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Netflix and Airoha enter strategic partnership to support set-top box innovation

Netflix and Airoha Technology, a subsidiary of MediaTek, have announced a strategic partnership to support seamless Netflix integration for set-top boxes used by operators worldwide. This collaboration aims to accelerate time to market and foster innovation, creating new opportunities for operators to enhance their service offerings with Netflix.

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Calleja: ‘several exciting conversations and a huge interest in this game-changing technology’

GlobalM offers a SDVN bridge across two worlds

Users can experience new cloud orchestration capabilities for software-defined contribution and distribution, claims GlobalM for its advanced IP gateway technology.

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Nikols: ‘The products we are introducing at IBC are a way to address a pent-up demand’

Linear Acoustic takes to the AERO

Linear Acoustic, a member of the Telos Alliance, is boosting its AERO-series with three new hardware audio processors. The AERO.20, AERO.200 and AERO.2400 all deliver integrated loudness control, upmixing, Nielsen and Verance Aspect watermark encoding, Dolby AC-3 encoding, SAP audio, downmixing, and automated EAS and text-to-speech audio insertion.

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Docherty: ‘The only way to make FAST work is to attract advertisers’

ThinkAnalytics suggests FAST way to monetise content

The ability to automatically generate and schedule FAST channels is a key focus for ThinkAnalytics this year, as service providers continue to seek ways to monetise their content.

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UK production sector revenues fall by nearly £400m

Total UK television production sector revenues fell by £392m (8.4%) to £3.61bn in 2023, according to producers alliance Pact’s annual Census.

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IBC2024: Unlock New Pathways to Monetisation with AI and the Cloud

Unlocking the power of live and archive using AI

AI is barely out of the box, but it is already being applied in action to super-scale fan engagement of sports. A leader in this regard is Olympic Broadcasting Services, which was able to leverage the tens of billions of data points collected across the Paris Games in real-time to serve highlights clips, reports and commentary dissected across viewers in more than 200 countries.

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The IBC Daily 2024: Day 3

In today’s issue a trio of CTOs explore how the industry can unlock new realms of operational efficiency, content delivery and audiences globally; WPP Andy Hood explains why the future lies in human-machine collaboration; and the issue of disinformation in news is debated. We also share all the latest news from the IBC showfloor.

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Coming soon: Sony’s new PXW-Z200 XDCAM ships later this month

Sony’s 4K camcorder duo on track for AI

At IBC, Sony has introduced two 4K handheld professional camcorders with AI-based subject recognition autofocus, tracking, and auto framing. The HXR-NX800 NXCAM and PXW-Z200 XDCAM have 1in CMOS sensors, a new 20x optical zoom lens, variable neutral-density (ND) filters, and assignable lens rings.

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Lawo builds more blocks for HOME

With the introduction of a batch of new apps at IBC, the LawoHOME platform now hosts nine processing apps, and the company is promising more to come in the weeks following IBC.

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PLAZAMEDIA and MR Factory form Virtual Production partnership

Leading sports TV producer in the German-speaking region PLAZAMEDIA GmbH has partnered with the renowned Madrid-based MR Factory to drive developments in virtual production. The partnership was announced at IBC2024 in Amsterdam, with the aim to open the market for virtual production in German-speaking regions and beyond.

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