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Industry TrendsIP is key to format flexibility and future-proofing
IP-based solutions for broadcasters are paving the way for flexibility in business models with new capabilities and transparent workflows, said AIMS Chairman Mike Cronk.
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Industry TrendsCooney replaces Thorsteinson as SAM CEO
Former Tandberg Television Chief Executive Eric Cooney has replaced Tim Thorsteinson as President and CEO of SAM (Snell Advanced Media).
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Industry TrendsEBU appoints new Director General
The European Broadcast Union (EBU) has appointed Noel Curran to the role of Director General replacing Ingrid Deltenre.
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Industry TrendsIMF for TV: the solution to versioning woes?
When Hollywood finally had its Interoperable Master Format (IMF) standardised by SMPTE back in 2013, there were already murmurings about a possible broadcast version of the format.
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Industry TrendsThe cloud will kill half of us… and save the rest
With 85% of media and broadcast industry buyers planning to deploy cloud technology within the next three years - according to the latest IABM End-User Survey - the pressure is on vendors and technology suppliers to embrace cloud and as-a-service solutions and business models.
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Industry TrendsSmall is beautiful: the increasing importance of microservices
Broadcasters and media organisations’ desire for greater agility to launch new channels and platforms has fuelled demand for pay-by-the-minute services.
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Industry TrendsIP interoperability at NAB: the debate continues
Following the lead of IBC in 2016, the recent NAB exhibition included a demonstration of IP interoperability. Once again, more than 30 vendors showed streams passing seamlessly between different products.
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Executive InterviewsMichelle Munson: interoperability is critical
Michelle Munson is that very rare breed: CEO of a major company who not only understands the product, she actually invented it.
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Industry TrendsEuropean tech firms unite to develop video analysis software
A consortium of European technology firms demonstrated a working prototype of a video analysis system at NAB.
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Technical PapersSwitchover to file-based programme production at NHK
The 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano prompted the NHK Broadcasting Centre to adapt its VCRs for the High-definition television format.
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Industry TrendsSecuring the creative industries from cyberattacks
The devastating cyberattack that hit Sony Pictures Entertainment at the end of 2014 caused some consternation in the upper reaches of the UK government as well as in the boardrooms of companies in the creative industries. Then Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, who had sought to boost the appeal ...
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Technical PapersIntegrity of content, metadata and workflow in loosely integrated systems
In a broadcast organization content is created generally with an intent to publish and/or archive it in one way or another.
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Industry TrendsMaking a return on IP investments
As the commercial pressures tighten on traditional and new media companies, finance directors want to know that investment will make a business more efficient and successful.
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Industry TrendsMoving production to the cloud
The immediate barriers to unfettered production in the cloud are bandwidth, the compression required to shrink bit rates, transport, discovery and security.
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Industry TrendsThe engineering skills shortage
In November 2014 I organised, on behalf of the IABM Educational Foundation and EBU, a conference in Geneva on the engineering skills shortage facing the electronic media industry.
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Industry TrendsCould JPEG2000 be the future of compression?
Digital video, and the benefit of compression, is so ubiquitous that we no longer think about it, but it is worth considering that every time we process a video signal we are making a compromise.
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Technical PapersUltra HD: Bandwidth planning and verification for 4K
Only a decade ago, high definition was the big new thing. With it came new wider 16:9 aspect ratio flat screen TVs that made the living room stylish in a way that old CRTs couldn’t match.
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VideoPer Kangru on the IP invasion
Per Kangru, Technologist in the CTO Office at Viavi, explains how to get ahead of your competition by exceeding expected standards.
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VideoHow to develop a video infrastructure for the Web
Stefan Lederer, CEO, bitmovin, offers an overview of the video infrastructure for the web and advises on how to set up and deploy cutting-edge OTT services for all platforms and all use cases in the cloud.
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VideoIBC2016 Keynote Speaker: Dominique Delport Speaks at Cannes Lions
IBC caught up with Dominique Delport, Global Managing Director, Havas Media Group and Chairman, Vivendi Content while at Cannes Lions Festival in June and asked him where he sees the advertising and media industry headed.
