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Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has increased its initial 2018 investment to take a majority stake in drama producer Eleventh Hour Films (EHF).

The BBC’s investment arm BBC Ventures has invested £500,000 in Bristol-based immersive live events specialist Condense.

Britain’s forum for TV and media content and educational charity The Royal Television Society (RTS), has announced the winners for the national RTS Student Television Awards 2024, sponsored by 4Skills – Channel 4’s nationwide training and development strategy.

OTT monetisation specialist G-Mana will demonstrate its Ad Suite Gallery, which it claims helps drive engagement and maximise revenue through customisable and interactive ad formats.

Italian SaaS production asset management platform Mnemonica is launching a cloud-based film masters library service dedicated to all rights owners and industry stakeholders, enabling them “to keep precious works always present for business and cultural outreach opportunities.”

Salt-E Dog is a 9kWh sustainable power supply that uses salt-based power cells instead of lithium. Andrew Hutton, Head of Product Management, batteries and mobile power, Anton/Bauer, said it aims to replace small fuel generators for film or broadcast production while addressing environmental problems associated with lithium batteries. It runs at less than 20dB (equivalent to a person breathing).

The WMC series of wallplate video signal converters will be unveiled by Ophit at IBC2024. These multi-format video signal converters enable high-speed data transmission via an HDMI 2.0 TMDS-compatible optical output signal, delivering UHD/4K resolution at 60Hz without signal degradation.

Set to make its IBC debut, the Tempest Control App (TCA) from Solid State Logic is a virtualised control application which can run on a local PC, a virtual machine on a shared server, or in the cloud.

Audiences are concerned about the use of generative AI for video content, but there is some openness to the use of GenAI in audio content, according to BBC research commissioned to assess the perception of the technology.

Studiocanal has appointed Margaret Conway as Head of Physical Production for Studiocanal TV.