A new survey of media and broadcast industry professionals has unveiled the impetus media and technology industry professionals are placing on collaboration as a driver for business success and creativity.

Leading creative digital agency, DMS, has today announced the appointment of Alasdair Barley as its new Social Producer. Alasdair will work alongside the in-house digital and social teams to create full service social campaigns for DMS’ digital marketing clients. These include leading global entertainment, arts and culture, lifestyle and sports brands which benefit from DMS’ social insight and strategy services such as content creation, strategic insights, posting plans and community management.

On 6th November, representatives from A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ltd's specialist Film & TV sales team will be at the KitPlus show - MediaCityUK Studios, Manchester - to showcase leading broadcast lighting solutions available from the reseller. The brands offer flexible, efficient alternatives to more traditional studio lighting technologies, without loss of quality or volume of output.

EditShare®, a technology leader in intelligent scale-out storage, AQC and media management solutions, announced today that Peru’s publishing house, Grupo La República Publicaciones, has implemented EditShare XStream EFS scale out storage platform and Flow media asset management solution as the foundation for their new multimedia news business. Supporting the expansion from print to online and social platforms, including live streaming to YouTube, EditShare provides an end-to-end workflow facilitating digitization of all content, with tools to prepare, share and distribute stories to multiple platforms. Grupo La República Publicaciones owns numerous news sources including La República, the main newspaper, El Popular, Libero and more.

James Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment will use Sony's new VENICE motion picture camera system for principal photography on the upcoming "Avatar" SEQUELS.

ACCESS CO., LTD and Beijing ZEASN Information Tech CO. (ZEASN), today announced a joint solution that turns Smart TVs into entertainment hubs. The collaboration capitalizes on the connectivity features of Smart TVs to offer a smart digital library and apps, while enabling the entertainment industry to easily manage their custom apps, statistics and revenue.

Zenterio, a leading television and multiscreen software client solutions provider, today announced that OTE Group, the largest telecommunications provider in the Greek market, deployed in COSMOTE TV, its pay-TV services, an advanced set-top box (STB) called EUROBOX (KAON NS2000), using Zenterio OS. Featuring a highly flexible and scalable independent operating system architecture, Zenterio OS allows COSMOTE TV to support internet-delivered, on-demand content in addition to live content. With the EUROBOX powered by Zenterio OS, COSMOTE TV subscribers have more choices on how to control the TV experience through a new COSMOTE TV Smart Remote application alongside accessing additional content sources, which enhances the viewing experience.

The A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ltd. (AC-ET) stand at IBC will feature an array of specialist TV, Broadcast and Film lighting solutions and related services from leading brands including Chroma-Q®, Quasar Science, RatPac and Tourflex Cabling.

Vewd, the world’s largest provider of OTT software for TVs, today announced Vewd OS for Android TV operator tier, bringing the company’s signature smart TV technology and essential modules to Android TV.

Dejero, an innovator in cloud-managed solutions that provide video transport and Internet connectivity while mobile or in remote locations, will showcase its latest blended connectivity solutions for broadcasters and media organizations at IBC 2018 (RAI Amsterdam, 14-18 September 2018, stand 11.C15). Dejero will feature its award-winning CellSat solution, the new six modem GateWay router, and its latest mobile transmitter.