Production & Post
How Scanline VFX recreated the Thames and more for Netflix’s Back in Action
Jan Krupp, VFX supervisor at Scanline VFX, tells TVBEurope how the company created a range of environments for the Netflix film
Features
Business
A continual evolution: DPP reaches 10 year milestone
DPP CEO Rowan de Pomerai and CCO Mark Harrison talk to TVBEurope about the organisation's first decade, plans for the future and challenges facing...
Business
Building momentum: Jon Wilson on his appointment as Grass Valley CEO
TVBEurope content director Jenny Priestley sits down with new Grass Valley CEO Jon Wilson to discuss his vision for the company going forward, what...
Production & Post
Case study: How the animation of Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse inspired web series Ada
TED-Ed series Ada fuses storytelling with eye-catching animation. The Should We Studio production team explain how they relied on V-Ray for rendering, refining the...
Business
Five years on: the impact of Covid on the broadcast industry (part 2)
Five years since Covid-19 first arrived, TVBEurope hears from leading figures from across the media and entertainment industry to find out what has changed...
Business
Five years on: the impact of Covid on the broadcast industry
Five years since Covid-19 first arrived, TVBEurope hears from leading figures from across the media and entertainment industry to find out what has changed...
Sponsored
Playout automation leadership
Sally Wallington, SVP of sales at Pebble, explores the mission-critical considerations broadcasters should make when choosing a playout provider
Sponsored
Evertz VUE: streamlining broadcast control
Evertz VUE provides an intuitive, flexible solution for broadcasters, improving efficiency and streamlining video and audio control in dynamic production environments
IP Migration
Offering a broad umbrella for IP standards
TVBEurope's Jenny Priestley sits down with new SMPTE president Richard Welsh to discuss his aims for the organisation going forward, its efforts to attract...
Business
Opinion: The importance of DEI
Rise founder Sadie Groom explains how DEI initiatives in the media tech industry can provide a variety of perspectives, experiences and ideas, leading to...
Production & Post
Facing the future of 4D scanning
Clear Angle Studios is leading a quiet revolution in the art of 4D scanning. CEO, Dominic Ridley, tells TVBEurope about the tech behind their...
Live Production
How BBC Wales returned live to 1985
TVBEurope talks to the team who brought a piece of broadcasting history back to life on BBC Wales last night
Production & Post
Stop-motion triumph
Colourist Deidre (Dee) McClelland details how she helped shape the distinct look and feel of whimsical Oscar-nominated stop-motion film, Memoir of a Snail
IP Migration
Under pressure: How BT’s MAUD is managing the distribution chain
The way content is consumed is changing, which means delivery infrastructures are being put under more and more pressure. BT’s broadband engineering director Ian...
Media Consumption
Opinion: what can OTT learn from social media?
Bleuenn Le Goffic, VP business transformation at Accedo, explores the opportunities available to video services through emulating social media models
Sponsored
Live cloud broadcasting: the future of media workflows
In its latest ebook, M2A Media explains how cloud solutions empower organisations to scale dynamically, automate complex processes simultaneously, and deliver seamless live experiences
Sustainability
The London-based channel delivering sustainable streaming in every way
TVBEurope meets the team behind RE:TV, a cross-platform channel, to discover how they keep both their production and streaming carbon footprints down by using...
Production & Post
How UNIT created a CG photoreal gorilla for Paramount+ drama Stags
UNIT VFX supervisor Nuno Pereira tells TVBEurope about the work that went into creating an emotive CG gorilla called El Niño
Production & Post
Remembering the legend: how Scanline VFX retold the SENNA story
Craig Wentworth, overall VFX supervisor at Scanline VFX, tells TVBEurope how the spectacular sights and sounds of Formula 1 in the '80s and '90s...
Media Delivery
Evolve and elevate: the role of standards in bringing immersive video to a wider audience
Philippe Guillotel, director and head of the video lab’s metavideo group at InterDigital, comments on the crucial nature of standards in providing foundations for...
