Business
Jigsaw24 Media opens new London office with green credentials
The new company's new London base has a “very good” BREEAM rating (an environmental assessment and rating system for buildings)
sustainability
Business
BFI pledges £7.3 million to support testing, development and delivery of new solutions for screen sector
Screen Culture 2033 details how the BFI aims to build a diverse and accessible screen culture that benefits all of society and contributes to a...
Media Delivery
Rohde & Schwarz introduces new transmitter platform for broadcaster network operators
The R&STH1 supports the delivery of traditional and new services in the streaming era, said the company
Media Delivery
Red Bee Media deploys Synamedia’s Quortex for disaster recovery
Quortex’s cloud-native solution provisions back-up resources only when required, which will help Red Bee reduce energy use and meet its sustainability goals
Production & Post
Zinc Media Group announces new climate-conscious post production service
Bumblebee is described as a climate-conscious, work-anywhere post solution, that will offer dedicated upload hubs at Zinc's nationwide facilities, flexible remote and physical edits...
Business
Accedo aims to boost sustainability across the media industry
Company plans to create a sustainable marketplace for media by 2025, which will include sustainable KPIs such as carbon impact, audience influence, and community...
Production & Post
CCW pledges to become first UK-based net zero production company by 2023
The company, which works across CGI, video production, 2D and 3D scanning, and photogrammetry, is enabling clients to opt into its sustainability scheme
Production & Post
How virtual production is helping TV and film become more sustainable
Final Pixel's Michael McKenna lays out the seven ways to reduce the impact of TV and film production on the environment
Production & Post
Bottle Yard Studios’ expansion to be powered by 1MWp solar array
TBY2 is due to open in September
Production & Post
albert launches new tool to measure how ‘planet friendly’ a production is
The tool asks editorial teams a series of questions, and offers case studies and reports of productions that have met albert's sustainability criteria
Production & Post
albert: Average hour of TV contributes 5.7t CO2e per hour
Figure is lower than expected, which albert describes as "an indication that sustainable practices are remaining in place, despite increased demands and pressures on...
Media Management
RAI upgrades its storage systems, and helps save the planet
The broadcaster is set to reduce its energy consumption by 60 per cent following a move to Avid's Nexis storage system
Production & Post
Report: Hours spent streaming in 2020 led to sea ice loss the size of Scotland
A new study from Blackbird looks at how cloud technologies can help decarbonise video production
Live Production
How Limitless Broadcast facilitated a ‘world-first’ 5G sustainable remote production
Limitless Broadcast's Claire Wilkie tells TVBEurope about the company's work on the UK's longest drone show, watched by thousands of viewers
Production & Post
Robe UK joins albert
albert is working on building an accredited network of equipment suppliers for the UK production industry
Business
Panasonic pledges to reduce CO₂ emissions by more than 300 million tons by 2050
Panasonic said it has decided to replace its energy-focused targets with CO₂ reduction goals in order to tackle global environmental issues and "clearly show...
Production & Post
Netflix reveals sustainability progress
In total Netflix reduced or avoided more than 14,000 metric tons of emissions in 2021, reducing its Scope 1 and 2 footprint by more...
Business
Solutions provider pieces together five-leaf DPP sustainability accreditation
Jigsaw24 has announced that it has been awarded top marks in DPP's Committed to Sustainability programme
Production & Post
Film London aims to supply renewable energy to productions shooting in the capital
The Grid Project pilots the supply of green energy via the mains network, with the installation of an electrical feeder pillar at a key...
Production & Post
albert names Tellyo a sustainable supplier to TV and film industry
"We’re very pleased to welcome Tellyo to our list of sustainable suppliers," said albert sustainability analyst Will Bourns
Media Delivery
Red Bee provides OTT backbone for sustainable film streamer
All content available on newyonder.earth is albert-certified
Production & Post
Blackbird secures albert approval
"Blackbird is leading the way when it comes to innovating and developing sustainable media technology," said albert
Production & Post
Let it grow!
Dan Meier seeks out the UK studio facilities investing in sustainability
Business
Sustainability initiative albert up for BPG Award
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards to be held in London on 25th March
Business
Sony: Media and broadcasting re-emerging from pandemic as ‘transformed’ industry
Company commissioned a report looking at the social, cultural and technological forces shaping the future of the industry
Live Production
Extreme E plans to further reduce its remote production footprint in 2022
James Pearce, partnerships director at Aurora Media Worldwide, tells TVBEurope about the remote production workflows for the sport's first season, and plans for season...
Business
NEP UK moves entire broadcast fleet to recycled biofuels
By moving its fleet of trucks to using GD+ HVO, NEP said it is aiming to reduce its greenhouse gases related to transport by...
Production & Post
Sky Sports News receives albert certification
Among its efforts to achieve carbon neutral targets, Sky Sports News has significantly reduced its emissions through remote productions; and switched all its outside...
Media Management
SDVI to offset carbon footprint for Rally platform usage
SDVI said it intends to provide regular reporting of carbon emissions associated with operating the Rally platform to each customer
Business
Gravity Media puts focus on its green credentials
Company says it wants to start 2022 with a commitment to reduce carbon emissions and become an ESG leader in the sector
Live Production
New project looks at sustainable options in live-event coverage
The project will look at how operators can reduce the expense of deploying broadcast resources, including on-site crews, high-frequency systems, and OB trucks, while...
Live Production
Using cloud can reduce OB technical infrastructure needs ‘by up to 70 per cent’
Proof of concept to achieve carbon net zero live production was undertaken as part of IBC's Accelerators programme
Production & Post
BBC Cymru Wales to make all TV commissions meet albert targets
From this month, all new commissions will be required to complete the albert Sustainable Production Certification
Business
ITV agrees £500 million revolving credit facility linked to sustainability targets
Broadcaster will benefit from a lower interest rate if it delivers emissions reductions in line with its net zero roadmap
Live Production
Quicklink saves over 21K tonnes of CO₂ per month with remote solutions
Company used its recently released Carbon Calculator tool to reach the figure
Business
TVBEurope January/February 2022 issue released
Our first issue of 2022 focuses on sustainability within the media industry
Business
How broadcasters are taking steps towards sustainability
TVBEurope hears from the signatories of The Content Climate Pledge about how they are implementing sustainable practises across their businesses
Live Production
NEP, Identity bring sustainable infrastructure to COP26
Production operations reflected the conference's climate mission
Business
Watch: TVBEurope’s Story of 2021
TVBEurope takes a look back at some of the highs and lows experienced by the media technology industry in 2021
Production & Post
‘Most sustainable TV and film production facility in London’ to open in 2022
RD Studios has been created through a net zero-carbon refurbishment of an existing warehouse, with each unit drawing on solar power from photovoltaic panels...
Live Production
Sky achieves 70 per cent reduction in emissions for #GameZero
The overall footprint for #GameZero totalled 861.9t CO2e, with the TV production contributing 4.1t CO2e, less than one per cent of the total
Media Delivery
New consortium aims to find sustainable solution for streaming over 5G
It's hoped that the solution will enable multicast for 5G, allowing operators to take a greener approach to streaming