All Playout articles – Page 3
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NewsM&A review: Facebook’s foray into India, Sky Studios & fuboTV Inc.
IBC365 looks back at some of the notable mergers and acquisitions of the past month within the media and technology industry.
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Industry Trends
Looking to the cloud during lockdown
Heightened demands on cloud storage and bandwidth pressures resulting from large-file transfer are the universal concerns for broadcasters as production shifts greatly in favour of working from home during lockdown, writes David Davies.
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News
EVS acquires Axon to drive its live solutions
EVS Broadcast Equipment has acquired broadcast network infrastructure specialist Axon to boost its live production solution portfolio.
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Webinar
Plug and play or plug and pray? Making microservices work
Watch on-demand to find out how media microservices are being widely adopted for new media solutions in the content supply chain.
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News
BBC announces major mental health push across broadcasting
BBC’s television, radio and children’s programming will pivot as it focusses on Mental Health Awareness Week next month curating content throughout May to help audiences struggling “during these extraordinary circumstances.”
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Industry Trends
Cracking the code – AI enters the frame
The traditional means of optimising video streaming workflows have run their course. Future advances will be made in software automated by AI.
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Industry Trends
365 playlist: Working remotely
Working remotely amid a crisis is challenging with budget cuts, contingency plans and broadcasting changes all causing uncertainty. In the first of a series, IBC365 rounds up industry innovations and tips on succeeding in remote working.
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News
BBC suggests replacing licence fee with broadband levy
In a response to the government’s plans to decriminalise the payment of the BBC licence fee, the broadcaster has suggested it could be replaced by a monthly broadband connection levy.
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News
Mediaset splashes €66m to boost ProSiebenSat.1 stake
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has upped its stake in German company ProSiebenSat.1 to around 20%.
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Industry Trends
Analysis: Grass Valley’s future under the Black Dragon
Will Grass Valley’s fourth owner in the last two decades skyrocket the company mission to champion software technology and cloud services? IBC365’s Alana Foster speaks with industry analysts to probe the acquisition.
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News
Mediaset considers ProSieben consolidation
Italian media group Mediaset is considering options for its 15% stake in ProSiebenSat.1 Media, including consolidation, as CFO Marco Giordani calls for European TV industry action.
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Industry Trends
2020: Crunch time for codecs
Three new codecs will enter an already complex market this year as patent wrangling looks set to beset the promoters of video streaming codec AV1.
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News
RIST Forum appoints new directors to drive interoperability
Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST), which champions interoperability for the broadcast market, has announced the appointment of new directors to drive this vision for 2020.
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Industry Trends
MESA’s head in the cloud
At a recent MESA (Media Entertainment Services Alliance) content workflow management forum, presentations on cloud transformation and cloud-based workflows worked well in explaining the issues and advantages. George Jarrett reports.
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News
UK PSBs valued by audiences despite decline in eyeballs
Ofcom has published a five-year review of public service broadcasting highlighting the drop in viewership with online failing to make up for live broadcast figures.
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News
HbbTV releases targeted advertisings specs
HbbTV Association has announced the release of HbbTV-TA, the first open specification for targeted advertising for live broadcast TV.
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Whitepaper
Cloud video editing: fast, efficient and scalable
Discover how editing and publishing video in the cloud can be very fast, efficient and scalable. This cutting edge platform provides rapid access to video content for the easy creation of clips and highlights to multiple devices and platforms.
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News
Visual Data acquires Digital Post Services
Multichannel media management company Visual Data Media Services has struck a deal to acquire Hollywood-based Digital Post Services.
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Industry Trends
Live graphics: Delivering differentiation
Ensuring that broadcast graphics remain effective and consistent is no small feat in the era of OTT services and Augmented Reality, writes David Davies.
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News
Film and TV sector launches initiative to tackle “mental health crisis”
The Film and TV Charity has launched a Mental Health Taskforce to tackle the mental health “crisis” in the UK film and television industry.
