Business
IBC sees drop in attendance figures
But exhibit halls expanded and more women were featured speakers
RAI
Technology
RAI and IRT to test 5G broadcast applications
Test sites will be based in Munich and the Aosta Valley
Content
France Télévisions, RAI, ZDF partner on Alliance
New VoD platform aims to take on the likes of Netflix
TVBEverywhere
Discovery partners with RAI to expand Winter Games coverage
Italian broadcaster will present up to 100 hours of free-to-air coverage
Production & Post
Quintet team up for Christmas Eve Midnight Mass transmission
Vatican Media, Globecast, Rai, Eutelsat and Sony will aid the 4K Tivùsat feed
Business
IBC2017 reports record visitors
57,699 people visited the RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre in Amsterdam
TVBEverywhere
Rai rolls out OTT service
Italy’s Rai has launched Rai Play, a free OTT service delivering live streams of its linear channels. Rai Play, which will be launched this week, has reportedly been in develop
Business
Record attendance at ‘transformative’ IBC
IBC has posted record attendance figures as the 49th annual event drew to a close yesterday. Some 55,796 people attended throughout the six-day conference and exhibition in
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
Production & Post
RAI relies on Riedel for Giro d’Italia race
Italian broadcaster RAI chose a decentralised fibre-based network from Riedel Communications to support real-time distribution of audio, video, and communications signals at the 98th Giro d'Italia cycling race
Business
4K 4Charity Fun Run at IBC2015 registration opens
Elemental Technologies and co-founding sponsor Ericsson have announced open registration for the 4K 4Charity Fun Run, to be held at 7:30am Saturday, 12 September 2015 in Amsterdam.
TVBEverywhere
RR Media delivers RAI channels to global audiences
RR Media yesterday began delivering the Italian government channels RAI Italia, Rai News 24 and Rai World Premium to worldwide audiences.
News Release
Italy’s RAI adds to Sony XDCAM equipment
Sony Professional Solutions Europe has signed an agreement with Italy's national public broadcasting company, Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) for the further supply of over 300 pieces of equipment from the XDCAM line.
Production & Post
RAI installs Calrec for news
Italian state broadcaster RAI has installed a Calrec Artemis Light digital audio console as part of its new TV4 regional news studio in Milan.
TVBEverywhere
Net Insight selected for video contribution network
Italian Rai Way, provider of network services to Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI), has selected Net Insight’s media transport solution as part of a project to build a national fibre contribution network over IP/MPLS.
Features
Inside the chief executive office
Managing growth for one of the key events on the industry’s calendar is the unenviable task that befalls IBC CEO, Michael Crimp, on an annual basis. James McKeown sat down with IBC’s chief executive to discuss IBC2014 and all that lies beyond