sustainability

All 12 live Springwatch episodes powered by clean energy

The BBC said if the energy provided for Springwatch 2021 had been produced with diesel generators, seven tonnes of CO2 would have been released...

Production & Post

How virtual production is making the film industry more sustainable

Virtual production is here to stay and has the potential to massively decrease the carbon footprints of productions, writes Andy Ray, sales director at Vicon

Production & Post

Krishnan Guru-Murthy to chair albert’s news consortium

The news consortium was launched by albert in January, with founding members including ITN, BBC, ITV News, Sky News and Channel 4

Media Consumption

Watching one hour of online video is equivalent to boiling an electric kettle three times

The carbon footprint of watching online video on a 50-inch TV is roughly 4.5 times more than watching on a laptop, and 90 times...

Live Production

dB Broadcast delivers new green machines for ITV Daytime

New fleet of satellite vehicles include, where possible, broadcast equipment repurposed from ITV's previous vehicles

Media Delivery

Netflix aims for net zero carbon footprint by 2022

Netflix's carbon footprint in 2020 was 1.1 million metric tons, about half of which was generated by physical production of the streamer's TV shows...

Live Production

Watch: Formula 1 embraces sustainability and remote production in 2021

Go behind the scenes at the sport's media and technology centre in the UK

Business

TVBEurope March/April 2021 issue available

Latest issue takes a look at a new augmented reality app starring two British icons, speaks to the studios plugging the shortfall in UK...

Business

Liberty Global becomes founding member of European Green Digital Coalition

Initiative seeks to encourage companies to commit to establishing science-based targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 and becoming climate neutral no...

Production & Post

Which British TV series is the greenest?

A new study has been published by Goldsmiths University and Smart Energy GB

Business

Poll: Current bodies/association should be responsible for drawing up sustainability standards

Our poll found no-one thinks vendors should be responsible for drawing up sustainability standards

Business

STV aims to be a net zero carbon business by 2030

As well as joining albert, the broadcaster intends to work with its suppliers to create a sustainable supply chain

Business

Sky joins sustainability in the video entertainment industry webinar

Sky's Inga Ruehl will be able to offer expert insight into how broadcasters are dealing with sustainability issues

Webinars

Free webinar: The challenge of choosing sustainability in the video entertainment industry

An expert panel will discuss how the future of the video ecosystem requires collaboration across the video value chain to offer sustainable choices to...

Media Delivery

Zattoo uses wind energy for new data centre

Company has placed its data centre directly in the wind turbine

Production & Post

albert launches news consortium

The founding members of the group include ITN, BBC, ITV News, Sky News and Channel 4.

Production & Post

BBC’s Winterwatch is world’s first large scale OB solely powered by green hydrogen

According to the BBC, using green hydrogen instead of diesel twinset generators at all sites during one live episode of Winterwatch avoided 3.3 tonnes...

How sustainable is the future of video entertainment?

InterDigital publishes white paper on the importance of sustainability as the energy footprint of the video entertainment industry grows

White Paper

Production & Post

albert revamps production carbon calculator

New global version of carbon calculator will roll out to all Fremantle offices during 2021, making it the first TV company to calculate its...

Production & Post

Broadcast tech trends to watch in 2021

Blackbird CEO Ian McDonough gazes into his crystal ball to predict the key themes for the broadcast tech industry in 2021.

Production & Post

BAFTA’s albert launches Creative Offsets scheme

ITV's Dancing on Thin Ice with Torvill & Dean is the first show to achieve the new standard of albert Certification.

Production & Post

Industry still finding its feet with carbon footprint

Bafta's albert initiative has released its second Subtitles to Save the World report which shows a fourfold increase in sustainability mentions on-screen, but these...

Production & Post