TVBEurope
Production & Post
AIMS adds three
Clear-Com, Bridge Technologies and Solid State Logic join the Alliance for IP Media Solutions
News
Business
Jenny Priestley appointed TVBEurope editor
TVBEurope is delighted to welcome Jenny Priestley as its new editor. Jenny joins NewBay from Global Listings, where she served as editor-in-chief
Business
TVBEurope launches year in review supplement series
The first ever 'year in review' supplement from TVBEurope is now available. Editor-in-chief James McKeown sets the scene
Interviews
Intuitively interactive television
Walking away from my interview with the Axonista co-founders Claire McHugh and Daragh Ward, I could not prevent myself singing, ‘When Irish apps are...
News
Analysis
Premium sports broadcasting: the silver bullet?
Traditional pay-TV operators across Europe compete fiercely for the exclusivity of premium sports broadcasting rights. In the context of maturing fixed-broadband markets
News
Analysis
Why telcos need partners to launch OTT services
Telcos need to meet new market entrants, and adding OTT services can help them keep up with competition, says Sylvain Thevenot, managing director, Netgem
Features
Rock steady
Gibraltar’s TV service began in 1962. At that time, it was a small commercial operation, but it led to the creation, by statute, of...
Features
Moving a TV station
Moving a busy broadcast centre is not an easy task. Choosing a new location and engaging an architect with a building design you like...
News
Analysis
Move over millenials: Enter Generation Z
Much has been said of millenials, but it is a new breed of consumer which media and entertainment (M&E) leaders need to analyse and...
Features
Business
Virgin Media to acquire UTV Ireland
Virgin Media has received regulatory and competition approval to acquire UTV Ireland. The free-to-air channel, launched in January 2015, was bought out by ITV...
News
Analysis
Widening the reach of multiscreen
Connectivity has enabled operators to launch multiscreen services and extend the reach of their TV offering to connected consumers. However, the increase in the...
News
Business
Ekholm appointed Ericsson CEO
Ericsson has appointed board member and Patricia Industries CEO Börje Ekholm as its next chief executive. He starts in his new role on 16...
Business
Opinion
Does the screen matter for live sports?
Sports rights are now a target of social media players just as much as extending the reach of sports properties onto OTT platforms is...
News
Features
How do you connect your TV data?
It was widely reported that prior to the February 2013 debut of House of Cards, Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos revealed his game...
News
Analysis
Supply and demand – the economics of unscripted TV
After the muted response to the latest series of Top Gear, it was clear something wasn’t quite right under the bonnet of the cherished...
News
Analysis
The experience blueprint
The way that we consume video content has changed drastically in the last ten years. Thanks to the rise of services like Netflix, Hulu...
Features
Analysis
The rise of the hybrid
It's an exciting time to be in the TV industry. While viewing of linear TV still accounts for the vast majority of consumption in...
News
Opinion
A war on two fronts?
As major pay-TV players scramble to win back audiences falling victim to the OTT revolution, are social media sites taking advantage of the siege...
News
Features
Rethinking subscriber management
The battle for the hearts of pay-TV subscribers is in full swing. In almost every region, the number of subscription-based pay-TV services across cable,...
News
Opinion
Making the most of OTT
Fierce competition for exclusive live sports rights means the challenge for media companies has never been clearer, writes Stan Dimitrov, product marketing manager, OTT
News
Features
Akamai webinar: Enhancing video quality and performance
In partnership with TVBEurope, Akamai is delivering a series of free, insightful and innovative webinars to the broadcast industry over the coming weeks. The...
Videos
Data Centre
SVoD spend to surpass €3 billion in Western Europe
Total spend on SVoD services throughout Western Europe is set to hit €3 billion (£2.58 million) by the end of the year, according to...
Technology
Akamai’s OTT webinar series starts tomorrow
The first of four webinars will be available at 2pm GMT tomorrow via TVBEurope
Business
Netgem confirmed as TVBAwards 2016 sponsor
The end-to-end video entertainment provider will be supporting the TVBEverywhere category at the third annual awards ceremony
Business
Periscope introduces live curated channels
Periscope has launched curated video channels to ‘highlight interesting topics, ideas and events’. Twitter’s live video service will deliver various channels categorised
Features
Akamai webinar series: Analysing the “next generation” of challenges
Four insightful and innovative webinars will be delivered over the coming weeks
Data Centre
Nielsen: ‘Standard’ TV dynamic changing
The ‘standard dynamic’ for the TV industry has changed dramatically in recent years, with viewers watching significantly more channels, according to the latest Nielsen
Features
Inside the chief executive’s office
Philip Stevens talks to the CEO of the Olympic host broadcaster about the upcoming spectacular in South America
Business
Sky invests £1.55 million in Ginx TV
Sky has invested £1.55 million in eSports broadcast Ginx TV, with ITV expected to match the figure in the coming weeks. The move comes...
Features
Producing the BBC Proms
More than 90 concerts over eight weeks, including four Last Night celebrations around the UK, will make up the 122nd season of Henry Wood...
Features
Surreal VFX makes an impact in two very different docs
High-end drama usually commands the biggest budgets for broadcast CG animation and VFX in the UK, and tends to be from a clutch of...
News
Data Centre
OTT adds £20 million to video industry
The global OTT market has added approximately £20 million to the global video industry, according to the latest Boston Consulting Group (BCG) study. 'The...
Videos
Production & Post
Universal Electronics chosen for Orange Livebox
Universal Electronics has agreed a deal to develop and supply remote control units for the operator’s new 4K UHD TV decoder, LiveBox. Officially launched...
Business
TVBAwards 2016 finalists announced
The finalists for the TVBAwards 2016 have been revealed ahead of the third annual ceremony on 20 October. Eighteen awards which will be presented...
Business
Liberty pens global Netflix deal
Liberty Global has secured a multi-year partnership with Netflix to deliver the OTT service to its customers across over 30 countries throughout the world....
News
Business
Record attendance at ‘transformative’ IBC
IBC has posted record attendance figures as the 49th annual event drew to a close yesterday. Some 55,796 people attended throughout the six-day conference...
Business
Business
Best of Show winners announced
TVBEurope is delighted to announce its Best of Show winners for IBC2016. The awards returned to Amsterdam to honour innovation and outstanding product development,...
News
TVBEverywhere
Kaltura forms VR Alliance
Kaltura is launching the VR Alliance at IBC2016, in partnership with VR content and distribution company Inception, as well as 24i, Encompass and Harmonic,...
News
Production & Post
‘The new standard for IP bonding’
LiveU has released LU600, its new portable transmission until for newgathering and live sports and events coverage, at IBC2016. According to the company, the...
TVBEverywhere
Optima plans three new channels
The three founding partners of Optima have announced the formation of their latest venture, with three channel launches in the pipeline. The team chose...
Business
Broadcast Pix acquires ioGates
Broadcast Pix has completed its purchase of cloud-based video production company ioGates. ioGates has provided web-based video management tools since 2003, developing a suite