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SMPTE announces 2024 honourees
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has announced its 2024 honourees.
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RTS launches online Mini MBA to plug TV skills gap
The Royal Television Society (RTS) is launching an online course that aims to help plug the TV skills gap and fast-track careers.
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BBC to increase creative diversity commitments
The BBC is launching new creative diversity commitments to increase diversity and inclusion within its programme making teams.
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‘Media Tech’s Got Talent’: Speakers, sessions and networking events unveiled for inaugural IBC2024 Talent Programme
IBC2024 has announced the line-up of speakers and sessions for the first-ever dedicated IBC Talent Programme, taking place on Monday 16 September in the Showcase Theatre in Hall 8.
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Paralympic Games set to break broadcasting records
The organisers of the Paralympic Games expect Paris 2024 to surpass the cumulative audience of 4.1bn people that tuned in for the Tokyo 2020 and Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
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Livepeer Studio to discuss low-cost streaming platform with next-gen distributed architecture at IBC2024
Livepeer Studio is looking to network with media companies to discuss its high-quality and cost-effective video streaming platform at IBC2024 in Amsterdam.
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STV hires Rufus Radcliffe as CEO
STV Group has appointed Rufus Radcliffe as Chief Executive Officer.
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BBC trials generative AI subtitles on BBC Sounds
Subtitles and transcripts generated by AI will be added to a select range of audio content on BBC Sounds as part of a trial.
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Channel 4 strikes £1.75m deal with Layered Reality
Channel 4 (C4) Ventures has secured an investment deal worth £1.75m with UK immersive entertainment specialists Layered Reality.
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Vogo to implement video replay solution for French Handball League
The French Handball League (FHL) has selected Vogo to provide the video referee system for the French men’s championship - Liqui Moly Starligue – for the next four years, starting with the 2024-25 season.
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Marlow Film Studios to appeal council’s decision to block development
Marlow Films Studios is to launch an appeal against Buckinghamshire Council’s decision to block its planned film and TV studio development.
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Warner Bros. Discovery International launches advertiser data platform
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) International has launched WBD AIM (Audience Insights and Measurement), a first-party data platform for advertisers.
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David Beckham, Lisa Nandy and Ted Sarandos among RTS London Convention speakers
UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, David Beckham and Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos are among the speakers lined up for the Royal Television Society’s (RTS) London Convention 2024.
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Ukrainian journalist Mstyslav Chernov awarded IBC2024 International Honour for Excellence
IBC has awarded its most prestigious accolade – the International Honour for Excellence (IHFE) - to Ukraine’s Mstyslav Chernov for his work as a video journalist and his groundbreaking film 20 Days in Mariupol.
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Haivision StreamHub and MoJoPro now available on AWS
Haivision’s StreamHub receiver is now available on the AWS marketplace on a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) basis, making it easier to leverage the Haivision MoJoPro camera app for live broadcast contribution from anywhere.
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Dot Group implements DataSprint for Timeline Television
Dot Group has successfully implemented its proprietary IBM Aspera-powered solution – DataSprint - for Timeline Television. The collaboration has enhanced Timeline’s data transfer workflows and capabilities, supporting its overall business strategy and operational goals.
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Research: FAST services impact SVOD subscriptions
Two in three (66%) TV content viewers in the US are using free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) platforms in a typical month, according to Horowitz Research’s latest annual report, State of Media, Entertainment, and Tech: Viewing Behaviors 2024.
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Edgar Bronfman drops Paramount bid
The merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media is set to take place after media veteran Edgar Bronfman Jr withdrew from the race for the Hollywood film and TV studio.
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Accessible remote production facility opens in Cardiff ahead of 2024 Paralympics
Whisper Cymru, Channel 4, Tramshed Tech, Creative Wales and Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) have opened a fully accessible, remote production facility near Cardiff Central ahead of the Paris 2024 Paralympics.
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The TV Foundation launches class and social mobility Impact Unit
The TV Foundation, the charitable arm of the Edinburgh TV Festival, has launched an industry initiative inspired by this year’s MacTaggart Lecture by playwright and dramatist James Graham.