Business
2025: The year of interoperability
From open source graphics to the ongoing development of the Media eXchange Layer, 2025 is the year when the industry got serious about interoperability
Features
Business
My 2025: a year of vintage OB trucks, Big Blue Marbles and a Eurovision extravaganza
TVBEurope's Matthew Corrigan looks back on a very busy year in media and entertainment
Media Management
TAMS: A new paradigm in ‘content-centric’ workflows
In the wake of an inaugural live broadcast demo at OnAir 2025, David Davies explores the significant potential of Time Addressable Media Store—aka TAMS
Production & Post
How It Was Just An Accident was cut in secret, with no internet
Editor Amir Etminan talks to TVBEurope about using his laptop, Premiere Pro, SSDs, and a television to cut the Palm d'Or winning film
Live Production
Ready for anything
As the Olympic Flame arrives in Italy, Jenny Priestley talks to Warner Bros Discovery’s Matteo Pacor about changes in winter sports production, which give...
Audio
Why Europe’s broadcasters need to tune-in to MPEG-H Audio
Costa Nikols, executive-team strategy advisor, media & entertainment, Telos Alliance, provides a technological comparison of the key Next Generation Audio options available to broadcasters
Production & Post
Balancing the human and the spectral: The secrets behind Christmas Karma’s Jacob Marley
Virtual production specialists Dimension detail the one-day motion capture shoot and five-month process of building Christmas Karma’s Jacob Marley (aka Hugh Bonneville)
Live Production
Shooting for gold
As the IBU World Cup begins, Robert Portman, head of winter sport and Andreas Aristodemou, director of Olympics at EBU Sport, tell TVBEurope about...
Production & Post
How the cinematography of Train Dreams makes the film feel ‘grounded and honest’
Cinematographer Adolpho Veloso talks to TVBEurope about the importance of focusing on the film's human experiences so that employing modern technology wouldn't feel out...
Media Consumption
Opinion: Will Paramount’s Champions League win lead to more innovation?
Following the latest sale of UEFA Champions League rights, Jenny Priestley warns streamers need to bring in new innovation and fight the problem of...
Media Consumption
Make adverts great again!
A milestone anniversary in television advertising made Matthew Corrigan question whether technology can help bring creativity back
Media Consumption
Repelling the content pirates
With anti-piracy legislation lagging behind technological change, Matthew Corrigan finds out how content can be protected from Robin Boldon, strategic product leader at Friend...
Media Management
Ready for an upgrade?
Dr Pierre-Anthony Lemieux, executive director of the Alliance for Open Media, tells TVBEurope about plans to launch its new codec by the end of...
Live Production
‘It’s beyond what I imagined we could achieve’: Industry and students join forces to go On Air
TVBEurope spent the afternoon at Ravensbourne University meeting the students and members of the industry who helped get a 24 hour, worldwide livestream on...
Live Production
All you need to know about MXL
Jenny Priestley talks to the BBC and CBC Canada about the Media eXchange Layer (MXL), which is set to change how content moves around...
Media Delivery
The future of free TV: Freely’s innovative features and growth plans
TVBEurope talks to Sarah Milton, chief product officer at Everyone TV, about the success of Freely, the UK's free-to-air IPTV service, which is set...
Sponsored
On and off the pitch, Shure’s new Digital Broadcast Microphone Array is enhancing viewers’ audio experience
With 78 elements, 8 steerable lobes, and dual automixers, the Shure DCA901 Digital Broadcast Array delivers unprecedented audio coverage and control for live sports...
Artificial Intelligence
Analysing the hype cycle of AI technologies in broadcast
AI development is following a familiar path, says Tridib Chakravarty, CEO and president of StorageDNA, explaining the current state of play in media and...
Media Delivery
Opinion: Why European broadcasters need to gain control of the mobile device ecosystem
Mark A Aitken, president of ONE Media Technologies, explains why purusing 5G Broadcast without securing device autonomy risks leaving broadcasters subservient to Mobile Network...
Sponsored
Behind the scenes of micro-dramas: the technology driving a $7 billion industry
Fred Sun, general manager at Tencent Cloud Europe, explains how the micro-drama boom is signalling the future of streaming and shows how content, technology...