Audio
The Listeners: creating the soundworld of the groundbreaking drama
Sound designer Steve Fanagan tells David Davies how the soundscape behind the recent BBC One series, The Listeners, was created
IP Migration
European broadcasters lead the way in redundancy-driven SMPTE ST 2110 adoption
Chris Wright, vice president of business development EMEA, TASCAM, examines why European success in adopting redundancy-driven SMPTE ST 2110 is providing a roadmap for...
Production & Post
Creating the look of dual timelines for Moonflower Murders
TVBEurope investigates the work of colourist Dan Coles on the latest season of the BBC's crime series
Media Consumption
Opinion: Following the viewer’s journey
Matt Ross, chief analytics officer at SVoD viewing measurement company Digital i, explains why broadcasters and streamers continue to need timely and insightful audience...
Production & Post
Saving the past of TV and film for the future
Official television and film archives exist to preserve the history and creativity of media. But even these formal institutions do not contain everything that...
Sponsored
How newsrooms can adapt to evolving audience demands
Marcy Lefkovitz, Dalet SVP product innovation, details the findings of the company's report into the future of newsrooms, including leveraging AI, optimising multi-platform and...
IP Migration
Broadcast and the IT industry: an inevitable evolution?
At IBC2024, Grass Valley CTO Ian Fletcher told attendees at GV Forum that broadcast is now an IT industry. During our discussions at the...
Business
Watch: TVBEurope’s Story of 2024
TVBEurope takes its annual look back at the biggest events in the media and entertainment industry during 2024, from the rise of AI to...
Artificial Intelligence
How AI is reshaping media workflows and competitive strategies
Media Excel CEO Narayanan Rajan ponders whether AI will be the catalyst for media's future, and suggests that companies need to embrace AI today...
Production & Post
Catching the Christmas train
Filming one of the world’s most scenic rail routes in the depths of winter needed a planning operation that was second to none. Sohail...
Media Management
Goal: Liverpool (assist: Wasabi)
Liverpool Football Club produces over 100 pieces of content every week across its linear TV channel, OTT platform and social media channels. LFC’s Drew...
Sponsored
Demystifying video encoding
A newly published white paper from Nevion, a Sony Group company, looks at the various needs informing the use of video encoding in live...
Audio
Opinion: FAST needs better audio quality
Costa Nikols, strategy advisor, M&E at Telos Alliance explains why FAST platforms must no longer accept "good enough" for audio
Media Management
How entertainment industry convergence is accelerating technology innovation
Samira Bakhtiar, general manager of media & entertainment, games, and sports at Amazon Web Services (AWS), highlights why diversification is becoming mission critical for...
Audio
The power of connection: TVBEurope meets Dr Andreas Sennheiser
With the launch of its latest audio solution Spectera, Sennheiser aims to start a revolution in audio production
Production & Post
Three is the magic number
Reflecting the three stars on screen, Only Murders in the Building relies on a trio of editors to help bring the comedy and intrigue...
Sponsored
Transformative technologies: AJA Video Systems on IP, HDR and (very big) data
IP video, HDR and data management are the three trends transforming M&E at the moment – and AJA has powerful solutions to address all...
Sponsored
How to stay on budget and increase ROI with IP video distribution
Cost-efficiency and ROI are front of mind for media business and technology leaders across Europe — LTN shares insight and case studies on cost-effective...
Media Management
Opinion: The transformative impact of remote production and cloud migration on the media industry
John Wastcoat, SVP business development and marketing at Zixi, highlights how media organisations can fully leverage technological innovations, positioning themselves at the forefront of...
Features
Making the dragons fly
Martin Pelletier, visual effects supervisor at Rodeo FX, explains how House of the Dragon’s fantastic flying beasts are able to take to the air
Production & Post
How BBC Studioworks built a flyaway kit for It Takes Two
TVBEurope talks to the team at BBC Studioworks about the technology included in a new flyaway kit for BBC Two's Strictly Come Dancing spin-off,...
Production & Post
The security super service provider
Trusted Partner Network president Terri Davies talks to TVBEurope about the importance of collaboration and certification in ensuring security in the media industry