Sustainability
albert aims to help productions monitor their biodiversity
The guide includes a clear categorisation of the kinds of impacts a production could have on biodiversity, including in the supply chain and production...
sustainability
Business
Tales from Amsterdam
TVBEurope editor Jenny Priestley rounds up her key talking points from IBC 2023
Sustainability
2023 PGA Championship will be first ever sports TV production powered entirely by green hydrogen
It's estimated that relying on HPUs will save a total of 16.4 Tonnes of CO2 compared to the 2022 tournament. The units produce zero...
Sustainability
Poll: Innovation and technology have the greatest impact on the media industry’s sustainability values
Findings revealed from TVBEurope's sustainability-as-a-service webinar, which also included a warning for vendors at IBC
Sustainability
The convergence of video and social responsibility
Media has the power to democratise access to information and enables like-minded individuals to connect, collaborate, and advocate for a better future. They just...
Sustainability
Sky Studios Elstree installs 3MW solar roof panel array
A total of 7,400 solar panels have been installed, which will reduce the studios' carbon emissions by 487 tonnes
Media Management
Rethinking virtualisation: Beyond the cloud and into efficient hardware abstraction
Erling Hedkvist, sales and business development at manifold technologies, takes a look at some of the main misconceptions about moving to the cloud, and...
Production & Post
BBC, EMG Group join Sustainability-as-a-Service webinar
The free webinar on 7th September will explore the balance between attaining sustainable practice and maintaining broadcast-quality innovation
Media Delivery
The R&D and product development landscape: Ateme
Frédéric Pasquier, VP of engineering at Ateme, explains how the company is focusing on two critical concerns in the streaming industry; optimising Quality of...
Business
Updated: Free webinar: Sustainability-as-a-Service in Media and Entertainment
A panel of industry stakeholders will debate the challenges faced by broadcasters when factoring sustainability into their buying decisions, and how it affects who...
Production & Post
London’s Garden Studios receives B Corp certification
The award recognises the facility's commitment to high standards of social and environmental impact, transparency, accountability, and the transformation of the global economic system
Production & Post
Prime Video opens submissions for craft traineeships, expands into Wales
Areas covered by the Academy include camera, sound, post production, sustainability, lighting and grip
Business
Drivers of change in the media tech industry: Sustainability
In a new series of features, TVBEurope is looking at five key drivers of change within the media tech industry. We invited a number...
Production & Post
BBC: 60 per cent of all TV production now outside of the M25
According to the BBC Annual Report, BBC Studioworks, the broadcaster's commercial subsidiary providing television studios and post production services, has invested heavily in its...
Production & Post
albert publishes studio sustainability report
Key findings from the report indicate that the 12 studios that took part collectively contributed 25,820 tonnes from location-based and market-based emissions during 2021/22
Media Delivery
Netflix details 2022 sustainability achievements in ESG Report
Netflix said its data storage and cloud computation carbon footprint in 2022 was reduced by approximately 98 per cent compared to the previous year
Production & Post
Greenwich-based zero emission studio facility gets planning permission
Indie-Zero's current three-acre site will be developed to create a zero-emission, state-of-the-art film studio hub, with 4000 sq.ft. Studio E already complete and available...
Business
‘Change is coming, but it needs to be pushed’: Media tech CEOs discuss sustainability
The Media Tech Sustainability Summit 2023 brought together a group of CEOs to discusses why integrating sustainability makes good business sense
Live Production
EMG accelerates move to sustainability with four new remote production trucks
The vehicles can be used standalone or scaled up to work together, and have been designed to fill all styles of production; traditional, remote...
Media Delivery
Bitmovin debuts ECO Mode for sustainable streaming
ECO Mode optimises video quality in order to reduce the number of transmitted bits, thereby reducing the resulting CO2 emissions, said the company
Production & Post
Film London’s Grid Project gets the green light
The Grid Project enables productions to access green energy via the mains network, installing an electrical feeder pillar at a key unit base in Victoria...
Live Production
NEP Connect delivers 16 hybrid and battery-powered vehicles to ITV
The vehicles are equipped with a combination of bonded 4G and 5G, Wi-Fi and NEP Connect’s Ka band satellite service on an iDirect platform
Production & Post
Anton/Bauer introduces sodium-powered 9kWh mobile power source
The Salt-E Dog enables productions to offset 2.6 kg of CO2 and associated NOx per litre of fuel saved
Production & Post
Is the media industry delivering on sustainability?
From reducing transcoding compute requirements to embracing a circular economy, TVBEurope hears from key figures within the media tech industry about their approaches to...
Production & Post
albert awards first Studio Sustainability Standard badges
In the first year that albert has awarded the badges, five studios were awarded with the rating of 'Very Good', the highest grade in...
Live Production
EMG increases sustainability credentials with OB truck update
The Volvo FH tractor units feature the latest safety and sustainable operation features, said the company
Production & Post
Sustainability and the Finnish TV and film industry
From battery-powered equipment failing on Arctic shoots, to product durability, TVBEurope hears from three members of Audiovisual Producers Finland (APFI) about how technology vendors...
Production & Post
Technology won’t solve the environmental crisis, innovation will
Carys Taylor, director of albert, writes for TVBEurope about how technology combined with wise planning and cooperative effort could help solve the media industry's...
Business
What happens in Vegas…
TVBEurope's editor Jenny Priestley highlights some of the main talking points at this year's NAB Show
Business
Sustainability in the broadcast industry: progress made and challenges ahead
Ahead of Earth Day, Alexandra Maier, director, global marketing and communications, media solutions at CGI, writes that the industry has a huge opportunity to...
Thought Leadership
Five ways we can make live production more sustainable
Sony’s head of live production Norbert Paquet looks at how to make the industry greener
Media Delivery
We have a responsibility to not just demand change for the sake of it: Viaplay Group sets out its sustainability targets
Lena De Geer, head of sustainability at Viaplay Group, tells TVBEurope about the company's aim to become one of the world's most truly sustainable,...
Business
Sustainability and the media industry: The vendors’ view
To mark Earth Day on 22nd April, TVBEurope is focusing on sustainability throughout the month. We hear from a number of vendors about what their...
Business
TVBEurope April 2023 issue now available
The new issue focuses on sustainability in the media technology industry, as well as looking at high-end TV, mental health and the TV and...
Live Production
Can the broadcast industry meet its sustainability goals in time for the next World Cup?
Dejero's Ivy Cuervo considers how the evolution of remote production and blended IP network connectivity is pivotal in helping broadcasters reduce their carbon footprint...
Business
BBC sets out plans to reduce carbon footprint in coming year
Broadcaster has published its Annual Plan 2023/24, which also sets out its plans for technological innovation
Business
ITV reduces carbon emissions by over a third
ITV will continue to embed sustainability criteria into its selection processes and contracts in order to ensure it works with suppliers that align to the...
Business
Registration opens for Media Tech Sustainability Summit
The inaugural event is scheduled for 20-21st June and will take place virtually
Live Production
EMG awarded DPP’s Committed to Sustainability mark
EMG has made significant investments in infrastructure to support more sustainable live productions, with a focus on remote production workflows
Business
‘Achieving a net zero target is the responsibility of everyone at the company’: Sky’s Fiona Ball on the broadcaster’s sustainability pledge
The broadcaster has pledged to be net zero by 2030
Business
Viaplay recognised for its green credentials
Company plans to launch a programme supporting sustainable production practices in 2023
Media Delivery
Microsoft joins Greening of Streaming
Not-for-profit organisation focuses on developing joined-up engineering strategies in the streaming industry to reduce energy waste in the delivery infrastructure