Business
Navigating the future of public service broadcasting
As the EBU marks its 75th year, Jenny Priestley sits down with director-general Noel Curran to discuss its enduring mission and the critical challenges...
Sponsored
How Bedrock delivers scale for broadcasters to compete with the global streamers
Learn how Bedrock is working with European broadcasters to help them reach scale in the fight for audiences
Live Production
Opinion: Is 5G ready for live production?
Samuel Yoffe, senior systems engineer at Neutral Wireless and research fellow at the University of Strathclyde, considers the need for greater confidence in adopting...
Sponsored
AI-Media’s LEXI Voice delivers accuracy and flexibility in AI-powered voice translation
AI-Media's Russ Newton discusses the importance of accuracy in the company's speech-to-text and audio feed workflows
Live Production
How Sky Sports created a football studio that doesn’t look like a football studio
TVBEurope goes behind-the-scenes of Sky Sports' Women's Super League coverage to learn more about the new state-of-the-art studio, and how it incorporates the social...
Business
Opinion: how security defined my IBC
TVBEurope's Matthew Corrigan found a growing realisation that strong defences are becoming mission critical for M&E
Live Production
Opinion: Why the Media eXchange Layer was my biggest talking point of IBC2025
TVBEurope's content director Jenny Priestley reflects on one of the unexpected topics of conversation at IBC2025
Media Consumption
Should broadcast be categorised as Critical National Infrastructure?
Following yesterday's test of the UK's disaster alert system, Matthew Corrigan wonders if it’s time for governments to recognise the importance of broadcast media
Production & Post
Driving trends: the convergence of pro AV and broadcast
As the lines between broadcast and pro AV continue to blur, a new landscape for content creation and distribution is emerging. We speak to...
Sponsored
How the Media eXchange Layer (MXL) could reshape software-based broadcast workflows
Paul Schiller, product marketing manager, TAG Video Systems, explains why broadcasters should care and act sooner rather than later in adopting the EBU's Media...
Audio
Creating the audible wow factor
Frank Foti, executive chairman at Telos Alliance, tells Jenny Priestley about his work to revolutionise audio with an upmixing technology that transforms stereo into...
Opinion
The more things change…
TVBEurope's Matthew Corrigan has some thoughts on the pace of change in the world of broadcast technology
Media Management
A dynamic vision of broadcast’s future
The Media eXchange Layer (MXL) standardises how media processing functions operating in containerised environments can share and exchange data with each other, writes David...
Production & Post
Creating an authentic connection between human and dragon
Production VFX supervisor Christian Mänz talks to TVBEurope about the work that went into creating the creatures of How to Train Your Dragon both...
Audio
Building the sound of Building the Band
Sound supervisor Oliver Waton talks exclusively to TVBEurope about his work on Netflix’s new music series, and why Shure’s new Nexadyne microphones turned out...
Virtual Production
How the BBC’s Women’s Euro 2025 studio reflects the Swiss landscape
TVBEurope talks to Jim Mann, creative director at Lightwell, and BBC Sport's design director John Murphy, about the technology powering the broadcaster's virtual studio
Production & Post
‘Like creating one giant movie’: The process of creating the twists and turns of Dept Q
Editor Michelle Tesoro talks TVBEurope through the process of cutting Netflix drama Dept Q, including the technology that enabled the editing team to work...
Production & Post
Clear Angle Studios puts F1: The Movie in pole position
Clear Angle Studios' Marco Lee outlines how the company overcame the many technical challenges involved in capturing the sights and sounds of an active...
Production & Post
How Ignite handled the ‘moving parts’ of creating ITV’s Women’s Euros title sequence
Ignite's David Snowdon talks TVBEurope through the process of creating the titles for ITV's coverage of the UEFA Women's Euro, and why it was...
Adtech
How media companies can leverage major sports events to increase advertising revenue
Yospace CEO Tim Sewell talks to TVBEurope about the opportunities for broadcasters and streamers to maximise their return on investment during major sports events
Business
The year so far: TVBEurope’s stories of 2025
From the demise of Technicolor to the launch of world’s smallest slow-motion minicam, TVBEurope reflects on the first six months of the year
Live Production
A team sport
Around 200 members of staff at IMG have been working on a project that came together in a “matter of weeks, not months". TVBEurope...