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OPINION: Cloud TV is on the horizon
Cloud TV remains a big theme for IBC and the industry this year, says Alticast EMEA president Tiaan Schutte The infrastructure is finally in place and...
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Pandora’s Box for Broadcast
Pandora’s Box adds another dimension to Christie’s range of media processors for broadcast, offering realtime rendering and interactive applications, An unlimited number of servers...
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New capabilities boost DigiLink HD-SDI over IP gateway
In-band management and GigE capabilities have been added to the DigiLink media transport platform’s HD-SDI over IP gateway. The Artel Video Systems module uses...
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MENA: Call for more DTT
Many Middle East nations are still transmitting analogue TV, while those few which have adopted DTT are transmitting channels and programming “which nobody is...
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Huge questions over HDR+
A jam-packed, standing room only gathering of IBC delegates heard the UHD Forum panel of experts discuss and review the likely road-map for the...
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Quality assurance services reduce churn
Helping broadcasters and other video distributors to reduce subscriber churn is the IBC focus for IneoQuest Technologies. End-to-end video assurance services and innovations for...
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“The BBC has to change” says Dobbs
House of Cards creator Lord Michael Dobbs has fallen out with both Margaret Thatcher and the BBC but during an IBC keynote he described...
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Lego for broadcasters
Solving distribution challenges for higher bandwidth signals, Norwia is showcasing the latest addition to its miniHUB platform, a flexible 4K/12G UHD-SDI system. The company...
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BKSTS backs IBC Rising Stars
IBC’s Rising Stars are continuing their special conference today. This regular event at IBC brings together young professionals starting out in the media industry....
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Image matters
For all the talk of virtualisation the one thing the industry can’t yet translate into software is the physics of light hitting a sensor....
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Consumers will “embrace” UHD
Consumers in key European TV markets are ready to embrace UHD as a thrilling TV experience and to invest in equipment and content, in...
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AJA continues march to 4K UHD, IP workflows
AJA has unveiled several new technologies, including those based around the company’s goal of continuing to build a 4K UHD infrastructure, and that includes...
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More is more
Raphael Guenon (left) and Francois Manciet (right), two of the contributing authors to ruwido’s paper ‘More is more: investigating attention distribution between the television...
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Hungary acquisition for OB SI
Outside broadcast specialist Broadcast Solutions is expanding into studio facilities with the acquisition of Hungarian systems integrator Somos Broadcast Media. The new Broadcast Solutions...
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World’s widest 2/3-inch UHD lens
The new Canon CJ12ex4.3B zoom lens is claimed to be widest 2/3-inch UHD portable broadcast lens released so far. The 12x zoom goes as...
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Patent-free VC-2 LD video codec released
The new VC-2 Low Delay codec by Barco Silex is now available for licensing to broadcast equipment manufacturers. The VC-2 Low Delay codec is...
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Scenic rides
If you’re looking for history and politics, the Grand Holland South tour has it all. The tour starts with a scenic bus ride to...
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HDR for live sports
The next step to delivering a better pixelled UHD live picture is HDR, with outside broadcasters testing workflows to introduce it. At IBC, Technicolor...
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Queue forms for SkyPanel LEDs
The new SkyPanel range of LED soft lights will ship after IBC and already has “a tremendous amount of pre-orders”, said Markus Zeiler, Arri’s...
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IABM Awards mirror shift to IP
The prestigious IABM design and innovation awards, consisting of nine segment contests and a single special recognition prize, reflected the frontline themes of IBC...
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HDR: UHD’s wow factor
Technology companies are this week showcasing how high-dynamic-range (HDR) content can be added to UHD broadcasting to bring what many believe is the missing...
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FieldCast powers up cable
Cable manufacturer Rosenberger OSI and hardware manufacturer Mediamachine have unleashed FieldCast as a standalone brand, which has launched a lower-cost single-mode hybrid fibre cable...
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JVC and Bradley are remote partners
JVC signed an agreement at IBC to sell a range of Bradley products, including pan/tilt cameras and studio components. “It is giving JVC access...
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TICO swells in numbers
As an industry now built on HEVC struggles to comprehend the rate card published by the HEVC Advance patent pool, the TICO Alliance has...
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Pushing the limits of live
A multi-vendor approach to ‘getting more out of live’ is one of the cornerstones of EVS’ IP4Live initiative. The IP future envisioned by EVS...
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VSM and more for Fox Sports
Fox Sports playout from a new facility in the Media Park Hilversum has gone live, controlled by VSM broadcasting from L-S-B. Initially Fox will...
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IoT: an operator opportunity?
Will the Internet of Things become an everyday reality? And: can anyone make money from it? Gregory Wieczorek, president and general director of Neotion,...
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Schleifer steps up
Primestream announced that David Schleifer has been named COO as IBC got underway. He will report directly to president and CEO Claudio Lisman. “I...
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New GUI and MAM features
A new GUI, additional MAM features and improved VoD/OTT capabilities are among the enhancements that have been made to Provys’ management and back-office software...
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End of TV as we know it?
Content owners must embrace opportunities offered by OTT and online TV services but also ensure that investment in quality content and creativity is safeguarded:...
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Interop across platforms
BBC and Dolby have given the demo of DVB-CSS a boost, along with the news that it is the underlying spec for inter-device synchronisation...
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Linear Acoustic and Minnetonka Audio unite
Linear Acoustic has announced that Minnetonka Audio Software has joined the Telos Alliance through a merger of the companies. “Efficient broadcast audio workflow is...
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One wire to rule UHD
Ultra HD has now reached critical mass for production use. “The challenge now is how to get it to the home,” according to Mike...
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Rebranded T3Media eyes expansion
Content licensing and management specialist T3Media recently changed its name to Wazee Digital and is now looking to expand outside the US market. The...
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Sitting on a gold mine
According to Alticast EMEA president Tiaan Schutte, the Internet of Things is a significant opportunity, supported by his company’s agile and flexible tools for...
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MoU sees OTT development
At IBC a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Huawei and NetRange who agreed to cooperate in driving the OTT ecosystem. The companies...
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OTT comes of age
OTT services will be in 35 million US households by 2022 representing a quarter of the market, predicted Roger Lynch, CEO of OTT start-up...
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Premium UHD and HDR
The UHD Alliance – a coalition of Hollywood studios, broadcasters and manufacturers – is closing in on completing quality standards for the next-generation premium...
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New news: streetwise and streaming
“The new battleground for news is authenticity,” declared Kevin Sutciffe, Head of News Programming Europe at Vice. “We’re not shying away from the difficulties...
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Mobile game-changer for OTT
OTT is a means of survival, a huge business opportunity or a weapon to stall churn, depending on where you stand. Either way, not...
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Ear on the ball
KICK automated control for close-ball mixing has debuted. When interfaced with modern image analysis and tracking systems, KICK’s patent-pending technology guarantees a consistent, fully-automated...
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HEVC Advance: Who will blink first?
The elephant in the RAI has been the battle to be fought between the HEVC Advance patent pool and the Alliance for Open Media....