All Features articles – Page 31
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Industry TrendsSatellite’s multi-billion dollar windfall
Four major satellite operators have created a US-based consortium to manage the transition of their valuable C-band frequencies for 5G use by US telcos. It could result in a windfall of tens of billions of dollars.
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Industry TrendsIBC2018 review: SDI is dead, long live SDI!
From the adoption of IP to the uptake of UHD, advances in technology are leading to fragmentation, writes IBC Daily reporter Elliot Herman.
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Industry TrendsSatellite technology: Advances in connectivity
Over the past several months, it has become clear that, in many ways, far from being a distinct sector, the satellite industry is a microcosm of the larger broadcast industry in which it operates.
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Industry TrendsNew voyage for Discovery
JB Perrette is totally changing the look and feel of Discovery Networks International.
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Executive InterviewsInterview: Seth Shapiro, Alpha Networks
Seth Shapiro, Emmy winner and CEO / founder of Alpha Networks, is preparing for the launch of that company’s blockchain – enabled entertainment platform. Exposing viewers to underappreciated content from foreign markets is just one of the things the offering will focus on.
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Industry TrendsCreating a codec for tomorrow’s content
Alliance for Open Media spokesman Matt Frost on the rollout of AV1 and the creation of another delivery codec.
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Industry TrendsSMPTE elects new officers and governors
SMPTE has elected a host of new officers for 2019-2020, while Dolby Vice President Patrick Griffis is set to take on the role of President from January.
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Executive InterviewsInterview: Mike Darcey, M247
The TV industry is grappling with a ‘three-way profit squeeze’, which means many companies will not make as much money as they did in the past, warns veteran broadcasting executive Mike Darcey.
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Industry TrendsIBC2018 review: 4K, OTT and cloud-based workflows
Advances in 4K and UHD live production, fresh solutions for OTT content, an array of cloud-based ‘big data’ workflow sharing solutions and remote collaboration tools were the main themes in Halls 9, 13 and 15.
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Industry TrendsSatellite launches: Driven by geography, bandwidth and quality
The desire to bring more content of higher quality to more people has been driving, and will continue to drive, activity in the satellite industry.
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Industry TrendsSatellite: Still at the heart of the industry
It was very apparent at IBC2018 that the broadcast industry continues to be in a state of flux. Ian McMurray finds that satellite operators and suppliers are no less affected by pervasive and disruptive change.
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Industry TrendsIn-flight entertainment: The next TV battleground?
Competition to deliver content to airline passengers is ramping up, writes Chris Forrester.
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Industry TrendsAnalysis: Can OneWeb straddle the ‘Valley of Death’?
OneWeb has some hefty backers but how will the scheme to provide broadband coverage to millions cope with moving from idea to implementation?
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Industry TrendsThe view ahead
Richard Halton is responsible for developing and launching YouView as the UK’s first seamlessly integrated linear and on demand TV service. How does this expert in broadcast take on his next challenge – how to harness the forces that are changing his industry?
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Industry TrendsCollaboration: The buzzword of IBC2018
IBC was one huge media factory, structured on multiple technology collaboration efforts, writes IBC Daily reporter George Jarrett.
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Industry TrendsIBC2018 review: The ubiquity of the cloud
Cloud-based platforms haven’t lost their steam, artificial intelligence continues to smarten workflows and manufacturers making mighty machines in smaller sizes were recurring themes in Halls 2 and 3 this year, writes IBC Daily reporter Erica Basnicki.
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Industry TrendsThe broadcaster's OTT conundrum
Is OTT going to take over broadcasting? It’s the ever-present question for broadcasters, to which the simple answer is no, they must do both, writes Peter MacAvock, EBU and DVB.
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Industry TrendsWeekly news round-up: EU sets new VOD quota & £10m VR storytelling fund
Your guide to what’s happened this week in the media, entertainment and technology industry.
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Industry TrendsSMPTE advances immersive audio standardisation
New immersive audio standards have been published by SMPTE for distribution and consistent playout of various immersive sound systems.
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Industry TrendsIBC2018 review: IP - from concept to reality
The epochal industry trend toward the use of IP is of course quite advanced on the audio side, and thus seen across the aisles of Hall 8 in a big way, writes IBC Daily reporter Mark Hallinger.
