News Releases
4K World Summit 2015 registration now open
It is now possible to reserve a place for the international conference on 4K and Ultra HD technology, to be held in Seville on...
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Production & Post
BT Sport prepares for National League coverage with Sony
Working with Timeline TV, BT Sport has invested in the tool to help compile and deliver content for post production, with the aim of...
News
Production & Post
Harmonic and Dimetis partner for DVB-T2 HEVC trials in Germany
Harmonic has joined forces with German IP broadcast specialist Dimetis to create a fully integrated field test system to accelerate the distribution of next-generation...
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TVBEverywhere
Sky News sets a Guinness World Record with LiveU tech
UK broadcaster’s general election coverage from 138 locations to cover 150 constituency results is a World Record
News
Production & Post
Riedel gear supports Singapore’s celebration of 28th SEA Games
Riedel Communications' technology was used during the opening and closing ceremonies of the 28th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Singapore in June
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Business
Companies look to cloud to drive increased revenue
Cisco has released the findings of a global study that indicates cloud is moving into a second wave of adoption, with companies no longer...
Business
TVBEverywhere
ITV extends playout contract with Ericsson until 2024
Ericsson will continue to provide playout services for ITV’s portfolio of channels including ITV, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, ITV HD, CITV and their associated regional...
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Business
BBC Earth grows with new original commissions
BBC Worldwide today announced new programming for global factual brand BBC Earth, with two more series green lit for the global channel
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Production & Post
ITN Productions kicks off three seasons of Football League with EVS
ITN Productions, the in-house TV production business from ITN, recently signed a three season contract to produce all content from the Football League to...
News
Production & Post
Imagine Communications takes IBC TV Everywhere
Imagine Communications will once again be providing the encoding facilities for IBC TV, the news and information service produced on site at broadcast convention
News
Business
RTL retains Formula One rights
RTL Television and Formula One World Championship are extending their partnership, meaning that the Cologne-based channel will continue to show the F1 races
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Business
Three hundred staff to go at MTG
Modern Times Group is to lay off 300 staff in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the UK as part of a restructuring programme
Business
Business
BT Sport takes the Ashes
BT Sport has outbid Sky to become the home of the 2017/18 Australia vs England Ashes, and will show all Australian home cricket internationals...
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Business
Fear the Walking Dead launch party hits London
Last night the derelict premises of the Old Central St Martin’s School of Art building in London was transformed into a safe bunker for...
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News Releases
Corbyn winning the battle for Labour’s digital soul
Twitter is the latest platform Jeremy Corbyn has taken by storm, according to research from specialist digital and marketing recruiter EMR
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Business
Eurosport acquires Rugby League package for Setanta Sports Asia
Eurosport has secured the exclusive TV and digital rights from Sky for a selection of Rugby League properties to be broadcast on Discovery’s recently...
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Business
Met Office loses BBC weather forecasting contract
The Met Office has lost its contract to supply the BBC with weather forecasting data, a deal which has been in place since the...
Business
News Releases
Customised playout for MCM TOP in Russia
Ostankino recently sought a reliable playout automation system to implement a new project on localisation of the MCM TOP French music channel broadcasting in...
Production & Post
Encompass Digital Media chooses Danmon for ingest solution
Encompass Digital Media, provider of media capture, process and distribution services, has selected Danmon Group United Kingdom to provide an integrated ingest solution for...
Production & Post
Discovery Networks Denmark expands with EVS
The Danish broadcaster has added new XT3 and Xedio CleanEdit to boost its live production
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Business
Broadcast industry ‘metamorphosis’ revealed in IABM DC report
Spending on products and services in the $48 billion broadcast and media technology industry shifted dramatically between 2012 and 2014, according to the newly...
Business
Production & Post
BBV is first to sign on to ABOX42-powered IPTV service
Only weeks after DNMG confirmed cooperation with ABOX42 and Zattoo for a while label IPTV multiscreen service for its members, German broadband provider BBV...
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Business
BBC and Sky unveil new additions to on-demand services
The public broadcaster has added a number of features to its iPlayer, while Sky customers can now benefit from new additions that bring its...
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Business
Gil Productions expands with content and distribution firm
Israeli independent Gil Productions has announced a new content creation and distribution arm, Gil Formats. The company is headed up by Gil Productions’ Assaf...
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TVBEverywhere
OH-TV invests in ten PlayBox AirBox playout channels
Broadcaster and international TV network provider OH-TV has expanded with ten additional AirBox playout channels from PlayBox Technology
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Business
Endemol Shine UK takes controlling stake in Simon’s Cat
Endemol Shine UK has acquired a controlling share in animation company Simon’s Cat, founded in 2008 by illustrator, animator and director Simon Tofield
Business
News Releases
RTS announces Cambridge Convention line-up
The Royal Television Society (RTS) has unveiled the line-up for the RTS Cambridge Convention 2015: Happy Valley or House of Cards?
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Opinion
AMC and Cineplex surrender to cinema’s phoenix moment
At the end of 2014, Sony released the film The Interview simultaneously both digitally and in a select range of movie theatres. I observed...
Production & Post
NRK chooses Shotoku for news studio upgrade
NRK, Norway’s national public broadcaster, has upgraded its news studios in Oslo and installed a multi-faceted, multi-site camera control configuration from Shotoku Broadcast Systems
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Production & Post
Wireless live streaming capability unlocked by Sony
Sony has announced new functionality that will allow newsgatherers to wirelessly stream live footage directly from cameras as they shoot, in a move designed...
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Business
Full UKTV offering now available on BT TV
A deal announced yesterday will allow BT customers to access all ten of UKTV’s channels for the first time
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Production & Post
Stryme and Vizrt partner for graphics solution
Stryme and Vizrt have joined forces to integrate the Vizrt graphic engine into the company’s GENESIX product line, to enable non-Vizrt customers to use...
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Business
BBC Trust launches consultation on proposed changes
The BBC Trust has launched its second public consultation on the BBC Executive’s proposals to move BBC Three from a broadcast to an online-only...
Business
Features
TVBEurope 2020: A new conference for new workflows
TVBEurope’s conference season has rolled around again, but this one marked an evolution from past years, with TVBEurope’s venerable Beyond HD Masters and IT...
Production & Post
NetRange selects Paywizard for global subscriber management
NetRange has chosen Paywizard to power subscriber management for its pay-TV and TVoD customers. Available in over 96 countries, NetRange provides smart TV applications...
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TVBEverywhere
Germany’s n-tv unveils HbbTV news app
3 Screen Solutions has designed a new app for German news channel n-tv, embracing the HbbTV technology standard and implementing the app for use...
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Business
Vision247 opens data centre as part of London move
Vision247, a playout, media technology and content distribution company, is to move to Chiswick Media Park in west London
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Business
PassionTV back on air via IPTV solution
Passion TV chooses Arqiva’s new Connected Broadcaster solution to go after the younger generation
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Business
IABM unveils board of new APAC Regional Council
Twelve senior executives from IABM member companies have been selected to lead the organisation’s newly launched APAC Regional Council. The team will provide support...
Business
Business
Netflix to premiere original documentary Winter on Fire
Netflix will release its original documentary Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom on Friday 9 October exclusively to its members worldwide
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Business
ChyronHego acquires VidiGo
ChyronHego has acquired VidiGo, a Dutch provider of IT-based software solutions for live broadcast production workflows. Based in Amsterdam, VidiGo provides a suite of...
Business
Business
Nativ launches international Partner Community
Nativ is launching The Nativ Partner Community, an international reseller and partner network to further support the demand for its MioEverywhere product suite, Nativ’s...
Business