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
sustainability
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
Media Management
ATEME launches sustainable UHD encoder
Encoder consumes less power, thus reducing its carbon footprint and increasing its green credentials for adopters
Production & Post
Panalux launches all-electric power solutions for eco-friendly sets
Company says the two new units can provide instant, silent, emission-free power in virtually any location
Production & Post
Broadcasters, streamers sign up for The Climate Content Pledge
The Climate Content Pledge has been convened by albert, the screen industry organisation for environmental sustainability
Production & Post
dock10 plants 2,500 trees to celebrate 10th anniversary
The trees have been planted as part of the IPE project in the Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil
Production & Post
Cop26 is a ‘chance to inspire even more collaboration on a global scale’
The director of albert talks to TVBEurope about the organisation's hopes for Cop26, and how it's evolved over the past decade
Production & Post
UK broadcasters, albert collaborate on Cop26 events
The ambition is that discussing the work happening in the UK will ignite the conversation with broadcasters globally
Business
ITV updates green targets ahead of Cop26
ITV said all of its suppliers with the highest environmental risk will be required to meet its best practice sustainability criteria by 2025
Production & Post
Netflix, German broadcasters join forces on sustainable production initiative
Group has set out 21 "must have specifications" with a production having to meet 18 of the requirements to be awarded a 'green motion'...
Business
BBC sets out path to net zero by 2030
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved the BBC's roadmap to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, commending its ambition to...
Live Production
Sky Production Services awarded DPP Committed to Sustainability mark
SPS scored five out of five in the DPP's sustainability survey
Production & Post
albert: 2020 saw 52 per cent reduction in TV industry’s carbon emissions
The increase in remote working and travel restrictions during 2020 meant that the aggregated total distance travelled by plane reduced by 5.1 million kilometres
Live Production
Sky, Tottenham Hotspur partner on world’s first elite level net zero carbon football match
#GameZero is aiming to be net zero, through emission reductions and offsetting the remaining footprint through reforestation projects
Production & Post
BBC to host virtual festival looking at media and sustainability
Event will include research from the BBC’s R&D consumer media technology team on the carbon cost of television and associated technologies
Production & Post
ITV takes delivery of new sustainable satellite cars
dB Broadcast has supplied ITV with a mini-fleet of four Mk2 Daytime Sat Cars which have been developed with sustainable hybrid technology to replace...
Live Production
Sky Sports aims for greenest Premier League season ever
TVBEurope talks to Jo Finon, manager of responsible productions at Sky Sports, about the broadcaster’s aims to make the new Premier league season as...
Production & Post
Garden Studios collaborates on UK’s first carbon neutral virtual production film
Film emitted less than one tonne of carbon. If it had been shot as a traditional multi-location film, it would have emitted over 120...
Business
Ross Video goes green with facility expansion
Expansion will rely on green energy to minimise the environmental impact of new manufacturing lines
Production & Post
All 12 live Springwatch episodes powered by clean energy
The BBC said if the energy provided for Springwatch 2021 had been produced with diesel generators, seven tonnes of CO2 would have been released...
Production & Post
How virtual production is making the film industry more sustainable
Virtual production is here to stay and has the potential to massively decrease the carbon footprints of productions, writes Andy Ray, sales director at Vicon
Production & Post
Krishnan Guru-Murthy to chair albert’s news consortium
The news consortium was launched by albert in January, with founding members including ITN, BBC, ITV News, Sky News and Channel 4
Media Consumption
Watching one hour of online video is equivalent to boiling an electric kettle three times
The carbon footprint of watching online video on a 50-inch TV is roughly 4.5 times more than watching on a laptop, and 90 times...
Live Production
dB Broadcast delivers new green machines for ITV Daytime
New fleet of satellite vehicles include, where possible, broadcast equipment repurposed from ITV's previous vehicles
Media Delivery
Netflix aims for net zero carbon footprint by 2022
Netflix's carbon footprint in 2020 was 1.1 million metric tons, about half of which was generated by physical production of the streamer's TV shows...
Live Production
Watch: Formula 1 embraces sustainability and remote production in 2021
Go behind the scenes at the sport's media and technology centre in the UK
Business
TVBEurope March/April 2021 issue available
Latest issue takes a look at a new augmented reality app starring two British icons, speaks to the studios plugging the shortfall in UK...
Business
Liberty Global becomes founding member of European Green Digital Coalition
Initiative seeks to encourage companies to commit to establishing science-based targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 and becoming climate neutral no...
Production & Post
Blackbird highlights video industry impact on environment
New study outlines how companies can work to meet sustainability goals
Production & Post
Which British TV series is the greenest?
A new study has been published by Goldsmiths University and Smart Energy GB
Business
Poll: Current bodies/association should be responsible for drawing up sustainability standards
Our poll found no-one thinks vendors should be responsible for drawing up sustainability standards
Business
STV aims to be a net zero carbon business by 2030
As well as joining albert, the broadcaster intends to work with its suppliers to create a sustainable supply chain
Business
Sky joins sustainability in the video entertainment industry webinar
Sky's Inga Ruehl will be able to offer expert insight into how broadcasters are dealing with sustainability issues
Webinars
Free webinar: The challenge of choosing sustainability in the video entertainment industry
An expert panel will discuss how the future of the video ecosystem requires collaboration across the video value chain to offer sustainable choices to...
Media Delivery
Zattoo uses wind energy for new data centre
Company has placed its data centre directly in the wind turbine
Production & Post
albert launches news consortium
The founding members of the group include ITN, BBC, ITV News, Sky News and Channel 4.