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News5 hot technologies to watch in 2024. See them at IBC2023
What are the key technologies that are shaping the broadcast industry today? From AI to DAI, discover more about them and listen to the experts at IBC2023.
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Industry Trends
IP and Cloud at IBC2023: Navigating new challenges
The cloud continues to revolutionise the media and broadcast industry, offering unprecedented opportunities in areas such as scalable storage, content management and distribution, digital workflows, and real-time collaboration.
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STV Studios Acquires Greenbird Media’s Network of 15 Indies
STV Studios has acquired Greenbird Media’s network of 15 UK independent production companies for an initial cash consideration of £21.4m.
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Industry Trends
Top 10 things to do at IBC2023
With so much to see and learn at IBC2023, make your visit more memorable (and valuable) with our top 10 list of the things you shouldn’t miss at this year’s show (15-18 September).
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Seetha Kumar to Step Down as CEO of ScreenSkills
Seetha Kumar, chief executive of ScreenSkills, the UK industry-led skills body for the screen industries, is to step down at the end of December 2023.
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Former Showtime Boss David Nevins Joins Peter Chernin’s The North Road Company
Former Showtime Networks boss David Nevins has been appointed Chief Executive of Peter Chernin’s independent studio The North Road Company.
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IBC2023: Slate of Visionary Speakers Announced to Address Critical Industry Issues and Drive Positive Change
A world-class line-up of headline speakers from across the media, entertainment and technology sector have been announced for IBC2023 at the RAI in Amsterdam in September. Top industry players will give focus on this year’s three content pillars: Transformative Tech, Shifting Business Models and People and Purpose.
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Viaplay Group Restructures Nordic Operations and Team
Viaplay Group is restructuring and has announced a new Nordic country-based operating model and changes to its executive management team.
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Sky Deutschland Retreats from Commissioning Scripted Originals
Sky Deutschland is pulling out of commissioning scripted originals from 2024.
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Louis Theroux to Deliver Edinburgh TV Festival’s 2023 MacTaggart Lecture
Broadcaster, author and podcaster Louis Theroux is to deliver this year’s James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture, the flagship address of the Edinburgh TV Festival.
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Banijay UK Takes Stake in James Norton and Kitty Kaletsky’s Rabbit Track Pictures
Banijay UK has invested in Rabbit Track Pictures, the London based TV & film production company co-founded by actor James Norton and Scripted Executive Kitty Kaletsky.
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Anna Valley Launches Multipurpose Studio Complex
Audiovisual and entertainment technology company Anna Valley is officially opening a new, multi-purpose studio complex this month.
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Sky Showtime Makes Senior Hires from Disney, Netflix and HBO Max
European streamer Sky Showtime has made a number of senior appointments, drafting in executives from Disney, Netflix and HBO Max.
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Hollywood Writers’ Strike: Directors Agree New Deal
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) membership has voted by a large margin to agree a three-year deal with major studios and streamers, averting the possibility of another stoppage in Hollywood to add to the difficulties caused by the writers’ strike.
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Amazon Reveals £4.2bn Investment in UK Creative Industries
Amazon has published figures from consultancy Capital Economics that shows it has invested more than £4.2bn in the UK creative industries since 2010.
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Canal+ Takes ‘Significant’ Minority Stake in Pan Regional Streamer Viu
France’s Canal+ has taken a significant minority stake in pan regional streaming service Viu.
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Banijay Pushes into Live Events Business
FL Entertainment, the parent company of production group Banijay, has launched a live events division, Banijay Events.
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Twitter ‘Plans Focus on Video’
Twitter is planning to launch a video app for smart televisions, according to new owner Elon Musk.
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Film London Launches Renewable Energy Pilot
Film London has officially launched the Grid Project, a pilot programme to supply renewable energy to productions in the capital.
