Business
IBC launches 2024 Innovation Awards with new categories
The five categories cover Content Creation, Content Distribution, Content Everywhere, Social Impact and Environment & Sustainability
sustainability
Production & Post
SiliconCore adds to XR range with new 1.2mm XR LED Display
SiliconCore's patented Common Cathode driver chip delivers frame rates of 240 Hz and a refresh rate of 7680Hz, enabling slow motion, multi-camera view and...
Artificial Intelligence
TF1 among first members of new AI research programme
R&D focus includes long-form video understanding, vision-language models and information retrieval with a strong emphasis on building low energy consumption AI indexing models
Sustainability
Opinion: Pioneering sustainable engineering in media
In an industry that shapes public perception, taking bold steps towards environmental responsibility is not just commendable but essential, writes Appear's Matthew Williams-Neale
Sustainability
ITV reports 52 per cent reductions in Scope 1 and 2 emissions in 2023
Content delivery emissions are also being closely monitored, as ITV works with key suppliers to improve its understanding of the impact on emissions of...
Sustainability
Greening of Streaming unveils initiative to measure streaming energy consumption at scale
REM introduces an infrastructure capable of measuring the energy consumption of any streaming device remotely
Sustainability
NEP Sweden announces new Remote Operations Centres
Previously onsite operators are now able to work from the ROCs, minimising both the need for travel and the number of generator-driven outside production...
Sustainability
Logging and reviewing: Moving towards a sustainable workflow
Jane Sung, COO at Cinedeck, explains how broadcasters and content production companies can achieve the goal of moving towards creating a more sustainable, efficient...
Sustainability
Sustainability, who’s paying the bill?
TVBEurope columnist Neil Maycock ponders how media tech companies and their customers can share the responsibility, and cost, of developing carbon neutral products and...
Sustainability
Post production house Dirty Looks render heat helps power public swimming pool
"Rendering films in data centres that re-capture heat presents a huge opportunity for our sector to benefit the communities we are part of." said...
Media Management
Cloud playout: A win-win for costs and carbon footprint
Andy Warman, senior vice president of product, Imagine Communications, details how leveraging cloud infrastructure can reduce operational costs and help the planet at the...
Sustainability
How the SMART-CD Consortium is tackling environmental issues
Alain Nochimowski, chief technology officer at Viaccess-Orca, explains how a new Consortium is leading the charge for sustainable video streaming
Business
TVBEurope March 2024 issue available to download
The March issue focuses on the on-going move to sustainability in the media technology industry, goes behind the scenes of The Traitors, and discovers...
Sustainability
European film funds publish sustainability manifesto
The network is calling on members to sign the manifesto, committing to contribute to the awareness of sustainable filming
Sustainability
InSync introduces low-energy dual-channel frame rate converter
The converter consumes less than 70W of power, said InSync, and when compared to other benchmarked converters, broadcasters can expect an 86 per cent...
Media Management
Jigsaw24 Media signs deal for sustainable storage
The agreement follows Seagate’s recent launch of a 30TB hard disk drive – described as a breakthrough in hard drive capacity
Media Management
Report: AV1 live and VoD encoding presents opportunity for innovation in 2024
Bitmovin's annual video developer report look at both the evolution of codecs in video streaming, and the move to "green streaming"
Production & Post
Moving forward: Decentralisation, sustainability and the skills gap will be key production trends in 2024
As the production industry continues to ramp up following the Hollywood strikes, TVBEurope looks at some of the key areas where we may see...
Live Production
Sustainable momentum: Why live events producers should stick with remote production
Kevin O’Meara, global head of marketing, Tata Comms MES, explains why a remote approach makes both environmental and business sense for any organisation producing...
Media Management
Moving forward: The cloud will help erase geographical boundaries in 2024
With some major sporting events taking place in 2024, how can the cloud help broadcasters work efficiently, save costs, and be sustainable?
