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Amazon Prime Video is set to introduce adverts to its streaming service in 2024.

Studio Ghibli, the iconic Japanese animation firm behind Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro and Princess Mononoke, is selling a controlling stake to Japanese broadcaster Nippon TV after failing to find a successor for its legendary co-founder and director Hayao Miyazaki.

Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as Chairman of Fox and News Corp, with his son Lachlan to head both companies.

Japan 2019 was the first World Cup to have an independent host broadcast operation. Previously responsibility had rested with the leading domestic broadcaster (as ITV did in 2015, for example).

The cable, fibre, and telecoms industries will have the opportunity to attend an event opening discussions on the skill shift and data usage, as the Society for Broadband Professionals (SCTE®) announce their annual Autumn Lecture & AGM.

Acting as a bridge to its Unio Audio Monitoring Service Platform, speaker specialist Genelec has unveiled its new 9320A reference controller at IBC.

Gravity Media has invested in a large number of new Sony cameras to upgrade and expand its global camera fleet, mainly for live sports production, including Formula E motor racing and ATP Tour tennis.

Fujifilm’s Duvo series of native cinematic lenses with broadcast functionality is being expanded with a new portable 24-300mm lens, as well as the preview of a wide-angle version, to go with the recently released 45x box lens that has already sold 20 units in Europe.

Atomos Edit is a new easy-to-use cloud/browser editor that is designed as a fully-fledged collaboration system. It has been in beta for several months and is due to launch as a product in the next month.

Broadcasting union Bectu has called on the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTS) to do more to support UK crews who are struggling to find work as a result of the actors and writers’s strikes.