Features

Sport’s eventful year

As 2020 comes to an end, Philip Stevens talks to ITV Sport's Roger Pearce about a year of fewer events – and the hopes...

Media Management

Case study: ABS Broadcast realises its vision with Cinegy

How ABS Broadcast moved to a software-based playout system with help from Cinegy.

Audio

An inside look at immersive audio

Immersive audio pioneer Felix Krückels talks to TVBEurope about next generation audio, how to prepare, and how to mix the audio for live broadcasts.

Media Consumption

Tuning into TV’s age gap

Johan Bolin, chief product and technology officer, Edgeware looks at how broadcasters can reach out to a lost generation of viewers.

Case Studies

How ZDF series ‘Sløborn’ was graded using black magic

With its plot centering around a deadly virus hitting a small island community, ZDF’s latest drama series, ‘Sløborn’, could not have been more timely....

Case Studies

Virtual MTV VMAs made possible in industry first

TVBEurope is given an exclusive insight into the virtual production of the recent MTV Video Music Awards and how disguise's xR workflow was used...

Production & Post

Report insight: The future of video production

Martin Coles, vice president of marketing at IPV, gives TVBEurope an exclusive insight into the media and entertainment findings from the company's report into...

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.

Live Production

Bren Hester: Serving tennis packages since 1997

As the tennis season approaches its conclusion with the ATP Tour Final, sports broadcast event producer and EVS editor Bren Hester offers TVBEurope some...

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...

Production & Post

The inconvenient truth about content security

By Tobias Pyndt Steinmann, chief technology officer, ioGates ApS

Live Production

All eyes on the United States

Philip Stevens looks at how European broadcasters have elected to cover Biden vs Trump.

Production & Post

The hacker’s playground

Jonathan Morgan, CEO, Object Matrix, and Michael Nixon, marketing and engagement manager, Fortium, discuss how Covid-19 has stripped companies of the luxury of taking...

Production & Post

Bird watching without binoculars

How the BBC's R&D team developed open source machine-learning framework network YOLO (You Only Look Once) for Autumnwatch.

Production & Post

How AI can transform TV

Parham Azimi, CEO of iconik, explains how broadcasters and media organisations can use AI to give them a head-start on any upcoming industry changes.

Business

Updated: Everything we know about: New BBC chair

TVBEurope rounds-up the runners and riders to succeed David Clementi

Media Management

Survey: Do you have your finger on the pulse with resource management?

Take part in our survey about resource management, and you could win one of three $100 Amazon gift cards

Media Management

Inter-company content exchange for the modern media supply chain: An explainer

Rick Clarson, chief strategy officer at Signiant, explains why moving highly sensitive, large, complex data sets between companies requires a new approach.

Production & Post

How mixed reality set the tone for TF1’s election coverage

How broadcaster TF1 employed Pixotope for coverage of this year's municipal elections.

Bringing Cloud gaming down to Earth

InterDigital’s new white paper, Cloud gaming: Enabling a next generation gaming and streaming paradigm, explains how to reap the bonuses and avoid the pitfalls...

White Paper

Media Delivery

How 5G will impact the distribution and consumption of media

TVBEurope talks to Nevion's Andy Rayner about the possibilities 5G technology offers all areas of the media industry

Media Delivery

Piracy is threatening the ‘new normal’ way of life

Shane McCarthy, chief operating officer at Irdeto, explains why content security is even more important than ever during the pandemic.

Media Management

Compliance monitoring: The broadcast necessity that justified its existence

Erik Otto, CTO, Mediaproxy argues why compliance should be at the forefront of any broadcast business decision, whether production, post production or distribution

Media Consumption

Trust and relevancy: Why there will always be a TV in the living room

Harry Harcus, managing director, UK, Finecast argues the death of the TV has been greatly exaggerated

Media Delivery

Why pay-TV operators need to become aggregators

Accedo's Mrugesh Desai discusses how services designed to rationalise the way audiences consume media, are now making it more complicated.

Media Delivery

TV and film distribution will see a dramatic shift in the post-Covid world

Vuulr CEO Ian McKee on why this is a watershed moment for the way the content industry operates.

Audio

Boom! How Formula E used shotgun mics to maintain social distancing

Doreen Greaton discovers how shotgun microphones and in-ear monitors helped Formula E's sound team make sure everything was crystal clear

Live Production

How advanced broadcast control surfaces can enhance live esports production

Mark Davies, director of products and technology at TSL Products, explains how advanced control surfaces can ensure creative production freedom and the highest technical...

Media Consumption

Can we really rely on TV ratings?

Media Asset Capital's Jeremy Bancroft explains why the current model of measuring TV audiences is all wrong

Production & Post

Case study: Behind the grade on Sky Atlantic’s I Hate Suzie

Colourist Simone Grattarola discusses the many different looks for Billie Piper's new show.

Media Management

Content piracy: Is it a game of whack-a-mole or collaborative cat and mouse?

NAGRA's Tim Pearson argues that the content industry needs to collaborate in order to defeat piracy – that includes content owners, operators and even...

Media Consumption

The rise of the remote football fan

As football seasons kick off across Europe, Dugout's Rachel Powney looks at how clubs and their partners can reconnect with fans and bring in...

Media Management

The gigabytes equal performance illusion

GB Labs' Ben Pearce discusses why it's so important for content owners to choose their storage systems wisely

IP Migration

IP and broadcast; an industry in transition

As part of our special report into the industry's transition to IP standards and workflows, TVBEurope spoke to Thomas Bause Mason, director of standards...

Features

Free white paper: post production tools equip workflows for 4K and HDR surge

Telestream's new white paper breaks down the challenges posed by 4K, HDR, WCG and UHD in colouration, luminance and pixel density

Production & Post

How the EastEnders production team returned to a Covid-safe Albert Square

Philip Stevens investigates the production processes put in place to bring EastEnders back to BBC One

Production & Post

Case study: Finding a dramatic look for comedy series Mandy

Colourist Lee Clappison and DP Pete Rowe discuss their work on the BBC Two comedy series

Features

Let the data soar

TVBEurope gets an insight from Alexey Senkovsky, director of the camera equipment department at Mosfilm Studios, about its work in 2020 and moving to...