Business
Royal Mint issues 50p celebrating John Logie Baird
New coin, first announced in January, is now available
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Business
UK’s Royal Mint to honour ‘the father of Television’
New 50 pence coin celebrates the work of John Logie Baird.
Technology
Sony TVs include Netflix Calibrated Mode
Setting enables more precise colours and accurate dynamic contrast
Production & Post
AIMS adds three
Clear-Com, Bridge Technologies and Solid State Logic join the Alliance for IP Media Solutions
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Features
Eighty years of High Definition
Let’s face it; early descriptions of television were not very complimentary. Philo Farnsworth, credited with creating the first fully electronic system, is reported to...
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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
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Opinion
Three steps to curbing video piracy
The digital revolution that has and continues to flourish globally has led to a rise in consumer expectations. Access to their favourite movies, TV...
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...
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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....
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IBC
New STB for ABOX42
ABOX42 is unveiling its new smart STB platform, M50, at IBC2016. Developed for advanced operator projects, the platform decodes HEVC up to 4K quality with...
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Analysis
Moving up a grade
Camera technology is driving and exploiting a demand for ever higher resolution and high dynamic range, expanding creativity on the acquisition side. However, the
Features
Production & Post
MLB Network and Ericsson agree sports graphics deal
Ericsson has signed a multi-year contract with MLB Network for its real time sports graphics software, PIERO. US baseball-focussed MLB Network features live regular...
Business
IBC
Cost-effective OTT in the Limelight
Limelight Networks has released bundled services aimed at helping OTT providers become more cost-effective and tackle the various challenges in the online content space
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IBC
Ikegami introduces 4K UHK-430 camera
A new UHD 2/3-inch ENG-style broadcast camera has been introduced by Ikegami. The UHK-430 uses three newly developed 2/3-inch 8-megapixel CMOS sensors, offering 3840×2160...
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IBC
Broadcast Solutions builds first Swiss UHD OB truck
Switzerland’s first UHD OB truck has been bought by NEP for use on the new season of Swiss Super League football. The Streamline S12...
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Interviews
Driving engagement
George Jarrett talks to Fabrice Hamaide, CFO and president of Piksel, about the huge advantages that come with a micro services architecture. Netflix and...
Business
Business
Nagra and Samsung introduce direct-to-TV solution for 4K
Nagra has launched a direct-to-TV security solution for pay-TV operators that allows consumers to sign up for pay-TV services directly on selected new Samsung...
Business
Best of Show awards deadline extended
Due to a huge surge in interest, the deadline for this year’s Best of Show awards programme for IBC2016 has been extended until midnight...
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Business
BBC iPlayer law change takes effect
The iPlayer ‘loophole’ saga has drawn to a close after new law changes were implemented today. The amendment means that users of the BBC...
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Features
VIDEO: TVBEurope 2020: ROI in new media technology
Russell Grute wrapped up the final panel of the day at the second annual TVBEurope 2020 conference: Does new media technology deliver an acceptable...
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Data Centre
Video to dominate 4G by 2020
Mobile video usage will account for three quarter of total 4G traffic by 2020, according to the latest Ovum statistics. The analyst firm, in...
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Business
Dailymotion to revamp, Studio+ launching premium
Vivendi is looking to revamp Dailymotion’s user experience throughout 2017. The company expects the changes to enable Dailymotion to expand its user base from...
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TVBEverywhere
AT&T secures extended multi-platform HBO deal
HBO has agreed a multi-year deal with AT&T to deliver its content across all platforms, including the upcoming DirecTV Now service. The new contract...
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Business
How to lose youths and alienate people
The media needs to keep up with the millennial generation or ‘risk alienating' them, according to Vice founder and CEO Shane Smith. Delivering the...
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TVBEverywhere
High overlap between Netflix and Amazon subscribers
The number of consumers taking up multiple SVoD subscriptions is on the rise, with a particularly high overlap between Netflix and Amazon Prime Video,...
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Business
BuzzFeed reshuffles to expand digital video output
BuzzFeed is restructuring its divisions as it looks to expand its digital video output. The company will divide into separate news and entertainment divisions,...
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Business
BBC salary reveals ‘not in the interests’ of licence fee payers
Revealing the salaries of its highest-paid stars would not be in the interest of licence fee payers, according to BBC content and sport director...
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TVBEverywhere
Bundesliga to kick off in VR
Fox Sports is to kick off the 2016/2017 Bundesliga season in live virtual reality (VR). In collaboration with NextVR, the broadcaster will deliver Bayern...
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Business
TVBAwards 2016: Nominate for Sustainability
The deadline for TVBAwards 2016 nominations is almost upon us. There are now just nine days to put names forward for the third annual...
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