Opinion
The moving picture of the broadcast industry
We all know change is happening fast, but a quick look back at the history of UK broadcasting shows just how rapidly the pace...
television
Business
Endemol Shine Group announces Commercial Partnerships Team
Global content creator, producer and distributor, Endemol Shine Group today announced a new Commercial Partnerships Team, bringing together the Shine 360° and Endemol international...
Business
Business
Facebook catching up with YouTube in advertising ‘arms race’
Ampere Analysis has released findings of it latest report into video content on YouTube and Facebook, concluding that there will be both winners and...
Videos
TVBEverywhere
AlloCiné and Canal+ founders launch Molotov in France
AlloCiné and Canal+ founders JeanDavid Blanc and Pierre Lescure (pictured, left to right), have teamed up to create Molotov, a service for the distribution...
News
Business
BBC R&D launches experimental storytelling tool
A new pilot was unveiled on BBC Taster this week, providing an augmented storytelling experience for the BBC radio drama, Home Front.
News
Business
1.2 million digital and creative skilled workers needed by 2022
The digital and creative sector is expected to need 1.2 million new workers by 2022; equivalent to half the current workforce, according to training...
Opinion
Turning IoT into a personal, multiscreen consumer proposition
Over a short space of time, web technologies have evolved rapidly in order to create new immersive web experiences such as tailored web browsing,...
Business
NEP to acquire Mediatec Group
NEP Group (NEP) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Mediatec Group. The transaction will bring one of Europe’s largest outside broadcast and...
Business
Business
Zee Network Europe celebrates 20 years with &TV launch
Zee Network Europe, the largest south Asian entertainment network celebrated the completion of 20 years of Zee TV in Europe this week with the...
News
Business
Sony Pictures Television buys Dutch Film1
Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPT) has reached an agreement with Liberty Global to acquire the Film1 group in the Netherlands.
Business
Business
Made Television chooses Piksel to liberate local content with VoD
The UK’s largest local TV broadcaster, Made Television, is launching its first ever Video on Demand catch-up service, OnView, with the help of Piksel.
News
Business
HbbTV sets foundation for the future of TV services
The HbbTV Association has announced the release of the new HbbTV 2.0 specification, designed to pave the way for a new wave of consumer...
Business
Non-digital TV ownership down as audiences favour portable devices
Ninety-six per cent of households have digital TV but there has been a significant increase in the proportion of homes without, according to Ofcom’s...
TVBEverywhere
Smart TV sales rise, service engagement falls
There has been a 15 per cent increase in smart TV ownership by industry professionals since 2012, according to the Smart TV Report by...
News
Business
UK economy boosted by creative industries
The UK’s creative industries, which includes film, television and music, are now worth £76.9 billion per year to the UK economy, according to figures...
Business
Business
Tech and Engineering Emmy winners honoured
The recipients of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ (NATAS) 66th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards were honoured at a ceremony...
Business
Screens and streaming at CES 2015
The annual International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) draws to a close in Las Vegas today
Business
Production & Post
ChyronHego gives life to Peter Pan Live!
ChyronHego's Lyric PRO advanced graphics creation software and Virtual Placement system played starring roles in NBC's Peter Pan Live!
TVBEverywhere
Amazon Fire TV gets UK launch
The Amazon Fire TV became available for purchase for the first time in the UK yesterday, less than five months after it was launched...
Production & Post
Antenne Réunion upgrades system with BCE solutions
Reunion island broadcasting group Antenne Réunion has replaced its channel management software with BCE’s broadcast solutions suite.
News
Production & Post
DPP unveils File Based Analyser testing
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has revealed its plans for the testing and certification of File Based Analyser devices.
News
Production & Post
Shotoku installs system for Spanish media group
Shotoku Broadcast Systems announced the recent installation of a robotically controlled system at Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación.
News
Production & Post
Levira opens new playout facility in Bratislava
Levira, an independent TV playout service provider in northern Europe, has installed a new playout facility in Bratislava, Slovakia.
News
Business
Deluxe acquires mediapeers
Deluxe has acquired mediapeers, a B2B cloud software provider that enables content owners to market and sell their movie and television assets to the...
News
Features
Blackmagic captures The Driver for the BBC
Director of photography David Luther (The Mill) shares an insight into the filming with the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema on the new three-part drama co-produced...
Production & Post
Norwia simplifies future of production
Norwia, supplier of optical distribution products, will showcase its range of solutions aimed at simplifying the production process at IBC2014.
News
Production & Post
EBU selects VideoClarity analyser for 4K research
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has chosen Video Clarity’s ClearView Extreme 4K video quality analyser for use in numerous research projects.
News
Interviews
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...
Features
Analysis
The TV social media uprising
Social media provides a powerful platform for content creators and advertising agencies to get closer to their audiences, writes Keith Bedford, managing director at...
Analysis
Intelligent Monitoring
As the number of channels and consumer demand for new services continues to grow, there is increased pressure on the cost of operations to...
Videos
Analysis
EMEA TV market outlook
Findings from PwC’s recent Entertainment and Media Outlook suggest that advertising and electronic home video will drive growth in the EMEA Television market over...
Features
Blackmagic Design brings politics to the people
At Denmark's The People’s Meeting (Folkemødet), members of each political party, as well as mayors, councillors and government ministers give speeches and take part...
Features
Interviews
Tomorrow’s World: Broadcasting for the Networked Society
James McKeown spoke to Simon Frost, Ericsson's head of TV marketing, about the technology and market forces driving tomorrow’s world.
Opinion
Is software eating broadcast technology?
Steve Plunkett, chief technology officer at Red Bee Media, looks at the likely challenges and opportunities of a software-based future for broadcast companies.