assets, aiding verification of the origin and authenticity of digital content. France Télévisions has played a key role in the standard, creating a custom C2PA-enabled player in collaboration with Dalet.
Michael Eberhard, CTO of public media organisation SWR/ARD and chair of the EBU Technical Committee, commented, “France Télévision’s C2PA implementation is a meaningful step toward the broader adoption and potential industrialisation of C2PA in the media sector. We appreciate its value in supporting public service broadcasters in their mission to provide reliable information and help lay the groundwork for practical, scalable tools that can benefit media organisations globally.”
The Young Technology Talent Award went to France Télévisions’ Yannick Olivier, in recognition of his work during the Paris Olympic Games. Olivier played a key role in the implementation of ST 2110 technology, enabling transport of uncompressed UHD with HDR, immersive audio systems, SDR/HDR conversions and enhancing OB truck connectivity. His work was “greatly appreciated” by the broadcaster, which nominated him for the award.
Antonio Arcidiacono, CTO and CIO at EBU, said, “It is the outstanding achievements of young talent that have made the first 100 years of public service media such a success, and their ideas an engagement are now laying the groudwork for the next 100 years. I would like to warmly congratulate Yannick, and with him the next generation of engineers.”
Presented annually, the EBU Technology and Innovation awards recognise, encourage and support outstanding technical solutions developed by its members. The awards are decided separately and in secret. The 2025 nomination pool contained two dozen entries.
