TVBEverywhere
InPlayer wins FightBox Live pay-per-view contract
Technology from InPlayer, a paywall for video content, has been selected to power the new pay-per-view online service being introduced by FilmBox Live, the...
Newstvbe
Production & Post
Endemol Shine Netherlands and FremantleMedia North America move to Box
EEndemol Shine Netherlands and FremantleMedia North America, are deploying Box’s cloud sharing and collaboration platform, it was announced at the Cannes Lion festival last...
News
Business
London Live reports £12 million loss
London Live, the local television station which launched on 31 March 2014, has announced losses of £11.6 million in the year ending September 2014,...
Business
Business
Sky to create kids app and appoint head of content
Sky will launch a dedicated children’s app and appoint a head of kids content, following the recent expansion of the kids’ shows available in...
News
News Releases
BBC Studios and Post Production upgrades with Harman Studer Vista X
The ever-increasing production challenges (and I/O requirements) of popular prime-time entertainment shows such as Strictly Come Dancing have led to a re-evaluation of the...
News
News Releases
TV2 Fyn goes HD with Snell
Denmark public broadcaster, TV2 Fyn, has purchased a Snell Kahuna switcher with two of the new Maverik configurable control panels to help drive its...
News
Business
TalkTalk attacks BT EE ‘digital champion’ report
BT’s proposed acquisition of EE will create a ‘true UK digital champion’, according to BT chief executive Gavin Patterson, with consumers and businesses benefiting...
Business
Business
Uncertainty over future of BBC Trust
Ofcom could next year govern the BBC if BBC Trust is to be abolished, it has been reported. The BBC Charter is to be...
Business
Business
4K 4Charity Fun Run at IBC2015 registration opens
Elemental Technologies and co-founding sponsor Ericsson have announced open registration for the 4K 4Charity Fun Run, to be held at 7:30am Saturday, 12 September...
News
News Releases
Technicolor paves the way for next-gen TV with HDR and SDR compatibility solution
Technicolor has announced the availability of its new High Dynamic Range (HDR) single-layer solution for testing by key ecosystem partners.
News
Production & Post
JSTV chooses Riedel for China’s first 4K OB truck
China's first 4K OB truck has been built by Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation (JSTV) and systems integrator New Digital Technology Holdings (NDT).
Production & Post
One hour of TV, 9.4 tonnes of carbon: albert to survey sustainability
Television and film think-tank albert is undertaking a major survey of the independent production sector to assess the level of understanding of sustainability, climate...
News
Business
Akamai releases global State of the Internet report
Akamai Technologies has released its First Quarter, 2015 State of the Internet Report. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform.
News
Business
ITV takes Twofour for up to £280 million
ITV has agreed to acquire Boom Supervisory, the holding company of the Twofour Group, the family of production companies behind shows including Educating Yorkshire,...
Business
Business
Avid completes acquisition of Orad Hi-Tec Systems
Avid has completed its acquisition of Orad Hi-Tec Systems, a provider of 3D real time graphics, video servers, and related workflow management solutions.
Business
Business
BBC iPlayer bucks summer slow-down trend
There were 276 million requests to BBC iPlayer in May, which marked an increase of two per cent month on month, bucking the trend...
News
Business
K7 Media appoints former ITV head to first board of directors
International media consultancy K7 Media has appointed Clare Thompson, the former head of entertainment development at ITV, as a non-executive director.
News
Production & Post
National Theatre Live’s The Beaux’ Stratagem and Hamlet to be broadcast in Sony 4K
Two new National Theatre Live productions are to be captured in Sony 4K and projected to audiences across Vue Cinemas’ 84-site estate.
News
News Releases
Thomson Video Networks moves HQ to France’s first certified energy-efficient building
Thomson Video Networks has relocated its head office to a brand-new 7,000sqm building, the first office building in France to receive the Effinergie+ certification.
Business
IABM Industry Update Day heads to the capital
IABM is set to reveal the latest up-to-date market intelligence from the broadcast and media technologies industry, together with topical debate and discussion at...
TVBEverywhere
Transavia pilots Piksel Voyage for in-flight entertainment
European airline Transavia has chosen Piksel Voyage to power its new in-flight entertainment service, allowing travellers to access content through their own devices.
Production & Post
Transition to IP will take up to ten years to complete for most broadcasters
Quantel and Snell have released the results of a global survey into the industry’s views on IP and 4K adoption.
News
Production & Post
BT Sport launches UK’s first UHDTV channel with Ericsson
Ericsson has signed a multi-year broadcast and media services deal with BT Sport to help launch three new television channels and an interactive red...
News
Business
Lord Attenborough to be commemorated on £20 note?
The next £20 note released by the Bank of England will celebrate Britain’s achievements in the visual arts, and the UK public are being...
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
Canis Television and Media expands with London facility
Broadcast management company Canis Television and Media, has expanded with the opening of new film and TV studios, as well three senior hires.
News
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
Analysis
NewBay Connect: Newtec
Newtec’s white paper, ‘Coping with changes in satellite TV broadcasting’, is available now free of charge, via the re-launched NewBay Connect website. NewBay Connect...
White Paper
Business
Free IP webinar from Snell and Quantel
TVBEurope will host a webinar by Snell and Quantel on 17 July, entitled: ‘Live high value content over IP – is the industry serious?’...
News
Business
Pulse Films and Abot Hameiri unveil East Entertainment
Pulse and Israeli production house Abot Hameiri have launched a new company, East Entertainment, which will produce new global entertainment and reality formats.
Business
News Releases
Eyeheight tech chosen for 2015 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships
Eyeheight CC-2M colour correctors and a DK-2 multi-rate linear downstream keyer will be operating live at the 2015 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships. This year's...
Business
TVBEurope Strategy Week partner IABM announces Summer Networking Drinks
IABM, strategic partner of the upcoming TVBEurope Strategy Week, has announced its UK Broadcast and Media Technology Industry Networking Drinks reception on 1 July...
News
Business
Video market’s good health driven by digital
Futuresource Consulting assessed the pulse of the UK video market in its latest video insights report, announcing that this segment is in good health,...
Business
TVBEverywhere
Prime Focus Technologies goes OTT in Asia
Prime Focus Technologies (PFT), the technology subsidiary of Prime Focus, has agreed a deal with HOOQ which will see PFT’s CLEAR Operations Cloud help...
News
Production & Post
RealtimeUK brings gaming CGI to factual TV series
Manchester-based animation studio RealtimeUK has embarked on a major documentary series project for TV channel Yesterday.
News
Business
Sports pass launches on NOW TV for Premier League kick-off
Sky’s chief marketing and digital officer, Stephen van Rooyen has announced a number of developments to online streaming service NOW TV, including the launch...
News Releases
Premiere for slomo.tv’s videoReferee at Canoe Slalom European
During the competition the International Canoe Federation (ICF) supported the local organisers in implementing video judging systems, using a videoReferee system.
News
TVBEverywhere
Vimond kicks off collaboration with Nordisk Film across all Nordic markets
As part of the multi-region, multi-year frame agreement, Vimond will provide an end-to-end managed cloud OTT TV and video streaming service for Nordisk Film...
News
Production & Post
MOOV deploys ChyronHego for BT Sport’s new 4K UHD graphics service
The next-generation Lyric graphics creation solution from ChyronHego has been deployed as the ultra high-definition (UHD) graphics infrastructure for MOOV and BT Sport's new...
Business
AMC arrives in UK with BT
AMC Networks International (AMCNI) and BT Group have announced a new agreement to launch AMC in the UK this September, making it available exclusively...
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