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Rising Stars into The Heart of Hell
Scot Barbour, VP of production technology at Sony Pictures Entertainment, here at IBC to present the Rising Stars session ‘The Heart of Hell –...
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ARM to receive International Honour for Excellence 2015 at IBC ceremony
The International Honour for Excellence 2015, the highest honour IBC bestows, recognises a technology – and the company behind it – which has been...
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Programming with global ambition
There are very few broadcasters with larger global coverage than Discovery Networks. It is present in some 220 nations and territories, and each of...
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VoD means broadcast gold
Video on demand is fast becoming a significant revenue stream for pay-TV operators with predictions from Time Warner Cable Media that 50% of its...
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Everything is virtualised
Al Jazeera’s technology chief Mohamed Abuagla sent out a clear message to vendors working on cloud-based applications: keep systems open and look at ways...
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No Grumpy Cat for Dubai’s OSN
IBC’s ‘The Future is Now’ opening session managed to draw a near-capacity audience to the Forum, where the panelists delivered plenty of headline news. ...
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“EPG is broken” says Twitter boss
With its grid-like display and limited screen functionality the Electronic Programme Guide has not changed much in 30 years but new content players that...
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IBC TV makes headline news
IBC TV is the event’s own live, linear web channel, produced on site and packed full of commentary, interviews and opinions. It is distributed...
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IBC takes industry pulse
Broadcasting is ever-changing; it is one of the delights of the business but also the over-riding challenge. Staying abreast – and ahead – of...
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IBC Keynotes lead from the front
This year’s IBC Conference is presenting another top flight portfolio of star speakers. Elsewhere we write about JB Perrette, president of Discovery Networks International,...
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A Wearable and Virtual Reality
Always one of the most popular and exciting areas of IBC, the IBC Future Zone outside Hall 8 is essential to everyone’s show itinerary...
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Next generation cinema technology
IBC’s ‘Big Screen’ strand will examine in detail current and future advances in cinema technology. Marking its second year as a free conference strand...
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Drive the driverless car
After the home, the next bastion of connected lifestyle is the car. There is already a battle between the operating systems of internet giants...
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A galaxy of Feature Areas to explore
Signature to the unique character of the IBC show are the array of free-to-attend Feature Areas which are designed to reflect the constant evolution...
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Conference streams are totally dynamic
IBC2015 has five well-designed Themes for conference delegates, each to showcase that the show is not just a technical event, important though technology has...
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The appliance of IBC science
Taking the technology off the show floor and putting it into context of real world engineering and production scenarios is the goal of IBC...
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Forum: The Future is Now
Thursday morning in the Forum is always seen as something of a scene-setter for the days that follow, and the opening session (moderated by...
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Updated multiservice platform debuts at IBC
Making its IBC debut is the Newtec Dialog 1.2, an updated version of the multiservice platform which the company claimed would guarantee optimal modulation...
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Technical Papers and Posters
IBC has always been seen as the best place to discuss new ideas, and a technical paper programme has been part of IBC since...
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Imagining the future at The Amtrium
Imagine Communications opens IBC2015 in a new location and in a brand new building, the Amtrium. Located between the IBC Content Everywhere Hub Theatre...
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Plan your IBC trip
This year’s IBC is going to be bigger than ever, so if you have not yet booked your accommodation, do not delay. There is...
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Preserving the IOC heritage
Dating back to the first Olympics of modern times, in 1896, the International Olympic Committee has a vast archive: 2,000 hours of film, 33,000...
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IBC Content Everywhere is bigger than ever
IBC’s Content Everywhere this year really does reach some exciting parts of the entertainment universe. For a start there’s a Friday session (in the...
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MediaCorp Toggles with Muse
The SEA Games 2015 saw MediaCorp deploy Envivio Muse encoders for its Toggle service, which delivers OTT TV to viewers in Singapore. The Southeast...
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Touch & Connect across the show
For the first time at IBC all visitors will be gifted with Touch & Connect, the remarkable electronic networking tool which will not only...
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4K glass-to-glass workflow
An end-to-end professional Ultra HD workflow, with 4K lenses, sensors and reference displays, will be on show from Canon for the first time at...
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Realising new IP potential
The focus for Ericsson is to enable all the players in the media value chain to realise their new potential as the industry transitions...
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Broadest range yet for IBC Innovation Awards
Sunday night, 13 September, sees the presentation of the IBC2015 Innovation Awards. This year the shortlist covers the widest scope ever, from radio stations...
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IBC2015 is flying high
The fascinating thing about our industry – and what keeps me associated with IBC – is that it is constantly changing. Every time we...
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Taking the tech temperature
For those of us who are fascinated by the strategic direction of media technology, the publication of IBC’s technical conference stream is a significant...
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Extending the MAM
Tedial Evolution is being showcased at IBC2015. This software extends MAM functionality with advanced search/indexing tools, new services to surf/explore archives, and improved integration...
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Media in an age of disruption
We have given this year’s IBC conference the overall title of ‘The Future of Media in an Age of Disruption’, setting up very nicely...
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IBC to examine The Future in an Age of Disruption
The IBC Conference delivers panel sessions, debates, master classes and keynotes across five daily themes which this year are based around 'The Future in...
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Conference Analysis: Entertainment’s brave new world
Forget about interacting with your smart TV using a remote control – that is so old hat! A few years down the road, you...
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The big IBC2014 dilemma: to deploy UHD-1 or wait for UHD-2?
“Should we go for UHD-1 or wait for UHD-2,” asked the EBU’s Hans Hoffman. “When will services start? When will consumers buy new displays?...
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SCTE and The Connected Home
Each year at IBC, the Benelux group of the Society of Cable Television Engineers holds its annual lecture. This year it’s Monday afternoon at...
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Immersive audio: from big screen to smaller
For some of us – of a certain age – it seems like only yesterday that 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound was introduced, but the...
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Conference Analysis: Broadcasting’s social responsibility
Broadcasting is the “most powerful cultural medium” and broadcasters have a social responsibility to introduce people to new and complex ideas, Professor Brian Cox,...
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Television’s Expanding Universe
The IBC guide describes multiple award-winning broadcaster Professor Brian Cox OBE as being known globally for his hit TV shows that help explain the...
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The EBU Loudness Breakfast
Loudness – and occasionally the lack of volume – is a persistent complaint from viewers who frequently write to the newspapers grumbling about the...
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European Digital Cinema Forum: Coming to a screen near you
The global update by the European Digital Cinema Forum is a popular annual event at IBC. This year it takes place this afternoon, at...
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Conference Analysis: Cost of the cloud
The session on ‘The Cloud and Broadcast TV’ found that only a handful of broadcasters are not yet using some kind of cloud capabilities...