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Grass Valley Appoints Andrew Cross as Chief Executive Off...

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Grass Valley, a leading technology provider for the live media and entertainment market, today announces thatAndrew Crosshas been named Chief Executive Officer of the company effective immediately. Cross joins Grass Valley from Vizrt Group, where he...

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Published 09 March 2022

24i streaming platform powers Danish fiber broadband prov...

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24i, the video streaming expert, today announced its streaming platform is now being used by Danish fiber broadband provider Waoo to bring its Pay TV service to a new generation of Android TV set top boxes, adding third party aggregated content and e...

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Published 16 February 2022

Grass Valley Surges in 2021 with Overall Growth of 24%

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Grass Valley, a leading technology provider for the live media and entertainment market, announced a very strong 2021 driven by an increase in share gains on its industry leading product suite, significant market acceptance of its cloud native applic...

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Published 02 February 2022

IBC Accelerators: Industry leaders take action to achieve...

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A team of world-leading sports broadcasters, rights owners and technology vendors, collaborating as part of IBC’s Accelerator Media Innovation Programme, have revealed the initial results from an English Premier League production workflow trial to su...

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Published 24 January 2022

IBC2022 Technical Papers Submission is Now Open

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IBC announces today that the call for Technical Papers is now open for the IBC2022 Conference. IBC is world-renowned for its technical papers' quality, timeliness, and innovative subject matter. The event is an excellent opportunity for forward-think...

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Published 12 January 2022

Three IBC Accelerator Media Innovation Projects to Showca...

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IBC, the International Broadcasting Convention, will bring a series of online innovation discussions and demonstrations to IBC Digital over the coming weeks as part of its Accelerator Media Innovation Programme. The programme includes three 5G focuse...

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Published 15 December 2021

Womens FA Cup final and Womens Football Weekend 2021 draw...

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The recent Women’s Football Weekend, Women’s FA Cup final, and new national broadcasting rights deals demonstrate that interest in the Football Association (FA) Women’s Super League (WSL) is spiking, announced Altman Solon,the world’s largest strateg...

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Published 07 December 2021

Streaming specialist 24i unveils its new unified product...

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24i, the video streaming specialist, today unveiled the latest version of its award-winning end-to-end streaming platform: 24i Mod Studio. The new positioning more clearly articulates the flexibility and modularity of 24i’s solutions for OTT, Pay TV...

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Published 02 December 2021

Grass Valley and Broadcast Solutions Group Sign Multi Mil...

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Grass Valley announces it has signed an enterprise pricing deal with leading outside broadcast (OB) truck manufacturing company and systems integrator Broadcast Solutions Group. The deal will see Broadcast Solutions commit to an investment of US$31 m...

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Published 02 December 2021

IBC2021 Awards celebrate the spirit of collaboration and...

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IBC today announces the winners of the highly coveted IBC2021 Innovation Awards, held exclusively on IBC Digital. This year's awards celebrated collaboration and innovation within the content and technology industry, where organisations identified a...

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Published 23 November 2021

Streaming specialist 24i powers the launch of Cinessance,...

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24i, the streaming expert, announces that it has supported OTT service Cinessance to launch in the US and Canada, bringing a catalogue of classic and modern movies to fans of French culture and cinema who are currently underserved by the major stream...

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Published 18 November 2021

ASG, ES Broadcast and LOGIC Media Solutions Join the GV M...

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Providing greater access and support for transitioning to highly-productive operational and business models,Grass Valley announces its first three new members of the GV Media Universe(GVMU) Advanced Channel Partner Program. Advanced Systems Group (AS...

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Published 10 November 2021

Amino launches Operator Ready RDK-V to Simplify Video Ser...

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Amino, the global media and entertainment technology solutions provider, announced today that it has become an RDK Video Accelerator (RDK-VA) member and now has RDK-V devices and software systems ready for deployment. The first device to receive RDK-...

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Published 09 November 2021

Grass Valley Ramps Up iQiyi Production Capabilities With...

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iQiyi, the leading Chinese online video service, has chosen an end-to-end Grass Valley workflow to underpin its outside broadcasting (OB) van upgrade and drive 4K UHD content creation for its audiences. As part of its mission to produce and deliver e...

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Published 01 November 2021

Barbara Slater to receive IBC2021 International Honour fo...

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The IBC2021 International Honour for Excellence will be awarded to Barbara Slater, BBC Director of Sport. She is the first woman to hold the post and a pioneer for women in sports broadcasting worldwide. Slater will be presented with the award at the...

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Published 28 October 2021