Sustainability
Battery generator provider NXTGENbps forms sustainability partnership with lighting hire company
The deal sees NXTGENbps' Meerkat and Goat batteries, along with the Goat expansion battery Billy Goat, available to hire with Green Kit
Production & Post
The power behind The Crown: Netflix series created 2,617 jobs over six seasons
As the award-winning drama comes to an end, Netflix has revealed some facts and figures about its impact on the UK's media industry
Artificial Intelligence
The trends of 2023: A disconnect between vendors and buyers
Robert Ambrose, co-founder, Caretta Research, explains how media companies are focused on getting their existing operations working more effectively and remain very cautious about...
Sustainability
EMG orders first fully electric 19T rigid tender vehicle
EMG said the new Volvo FE Electric truck produces 414 kg of CO2 compared to the previous 10,000 kg
Sustainability
Plimsoll Productions cooks up sustainable power for latest Ainsley Harriott series
Shooting for approximately 7-hours a day, including set-up, three NXTGENbps Goats provided 5.6 kWh each per day for the production
Sustainability
DVB recommends new group to oversee energy efficiency in new specifications
The DVB has revealed that its study mission on energy-aware service delivery and consumption has delivered its final report, the central recommendation of which...
Media Management
The trends of 2023: Profitability, environmental considerations and ‘exploration and excitement’
In the second of TVBEurope’s new series looking at the key trends in the media and entertainment industry during 2023, Remi Beaudouin, chief strategy...
Virtual Production
What’s in store in 2024: Virtual production, cloud, AI and IP-based workflows
Welcome to a new feature series looking back at the key trends in the media and entertainment industry during 2023 and what we'll be...
Artificial Intelligence
Unleashing the future of broadcasting
By harnessing the potential of AI and cloud computing, the broadcasting industry is on the brink of a ground-breaking revolution that will redefine the...
Sustainability
Film London’s Fuel Project enters second stage
Film London is seeking information from across the industry, including industry suppliers, broadcasters, streamers, major studios, production companies, producers and sustainability professionals
Sustainability
Presteigne Broadcast commits to renewable energy generation and sustainability
Presteigne is "putting its money where its mouth is" in terms of sustainability said CEO George Dickson
Sustainability
Almost 2,000 UK programmes received albert certification in 2022
albert's review of 2022 reveals just under half of post production suites are being powered by what it describes as green energy; while only...
Sustainability
albert aims to help productions monitor their biodiversity
The guide includes a clear categorisation of the kinds of impacts a production could have on biodiversity, including in the supply chain and production...
Business
Tales from Amsterdam
TVBEurope editor Jenny Priestley rounds up her key talking points from IBC 2023
Sustainability
2023 PGA Championship will be first ever sports TV production powered entirely by green hydrogen
It's estimated that relying on HPUs will save a total of 16.4 Tonnes of CO2 compared to the 2022 tournament. The units produce zero...
Sustainability
Poll: Innovation and technology have the greatest impact on the media industry’s sustainability values
Findings revealed from TVBEurope's sustainability-as-a-service webinar, which also included a warning for vendors at IBC
Sustainability
The convergence of video and social responsibility
Media has the power to democratise access to information and enables like-minded individuals to connect, collaborate, and advocate for a better future. They just...
Sustainability
Sky Studios Elstree installs 3MW solar roof panel array
A total of 7,400 solar panels have been installed, which will reduce the studios' carbon emissions by 487 tonnes
Media Management
Rethinking virtualisation: Beyond the cloud and into efficient hardware abstraction
Erling Hedkvist, sales and business development at manifold technologies, takes a look at some of the main misconceptions about moving to the cloud, and...
Production & Post
BBC, EMG Group join Sustainability-as-a-Service webinar
The free webinar on 7th September will explore the balance between attaining sustainable practice and maintaining broadcast-quality innovation
Media Delivery
The R&D and product development landscape: Ateme
Frédéric Pasquier, VP of engineering at Ateme, explains how the company is focusing on two critical concerns in the streaming industry; optimising Quality of...
Webinars
Free webinar: Sustainability-as-a-Service in Media and Entertainment
A panel of industry stakeholders will debate the challenges faced by broadcasters when factoring sustainability into their buying decisions, and how it affects who...