All Media Transport articles – Page 4
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Webinar
Plug and play or plug and pray? Making microservices work
Watch on-demand to find out how media microservices are being widely adopted for new media solutions in the content supply chain.
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Industry Trends
Industry moves: Grass Valley, GB Labs, BBC Studios
IBC365’s update on company appointments, resignations and restructures across the content and broadcast industry.
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News
YouTube expands US fact checking initiative
YouTube is launching fact checking panels in the US with the aim of raising authoritative sources of information across the site following similar successes in Brazil and India.
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Industry Trends
Cracking the code – AI enters the frame
The traditional means of optimising video streaming workflows have run their course. Future advances will be made in software automated by AI.
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News
Synamedia names ex-ProSiebenSat.1 exec Thexton as CTO
Former ProSiebenSat.1 chief technology officer Nick Thexton as been unveiled as the new CTO of video software provider Synamedia.
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News
BBC, CNN and Euronews pledge $50m in ad-revenue to promote health messaging
The trio of broadcasters has committed $50 million of advertising inventory to promote vital public health messages that will reach over 800 million people across the globe.
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News
WarnerMedia names former Hulu and Amazon exec Jason Kilar CEO
Hulu’s founding boss Jason Kilar has been appointed the new chief executive of WarnerMedia, effective from 1 May.
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Industry Trends
Industry moves: BBC, Vuulr, ProSiebenSat.1
IBC365’s update on company appointments, resignations and restructures across the content and broadcast industry.
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Industry Trends
Analysis: The supply chain in the time of coronavirus
With Covid-19 impacting all areas of the media and broadcast sector, Andy Stout looks at how supply chains may suffer due to the growing pandemic.
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News
OneWeb files for bankruptcy blaming coronavirus pandemic
The London-based satellite start-up OneWeb has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US pointing to the instability to secure additional investors during the Covid-19 crisis.
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Industry Trends
Experts call on PSBs to push the cyber security agenda
Public service broadcasters are increasingly targeted by malicious cybercrime as they employ cloud-based workflows to manage valuable content assets. Alana Foster speaks to industry experts on the importance of prioritising cyber security.
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Industry Trends
Sustainability: The difference between red meat and the media
George Jarrett reports from a Media & Entertainment Services Alliance keynote that warns of a new e-waste
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Industry Trends
Analysis: Grass Valley’s future under the Black Dragon
Will Grass Valley’s fourth owner in the last two decades skyrocket the company mission to champion software technology and cloud services? IBC365’s Alana Foster speaks with industry analysts to probe the acquisition.
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News
Fox buys Tubi for $440m with Roku sale funds
Fox has agreed a $440 million deal to acquire AVOD service Tubi, partly funded by the sale of its stake in Roku.
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News
YouTube reverses coronavirus advertising ban
Google’s YouTube has reversed a previous policy on monetising video content related to the coronavirus outbreak, acknowledging the need for news organisations and creators to produce sustainable quality videos.
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News
M&A review: Grass Valley’s surprise acquisition, Comcast’s AVOD streamer purchase
IBC365 looks back at some of the notable mergers and acquisitions of the past month within the media and technology industry.
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News
ViacomCBS shakes up Australia and New Zealand leadership
ViacomCBS has introduced a new management structure across its businesses in Australia and New Zealand, after boss Paul Anderson’s resignation from Network Ten.
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Industry Trends
2020: Crunch time for codecs
Three new codecs will enter an already complex market this year as patent wrangling looks set to beset the promoters of video streaming codec AV1.
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News
RIST Forum appoints new directors to drive interoperability
Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST), which champions interoperability for the broadcast market, has announced the appointment of new directors to drive this vision for 2020.
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Industry Trends
MESA’s head in the cloud
At a recent MESA (Media & Entertainment Services Alliance) content workflow management forum, presentations on cloud transformation and cloud-based workflows worked well in explaining the issues and advantages. George Jarrett reports.