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Rick Cordella promoted to President of NBC Sports
NBCUniversal has promoted veteran executive Rick Cordella to the role of President of NBC Sports.
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Rupert Murdoch Steps Down as Fox and News Corp Chairman
Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as Chairman of Fox and News Corp, with his son Lachlan to head both companies.
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Amazon to Introduce Ads for Prime Video Streaming
Amazon Prime Video is to introduce adverts to its streaming service in 2024.
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Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden to Add 10 More Sound Stages
Warner Bros. Discovery is to expand its UK film and television studio Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden (WBSL), adding 10 new sound stages and 400,000 square feet of production and support space.
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IMG Tackles Non-live Rugby World Cup Production
Japan 2019 was the first World Cup to have an independent host broadcast operation. Previously responsibility had rested with the leading domestic broadcaster (as ITV did in 2015, for example).
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SCTE Announces 2023 Autumn Lecture for Cable, Fibre and Telecoms Community
The cable, fibre, and telecoms industries will have the opportunity to attend an event opening discussions on the skill shift and data usage, as the Society for Broadband Professionals (SCTE®) announce their annual Autumn Lecture & AGM.
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Bectu calls for AMPTS financial support for UK crews
Broadcasting union Bectu has called on the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTS) to do more to support UK crews who are struggling to find work as a result of the actors and writers’s strikes.
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UK broadcasters team to launch live TV streaming service Freely
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 have collaborated on the development of Freely, a new free TV service that will deliver live TV over broadband.
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Amazon Studios’ Scripted Head of Production Frank Murray to launch UK-US indie
Frank Murray, Amazon Studios’ UK & Pan-English Scripted Head of Production, is leaving his post after two years to launch a new cross-Atlantic film & TV production venture.
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Streaming homes in Western Europe set to overtake North America in 2024
The number of households taking at least one subscription OTT service in Western Europe is set to surpass North America next year, with the UK and Germany driving much of the growth.
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Pact Census: TV production revenues hit all time high in 2022
TV sector revenues reached their highest ever levels in the UK in 2022, according to the annual 2023 Pact Census.
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IBC2023: Visitor Numbers, Collaboration and Purpose
Attendees from over 170 countries have visited the RAI to visit and interact with more than 1,200 exhibitors, who have been showcasing their latest products and services, which push new boundaries in media technology.
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IBC2023 Round-up Day 4: Inclusion and sustainability
Here’s what happened on Day 4 of IBC2023, as Changemakers continued with a focus on inclusion and sustainability in media production.
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IBC2023: AI – a not-so Brave New World?
It’s almost impossible to cross the IBC2023 halls this year without overhearing conversations about AI and where it might be leading the broadcasting ecosystem. So it’s no surprise that the Content Everywhere panel discussion, ‘The opportunities and limitations for AI’, was overflowing with ears keen to hear what conundrums AI ...
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IBC2023: Dynamic growth in AVOD revenue ahead
The penultimate day of IBC2023 kicked off in fine style in the Premium Pass Holders Premium Sessions, with an interactive and informal session that aimed to tackle some of the big questions around the Future of TV Advertising.
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IBC2023: AI and the ‘intelligence revolution’
AI has the potential to solve some of our most pressing challenges and represents the third major advance in human society – an intelligence revolution.
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IBC2023: Best of the Show
The IBC2023 show was in full swing, with thousands of visitors pouring into Amsterdam’s flagship RAI halls, ready to network, attend the paid and free conference tracks, and tour the vast show floor.
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IBC2023: Innovation and Social Impact Award Winners Announced
IBC2023 has announced the winners of its prestigious Innovation and Social Impact Awards, which celebrate ground-breaking initiatives that are transforming the media industry landscape.
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IBC2023 Round-up Day 3: Riding new waves of change
Here’s what happened on Day 3 of IBC2023, as Changemakers took over from the IBC Conference and the Content Programme continued across the Showcase Theatre, Innovation Stage and Content Everywhere.
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Snowflake slips into gear
Data cloud provider Snowflake is making use of its presence at IBC to increase awareness of its role in the media industry as well as discuss specifics around use cases such as the media supply chain.