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Consolidation is a sure sign of a maturing market and this was in evidence for OTT delivery at IBC 2016. Many of the companies that first emerged as OTT specialists have been acquired, as well as those associated with cloud based delivery, software encoding and virtualization. Envivio is now part of Ericsson for example while Elemental has been acquired by Amazon Web Services, both primarily involved in software transcoding.
IBC is such a large event, it is impossible to see all the stands, exhibits and sessions. And, with more than 55,000 attendees, it is sometimes hard to get close enough to get your questions answered. These inside reports may help you see some of the highlights you might have missed.
Germany-based System integrators Broadcast Solutions GmbH has signed an order to design and build five new UHD OB Vans for NEP Europe, one of which, the company said, will be likely Europe’s largest ever.
IBC2016 was a great success by any measure, says CEO Michael Crimp.
Megahertz has announced that it has delivered a new hybrid fibre and satellite UHD links truck to BT TVOB, the outside broadcast arm of BT Media & Broadcast. The new truck (known as TES52), will be showcased on BT Media & Broadcast stand in the outside broadcast space at IBC2016. It is the first truck in the UK with the ability to transmit HD and UHD/4K via fibre and satellite simultaneously.
With offices with in Los Angeles, London and Sheffield in the UK, ZOO Digital, a provider of media production, localization and digital distribution services has joined forces with UK-based Honeycomb TV, a video advertising distributor, to offer a faster and more cost-effective subtitling service to the TV advertising industry.
A record number of British broadcast technology manufacturers and service providers supported by UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) and managed by export specialists Tradefair on behalf of techUK will showcase the latest in British innovation and expertise at IBC 2016.
The Premier League football season gets under way this weekend (Saturday, 13 August) with newly promoted Hull City taking on current title holder Leicester City. Links for the match will be provided for television by BT Media and Broadcast’s new hybrid fibre/satellite Ultra HD comms truck, which will also be making an appearance among the OB exhibits at IBC 2016.
Eutelsat Communications has achieved Full Tier 4 Certification from The World Teleport Association (WTA) for its Paris-Rambouillet teleport in France. Tier 4 is the highest of four quality tiers and the company said its Paris-Rambouillet Teleport is the first in the world to achieve that level of Certification.
