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VideoIBC Digital 2021 Keynote: HBO Max is here!
Johannes Larcher, the exec in charge of HBO Max’s international roll out talked to IBC Digitial about how he plans for the streamer to reach 190 markets by 2026.
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News
IBC Launches 2022 Awards Programme
Nominations are now open for the IBC Innovation Awards, with entries for the IBC Social Impact Award opening on Monday 11 April. All parts of the industry are invited to suggest nominations for projects and programmes and all entries are free.
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Industry Trends
Multicast with a dial a delay option: 5G VISTA will ignite fan interest
The next big steps for the DCMS-sponsored 5G VISTA Project will be the imminent arrival of test handsets and the 31 March release of a report containing all the collateral from two years of technical and business case endeavours. VISTA stands for Video in Stadia Technical Architecture, but distributed events ...
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Industry Trends
World Radio Day 2022: The resilience of radio
Developing internet-based listening and exploring the potential of visual radio are just a few of the ways in which radio broadcasters are strengthening their relationships with listeners.
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News
HBO Max to launch in 15 more European countries
HBO Max, WarnerMedia’s streaming platform, is to launch in a further 15 European countries on 8 March.
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Industry Trends
How future market and technology trends will define the home device market
The home device market has seen significant growth over the past couple of years, with more content and services being streamed into such devices than ever before. How are the trends around the technology and use-cases driving development?
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News
Arm on how Future Market and Technology Trends will define the Home Device Market
IBC Digital continues to host discussions and presentations, with this week’s presentation focussing on the subject of Content Everywhere.
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News
Netflix’s Schleich elected to serve as SMPTE standards VP
Florian Schleich has been elected to the role of SMPTE standards vice president, with responsibility for directing and supervising the standards projects of the Society.
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Industry Trends
CES 2022: Displays move beyond the screen
Smart TVs are no longer the centre attraction at CES but a new wave of innovations capable of projecting movies, games and augmented reality either with or without screens are pointing to the future of display technology.
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Thought Leadership
Finding content could become ‘even more important in the crowded VOD space’
Increasingly, pay TV operators are having to act as ‘super aggregators’ and make OTT an integrated part of their ecosystem, by Jeroen Ghijsen, CEO Metrological / VP Comcast CTS business affairs at Comcast
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Industry Trends
IBC Digital keynote: Johannes Larcher, HBO Max
The exec in charge of HBO Max’s international roll out on how he plans for the streamer to reach 190 markets by 2026.
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News
Starz’s Kalle on creating a “beautiful complement” to broad appeal streamers
Starz’s Superna Kalle explains how its SVOD service Starzplay pitches itself as a “beautiful complement” to broad appeal streamers such as Netflix and Disney+
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Industry Trends
Why optimising the playback experience is making a ‘massive difference’ to viewers
The more forward-looking streaming service providers are increasingly realising the importance of optimising the performance and capabilities of the video player, as VisualOn CEO Yang Cai tells David Davies.
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Industry Trends
STB sector still affording ‘considerable scope for innovation’ despite signs of consolidation
The emergence of RDK-based STBs alongside Linux and Android TV solutions is among the trends in a market where sustainable production is also rising up the priority list, writes David Davies.
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Technical Papers
IBC2021 Tech Papers: Orchestrated Devices - A vision of networked home entertainment
The subject of orchestrated devices is explored by Hiroki Endo in the paper ’IoT-based Media Framework for Public Service Media: Expansion of Current Digital Broadcasting Systems’ and by Kristian Hentschel in the paper ’Producing immersive and interactive audio content with orchestrated personal devices’ and in the supporting paper by Regina ...
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Technical Papers
IBC2021 Tech Papers: Cutting Edge Technologies - A preview of some experimental concepts
The subject of cutting edge technologies is explored by Hannes Ricklefs in his paper ’Stronger together: Cross service media recommendations’ in Luca Vignaroli’s paper entitled ’The Itinerant Orchestra, a 5G, multi-camera, remote and distributed video production experiment’ and in Yuta Hagio’s paper, ’TV-watching Robot: Toward Enriching Media Experience and Activating ...
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Technical Papers
IBC2021 Tech Papers: Facial Recognition - Various facets of a powerful media tool
The subject of facial recognition is explored by Dominic Rüfenacht in his paper ’Customized Facial Expression Analysis in Video’ and by Yuka Kaburagi in the paper ’Face Detector: A Real-time Face Recognition System for Live Broadcasting’.
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Industry Trends
How Qualcomm is targeting the mobile metaverse
Qualcomm, the world’s biggest supplier of chips for smartphones, is the latest company to make a play for the metaverse.
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News
Jack Dorsey steps down from Twitter
CEO Jack Dorsey is stepping down from his role and chief technology officer Parag Agrawal will now lead the social media company.
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News
IPTV to overtake cable within five years
The number of IPTV subscriber numbers will exceed cable TV in 2026, according to UK analysts Digital TV Research.
