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Industry Trends$14.6bn entertainment empire emerges
Analysts forecast Discovery pending acquisition of Scripps Networks will be the first of many as businesses scale up to remain competitive.
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Obituary: Adrian Scott
Many in the broadcast and media industry, in all parts of the world, will be saddened at the death of Adrian Scott, writes Dick Hobbs.
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Invisible assets: managing content in the cloud
The cloud promises flexibility but are concerns about price a barrier to adoption?
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DPP predicts where next for the broadcast industry
Getting ready for the cloud will be the most important task for broadcast businesses over the next couple of years, according to the Digital Production Partnership (DPP).
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Video: What's on the agenda at the IBC2017 Conference?
IBC2017: The conference aims to excite, entertain and equip delegates with knowledge, information and expertise from industry leaders.
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Cyber security: developing secure best practices
Amid all the excitement surrounding the rapid transition to software-based, IP-connected media infrastructures, analysts are now raising a note of caution.
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Shifting post-production to the cloud
A new generation of innovative post-production providers is embracing cloud, virtualisation and remote working to deliver services with a radically-new business model.
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New colours from old: converting assets to HDR
The technology to support end-to-end production of high dynamic range (HDR) and wide colour gamut (WCG) content is now proven and readily available.
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VR of low strategic importance, according to Avid survey
Fewer than one in five respondents to an Avid Customer Association (ACA) survey consider virtual and augmented reality to be important to their strategic growth plans, with more than 80% still pondering business models for adopting the nascent technology.
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Global media technology revenue stabilises
The broadcast and media technology market global revenue grew in 2016, with products and services reaching $50.97 billion.
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IP 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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Cooney 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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EBU 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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IMF 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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The 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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Small 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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IP 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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European 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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Securing 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 ...
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Making 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.
