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Urgent Appeal: Mental Health Behind the Scenes
Mental health and wellbeing for behind-the-scenes workers is at an all-time low as The Film and TV Charity appeals for urgent donations, reporting that the industry is facing ‘one of the most sustained periods of financial uncertainty in its 100-year history.’
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Gender Gap for Female Writers and Directors Increases
The gender gap for female writers and directors has increased over past six years according to research by the Creative Diversity Network (CDN).
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Stephan Schmitter Promoted to CEO of RTL Deutschland
RTL Group has named Stephan Schmitter as CEO of RTL Deutschland.
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SAG-AFTRA Reveals Details of Hollywood Studio Deal to End Actors’ Strike
US actors’ union SAG-AFTRA has revealed the details of the deal it struck last week with Hollywood studios to bring an end to its 118-day strike.
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ITV Creative hires Mother’s Tatiana Jezierski as Head of Creative Strategy
Tatiana Jezierski, formerly Strategy Director of ad agency Mother, is to join ITV Creative later this month as Head of Creative Strategy.
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US Actors’ Union Reaches ‘Tentative Deal’ with Hollywood Studios
US actors’ union SAG-AFTRA has struck a “tentative deal” with Hollywood studios to end their long-running strike.
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Film and TV Charity Launches Financial Survey at Time of ‘Unprecedented Need’
The UK’s Film and TV Charity has called on industry workers to participate in its latest financial survey at time of “unprecedented need” in the sector.
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North Road Company hires Amy Israel as head of TV
Peter Chernin’s US-based studio The North Road Company has hired Amy Israel in the role of President of television.
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Katharina Frömsdorf Appointed CEO of German Streamer Joyn
Katharina Frömsdorf has been named CEO of German streamer Joyn.
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Sunset+Vine names Peter Angell as CEO
Sunset+Vine has appointed Peter Angell as chief executive officer.
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Actors Strike Continues as Negotiations Break Down
Negotiations between Hollywood studios and actors’ union SAG-AFTRA broke down last week, ending hopes that the three-month strike by performers would quickly come to an end.
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Competition and Markets Authority Probes Hiring of TV Production Crew
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating suspected anti-competitive behaviour relating to the hiring of freelance TV crew by the BBC, ITV and a number of indie production companies.
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Rick Cordella promoted to President of NBC Sports
NBCUniversal has promoted veteran executive Rick Cordella to the role of President of NBC Sports.
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Rupert Murdoch Steps Down as Fox and News Corp Chairman
Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as Chairman of Fox and News Corp, with his son Lachlan to head both companies.
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Industry Trends
IBC2023: ‘Keep an open mind and be willing to grow’
IBC’s first ever LGBTQ+ session as part of the IBC2023 Changemakers programme in the Forum saw a three strong panel of Matthew Williams-Neale, Vice President, Marketing & Communications, Appear, Paul Pastor, Chief Business Officer and Co-Founder, Quickplay and Alfie Potter, Technical Analyst, Enterprise Architecture, ITV come together to discuss how ...
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SCTE Announces 2023 Autumn Lecture for Cable, Fibre and Telecoms Community
The cable, fibre, and telecoms industries will have the opportunity to attend an event opening discussions on the skill shift and data usage, as the Society for Broadband Professionals (SCTE®) announce their annual Autumn Lecture & AGM.
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Bectu calls for AMPTS financial support for UK crews
Broadcasting union Bectu has called on the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTS) to do more to support UK crews who are struggling to find work as a result of the actors and writers’s strikes.
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IBC2023: Innovation and Social Impact Award Winners Announced
IBC2023 has announced the winners of its prestigious Innovation and Social Impact Awards, which celebrate ground-breaking initiatives that are transforming the media industry landscape.
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Technical Papers
IBC2023 Tech Papers: A Real-time 8K-60 fps-HDR VVC/H.266 Software Encoder for Next-generation Live Applications
IBC2023: This Technical Paper provides an analysis of the capabilities of VVC for live applications by describing a real-time 8K VVC software encoder.
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Technical Papers
IBC2023 Tech Papers: Best of both worlds - VVC enables open-GOP coding in adaptive streaming workflows
IBC2023: This Technical Paper reviews the state-of-the-art in adaptive streaming using closed GOPs and their shortcomings, how VVC enables open GOP adaptive streaming using reference picture resampling, and describes the benefits and challenges of integrating open-GOP encoding in a highly scalable cloud transcoding solution as well as in a live ...