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In pursuit of a multi-destination channel delivery system that was more reliable, scalable, and cost-effective, Okast has integrated Zixi’s software-defined video platform.

With the potential shutdown of digital terrestrial and satellite television in view, broadcasters are focusing on ways to deliver live television over public IP networks without losing the latency, stability, or quality that audiences expect.

Content creation will be increasingly democratised by the transformative power of AI, but the potential to deliver new types of content and inspire a new generation of media creatives is arguably the greatest prize, according to experts at the IBC x Google Cloud Hackfest dry run.

ScreenSkills’ latest e-learning initiative aims to demystify, educate and expand the world of post-production across all levels of the industry. John Maxwell Hobbs reports.

Watching TV is not supposed to be hard. It should be pleasurable, but the industry has tied itself in knots as content and platforms fragment then coalesce in the shift to streaming.

Vincent Grivet, Chairman of the HbbTV Association, reveals how a new digital rights management (DRM) specification will enable the reliable and secure delivery of premium content via HbbTV-based services, especially for applications approaching the complexity and content protection demands of video-on-demand (VOD) platforms.

The all-new IBC Incubator 2025: Changing the Game Again levels up in multiple different ways. The core concept is a wide-ranging extension of the 2024 Accelerator ‘AI Media Production Labs’, retaining several of the veteran Champions and Participants, but also widening industry engagement.

It seems unlikely that Mark Gatiss would ever get angry but mention ‘cosy crime’ and the Sherlock creator exhibits mild exasperation.

RD Studios’ new live-action children’s TV series – which itself has a sustainability theme – has been made using 100% recyclable sets, writes David Davies.

F1: The Movie gives the sensation of racing at 200mph from a driver’s eye view thanks to two sets of new cameras custom-engineered for the film.