George Jarrett

This year’s Rory Peck Awards was an affirmation that press freedom is in severe danger, that it has become a vicious fight to sustain that facts matter. George Jarrett reports.

Vincent Grivet, Chairman of the HbbTV Association, reveals how a new digital rights management (DRM) specification will enable the reliable and secure delivery of premium content via HbbTV-based services, especially for applications approaching the complexity and content protection demands of video-on-demand (VOD) platforms.

DTG’s annual summit explored personalisation, AI, and the canny ways broadcasters have leveraged Roblox, YouTube and TikTok on their transition from transmission to streaming.

With 6G and its required standards a few years away, many industry organisations are busily pushing 5G to its full potential under the 5G Broadcast banner. George Jarrett looks to the European Broadcasting Union’s contributions.

Hot on the heels of a successful demonstration at Brands Hatch, DTG’s Alex Buchan discusses the evolution of the 5G One4HDD project and how it may yet progress beyond its official 31 March ending, providing fresh government funding falls the right way. George Jarrett reports.

Channel 4 recognised as most successful commissioner with multiple finalists in three out of four categories, including two from Katie Arnold in the same category. For the first time, winning entries across all four categories focus on one story, Gaza.

Boasting 80 million active monthly users and 2.1% of total TV time in the US, David Salmon, EVP and MD of International at AVOD Tubi explains how the company has found success through an extensive, yet diverse library. George Jarrett reports.

IBC365 speaks to the newly appointed DVB Chairman Remo Vogel about extending classic broadcasting “with over-the-top technologies in a very clear and hybrid way”. Meenakshi Kachawaha, Senior Lead Engineer at Digital TV Group, shares further insight on DVB-I.

DTG CEO Richard Lindsay-Davies passionately called for regulators to “leave no one behind” as IPTV clearly looks to dominate into the future. George Jarrett reports.

The Rory Peck Trust (RPT) and the US Embassy teamed up to celebrate World Press Freedom Day 2024, for a mixed audience of experienced news journalists and 50+ students studying Journalism at seven colleges including UCL, Goldsmiths, Kings College and Oxford Brookes. The event included a session on AI’s influence on journalism, and several masterclasses, George Jarrett reports.