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Executive Interviews
Interview: Katy Bolan: ‘We are all in this together’
As a stand-up comedian Katy Bolan once opened for Jerry Seinfeld but the focus of her professional career as Sustainability Lead at Google TV is no laughing matter - Adrian Pennington reports.
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Interview: Leah Hooper Rosa - Seeing the bigger picture
Leah Hooper Rosa, who leads WBD’s streaming business in EMEA, is tasked not only with operations and growth for existing streaming services HBO Max and discovery+, but also planning for the roll out of Max from early 2024. She spoke to Adrian Pennington.
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Interview: Sinead Greenaway, UKTV
Sinead Greenaway took an unconventional route to her role as chief technology and operations officer at UKTV, where she has led a technology transformation at the UK broadcaster.
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Interview: Michael Young, Reuters CTO
Reuters chief technology officer tells IBC365 how the international news organisation has had to adapt so its journalists can safely and remotely work during an unprecedented news year.
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Interview: Eric Bassier, Quantum
Digital content specialist Quantum is expanding its portfolio to improve the support for unstructured data throughout the content lifecycle, Senior Director - Product Management Eric Bassier tells David Davies.
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Interview: Jigna Chandaria, BBC R&D
BBC R D lead research engineer Jigna Chandaria has led pioneering research into the environmental impact of the broadcasting industry. She hopes her findings – that set top boxes, TVs as well as routers are “the hotspots in the system” – could prompt change.
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Grass Valley’s Tim Shoulders: “New ownership will help accelerate our cloud production plans”
Following the recent completion of its acquisition by Black Dragon Capital and the launch of the GV AMPP platform, Grass Valley President Tim Shoulders tells David Davies about his vision for the cloud and the importance of the new GVx Customer Council.
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Intel’s Lynn A. Comp: ‘Addressing the exponential growth in visual workloads’
The potential of the AV1 coding format and the role of cloud native CDN in managing unexpected surges in demand are among the subjects being tackled in Intel’s IBC SHOWCASE sessions, writes David Davies.
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NAGRA’s Jacques-Edouard Guillemot: ‘Covid-19 is a stress-test of our customers’ capabilities’
NAGRA’s new Insight white paper shows content providers how they can safeguard their businesses post-Coronavirus by using AI to accelerate subscription acquisition and re-engagement, writes David Davies.
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The CTO interview: Dave Travis, Red Bee Media
As a managed services provider to the media industry, Red Bee offers broadcasters, media companies and content owners the opportunity to outsource flexibility and innovation. Chief product and technology officer Dave Travis tells IBC365 how the company is able to keep ahead of developments in the media landscape.
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Interview: Marge Dean, Women in Animation
Organising people, money and time is Margaret Dean’s mantle. The Women in Animation chief tells IBC365 of the “tremendous” social impact animation as an art form has and the business changes occurring as the virtual pipeline becomes industry standard.
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Grass Valley’s Tim Shoulders on Black Dragon’s take over from Belden
Private equity firm Black Dragon led by a former Avid boss has acquired Grass Valley from Belden in a deal set to harness the company’s “responsible innovation” and foray into cloud and SaaS solutions.
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The DTG helps with UK Cyber Security legislation
DTG CEO Richard Lindsay-Davies talks cyber security, the move to IP and personalisation.
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Interview: Tim Shoulders on Grass Valley’s future
Belden has struggled with the “volatility” of Grass Valley’s broadcast business, but a new owner in the form of a private equity buyer will give the company a chance to invest and ”retrench”.
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Interview: Christophe Poulain, Worldcast Systems
Improving user experience and making products that are easier to configure and operate is a priority, says Worldcast Group co-president Christophe Poulain.
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Empowering all to thrive in broadcasting
As head of broadcast and entertainment for the UK Ireland in Google’s Strategic Partnerships team, Justin Gupta, who is also part of IBC’s Content Steering Group, explains how the group has strived for a better gender balance throughout this year’s conference programme.
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Challenging media authenticity with diversity
Mainstream media must balance creativity and diversity, with LGBT visibility particularly low across the broadcasting industry, and authenticity key according to TV and radio presenter Stephanie Hirst.
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Lean machine learning
Threatened by a public referendum and squeezed for talent, Léonard Bouchet of RTS delivered revelatory tools while establishing a better work culture, all by embracing data-driven principles.
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Interview: Mathieu Yerle, Connect
Broadcasters are constantly analysing their performances and trying to circumvent workflow bottlenecks, and to do so they are relying on datasets that are getting larger and larger, says Connect director of sales and product strategy Mathieu Yerle.
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Interview: Vera Bichler, ORF
Passionate about sports and storytelling, Vera Bichler speaks to IBC365 about being the first female football director at Austrian broadcaster ORF