Adrian Pennington is a journalist, editor and commentator in the film and TV production space. He has produced and chaired conference sessions, co-written a book on stereoscopic 3D, edited several publications and is copywriter of marketing materials for the industry.
ESPN is the biggest international broadcaster for Wimbledon for which it is paying around $95m annually for exclusive rights in the US until 2035 (from 2024). It’s a vital partner to the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) which own the Championship and which manages the host broadcast internally under Wimbledon Broadcast Services (WBS).
The elimination of OB trucks is just the start of the light revolution. For the media industry, a rewiring of the transport network from electrons to photons promises to unlock AI driven production, immersive formats, and globalised workflows while dramatically cutting energy consumption.
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Funding remains a puzzle, but the documentary and factual entertainment genres are thriving at Sheffield Documentary Festival.
Alongside financially motivated cybercrime, politically motivated hacktivists are also likely to target organisations linked to the tournament through distributed denial-of-service attacks, website defacements, and disinformation campaigns.
The Marvel universe series is designed to work both as a gritty monochrome detective story and as a stylised, visually saturated comic book world.
Time-zone differences, travel demands, and the geographic spread of host cities are forcing FIFA’s host broadcast and rights holders to rethink traditional production approaches.
Exhibitor and conference sessions still nestle deep-tech dives about compression alongside tutorials on podcasting, but this no longer feels incongruous. Adrian Pennington reports.
What began as a technical experiment in 1956 is now a global cultural institution reaching approximately 170 million viewers on TV across three live shows and generating billions of views on digital platforms. IBC365 gets a tour backstage in Vienna.
The Creative Cities Convention in Liverpool, UK, featured a range of highlights, including the first public speech from Channel 4’s new CEO, strategies to strengthen working-class voices, and the latest updates on a burgeoning regional production base.
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The French Director and Actor has ditched CGI for AI in his next film, saying AI is part of the creative dialogue.
