Business
BBC sets out path to net zero by 2030
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved the BBC's roadmap to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, commending its ambition to...
sustainability
Live Production
Sky Production Services awarded DPP Committed to Sustainability mark
SPS scored five out of five in the DPP's sustainability survey
Production & Post
albert: 2020 saw 52 per cent reduction in TV industry’s carbon emissions
The increase in remote working and travel restrictions during 2020 meant that the aggregated total distance travelled by plane reduced by 5.1 million kilometres
Live Production
Sky, Tottenham Hotspur partner on world’s first elite level net zero carbon football match
#GameZero is aiming to be net zero, through emission reductions and offsetting the remaining footprint through reforestation projects
Production & Post
BBC to host virtual festival looking at media and sustainability
Event will include research from the BBC’s R&D consumer media technology team on the carbon cost of television and associated technologies
Production & Post
ITV takes delivery of new sustainable satellite cars
dB Broadcast has supplied ITV with a mini-fleet of four Mk2 Daytime Sat Cars which have been developed with sustainable hybrid technology to replace...
Live Production
Sky Sports aims for greenest Premier League season ever
TVBEurope talks to Jo Finon, manager of responsible productions at Sky Sports, about the broadcaster’s aims to make the new Premier league season as...
Production & Post
Garden Studios collaborates on UK’s first carbon neutral virtual production film
Film emitted less than one tonne of carbon. If it had been shot as a traditional multi-location film, it would have emitted over 120...
Business
Ross Video goes green with facility expansion
Expansion will rely on green energy to minimise the environmental impact of new manufacturing lines
Production & Post
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
Blackbird highlights video industry impact on environment
New study outlines how companies can work to meet sustainability goals
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...
Sponsored
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
ITV sets 2030 net zero carbon emissions target
Business will work alongside colleagues, suppliers, programme makers and the albert consortium to achieve net zero target
Media Delivery
BBC R&D studies environmental impact of delivering and watching TV
Research found that the devices in viewers' homes used more energy in total than in the BBC's distribution chain
Live Production
Sky Sports goes sustainable for new Premier League season
Liverpool v Leeds will be the first live Premier League broadcast to achieve certification
Production & Post
albert: Carbon impact of one tentpole film equivalent to 11 trips to the moon
Report cites VFX, CGI, pre-vis, 5G and remote collaboration as tools that can make projects more sustainable
Production & Post
Sustainability: accelerating change in media and broadcast
By Faisal Mahomed, director, BT Media & Broadcast
Features
Production & Post
albert celebrates Class of 2020
Scheme focuses on environmentally responsible working practices as well as how to develop on screen content that is compatible with a sustainable society
Production & Post
ITV’s Regional News achieves albert certification
First UK newsroom to achieve certification
Business
albert to explore impact of sports broadcasting on the environment
New Sports Consortium brings together key broadcasters and self-producing sport federations
Business
Sky receives CarbonNeutral certification on all UK-commissioned Originals
First member of BAFTA's albert consortium to achieve the status
Production & Post
ITV sets out carbon footprint plans
Aims to be first broadcaster in the UK to ensure all shows reduce their carbon footprint