Business
Deloitte: The Cloud migration forecast remains Cloudy
Analysts predict global cloud spending will grow seven times faster than overall IT spend, while the market for intelligent edge computing will expand to...
Business
Business
TVBEurope’s 2021 Watch List
TVBEurope unveils our people to watch in the media technology industry.
Business
NativeWaves appoints new CEO, CTO
Company has raised over €1.3 million in additional seed equity capital and non-dilutive financing.
Business
Ofcom: Traditional broadcasting at risk ‘without radical shake-up’
Regulator suggests PSBs could become full or partly subscription-based.
Business
BBC ‘set to announce new chair before Christmas’
Richard Sharp said to be a "shoo-in" for the position.
Business
European Broadcasting Union elects new board
For the first time, the EBU executive board includes three women
Business
2021: Supplier consolidation, Cloud security and continued remote working
Telestream CEO Dan Castles weighs in on what lies ahead for the media tech industry in 2021
Business
Industry moves: Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, Jean-Francois Pigeon, Renaud Lavoie
Hillary and Chelsea Clinton launch production company, Jean-Francois Pigeon joins Synamedia, and Riedel appoints Renaud Lavoie to SVP technology.
Business
Industry moves: Gerry O’Sullivan, Daniel Url, Tony Mooney
Gerry O'Sullivan leaves Eutelsat, while new appointments are announced at Vizrt and ThinkAnalytics
Business
TVBEurope announces 2020 Product Innovation Awards winners
TVBEurope is delighted to announce the winning entries in this year’s Product Innovation Awards. The annual awards programme, which TVBEurope is a part of...
Business
Andrea Amey joins UKTV to oversee digital strategy
Amey joins the broadcaster from Channel 5.
Business
Arqiva stands down as Freeview shareholder
Arqiva to withdraw from Digital UK's board in March.
Business
BBC Studioworks looks to expand out of London with new commercial director
Company is looking to open more studios outside of London.
Business
Netflix to declare its true UK revenue
Think tank claims the streamer has been under reporting its revenue
Business
Mediapro launches court action against Canal Plus over football rights
Spanish broadcaster has accused Canal Plus of "abusive and unfair practises".
Business
Discovery sublicenses Olympic Games rights to Denmark’s DR, TV 2
Danish broadcasters will be able to show action from Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 and Olympic Games Paris 2024.
Business
UK government creates Global Screen Fund to replace EU funding after Brexit
Pilot scheme will receive £7 million in government funding to support UK TV and film productions.
Business
Ofcom: Women still make up less than half of UK TV and radio industry
Ofcom has called on broadcasters to accelerate progress across three priority areas.
Business
Canal Plus ‘preparing €700 million Ligue 1 rescue package’
French broadcaster preparing bid in case on-going negotiations between Mediapro and the French football league fail.
Business
Netflix spends $1 billion on UK productions in 2020
Streamer says it intends to "invest in the best content in every genre, and are fully committed to supporting British production and creative talent...
Media Management
Red Bee: 15 years of challenging the media industry
Steve Nylund, Red Bee Media's CEO, and CCO James Arnold discuss the company's 15th anniversary
Business
CP Communications acquires wearable camera company SportsCam
SportsCam produces wearable Cloud-connected wireless cameras, which capture close-up sports action from varied points of view
Media Management
Alibaba Cloud receives DPP’s Committed to Security Mark
Company has attained DPP's Security Marks for broadcast and production
Business
TVBEurope November/December 2020 issue released
Latest issue focus on the realities: augmented, virtual, and immersive audio. It also includes an investigation into ITV's drama Des, and interviews with the...
Business
Product Innovation Awards deadline extended
New deadline for the awards which celebrate the best in innovation in hardware, software and other products for the TV and pro video markets
Business
Why 2020 is a transformative moment for the media industry
TVBEurope talks to Dalet's Bea Alonso about the company's 30th anniversary and the current challenges facing the media tech industry.
Business
Liberty Global completes Sunrise Communications acquisition
Liberty Global now holds more than 98 per cent of the share capital of Sunrise.
IP Migration
Christopher Nolan joins new SMPTE advisory council
One of a number of key Hollywood technologists who will be advising SMPTE on Hollywood's need for new creative tools, standards and services.
Business
Canal Plus Group, Kudelski shut down Swiss pirate
Two companies worked with Vaud Police, Europol and Eurojust to shut down KBoxServ
Business
DPP: Media tech business model ‘no longer fit for purpose’
DPP's latest report looks at the relationship between customers and suppliers
Business
Netflix hires ITN CEO to oversee UK production
Anna Mallett appointed VP of physical production across UK, EMEA, LATAM and APAC.
Business
Viaplay set for international push
Streamer will launch in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and the United States in 2021
Business
UK government establishes panel to ‘help shape future of public service broadcasting’
Panel is tasked with providing independent expertise and advice as part of the government's strategic review of PSBs
Business
Italian government ‘preparing to curb Vivendi’s position in media’
Government has reportedly drafted legislation that would require communications watchdog to investigate companies operating in the media sector.
Business
Eleven Sports acquires football streaming company MyCujoo
Eleven Sports said it intends to fold MyCujoo into its global platform, and will use the company's tech stack to power its new global...
Business
SMPTE 2020 Virtual 4K 4Charity Fun Run opens
Participants can chose tun walk, jog or run either 4K or 8K
Media Consumption
How consumption habits are disrupting traditional broadcast models
Olivier Bovis, head of sales for Media Solutions, Sony PSE, explores the rise of SVoD, the challenges of evolving broadcast schedules, digital business models...
Media Management
How the pay-TV industry can employ data to rise to the challenge of Covid
NAGRA's Jacques-Edouard Guillemot explains how real-time access to and analysis of data can help pay-TV operators be more resilient and able to adapt quickly...
Business
Framestore acquires Company 3 / Method
Acquisition creates the only global creative services studio working across every part of the creative and production process.
Business
What does lockdown 2 mean for the TV industry?
TVBEurope talks to analyst Alex DeGroote about the impact England's return to lockdown could have on commercial broadcasters
Business
Arqiva “reluctant to invest” in Freeview Play expansion
Arqiva is said to be reluctant to invest further as Freeview Play will not rely on traditional broadcasting infrastructure.
Business
Mediawan completes takeover of Legardère Studios
Acquisition gives Mediawan control of Lagardère's 25 production subsidiaries, as well as its distribution business which has a catalogue of around 10,000 hours of...