This year marks the tenth year of Content Everywhere as the heart of IBC’s coverage of the ever-expanding OTT scene. Over the past decade, Content Everywhere has experienced continuous growth as online distribution has grown to supplement and complement traditional linear broadcasting.

Nearly 150 companies will be exhibiting in Content Everywhere. Exhibitors range from some of the biggest names in tech and media to innovative start-ups. Amazon Web Services, Comcast Technology Solutions, Amagi, LTN Global, SEI Robotics and Zixi occupy the biggest stands in Hall 5. Some forty companies large and small from across the world are making their debuts at IBC as part of the Content Everywhere community.

 A unique feature of this part of the show is the Content Everywhere stage programme: a free-to-attend programme of panel discussions and product demonstrations devised to help IBC visitors explore different aspects of the delivery and consumption of content over the internet. In response to growing demand, this year the programme extends over two show-floor stages in Hall 5. Register now for IBC.

Comcast Technology Solutions at IBC Hall 5, Stand C80

At IBC, Comcast Technology Solutions will showcase its latest solutions in streaming, broadcast, entertainment experiences, and connected living technologies. These innovations include Cloud TV; VideoAI; cloud-based channel origination and distribution; Sky Glass and Entertainment OS, connected living, and more. Visit us at Hall 5, Stand C80 and learn more. 

Deltatre's award-winning, interactive video player

The new generation of Deltatre's OTT video player, DIVA, has been built to enable a simplified SDK integration, configuration, and set-up for clients across their apps. For nearly ten years, DIVA has been regarded as a market-leading, interactive player, empowering rights owners to spark new levels of engagement. Visit us at booth 5.H20 and learn more.

Ride the LTN Wave to intelligent IP versioning

LTN Wave is trusted by media companies worldwide for all of their IP needs. Operating on the industry-leading LTN Network, Wave provides the flexibility, scalability and reliability to reach today’s modern audiences, while maximizing monetization and digital growth. 

AllRights: the ultimate Rights Management solution

Discover the all-encompassing and cloud native SAAS product that enhances rights management by automating processing, unlocking content value and improving monetization. AllRights makes processes more user-centric by speeding up transactions, automating data population and facilitating information ingestion, processing and organization. Visit us at booth 5.F30 - Hall 5 and learn more.

Bitmovin’s Smart Chunking: a new encoding innovation

Bitmovin’s Smart Chunking is the next evolution of the split and stitch algorithm Smart Chunking optimizes chunk lengths and bitrate distribution, delivering an improved visual quality throughout the whole asset that’s visible to audiences and achieving this at an even faster pace than before. Visit us at booth 5.D72 and learn more.

Enhance your video products across the customer journey

Covering all stages of the customer journey, from acquisition to customer retention, and leveraging AI, NPAW’s Product Analytics uncovers content consumption trends and improvement opportunities throughout the user journey, enabling you to better understand your video audience and tailor your video products to their needs. Visit us at booth 5.G56 and learn more.

Varnish Software, a leader in caching, streaming & content delivery

Varnish enables businesses to provide the fastest, most efficient content delivery, anywhere, for unprecedented experiences. Our software helps telcos, broadcasters, and content providers deliver fast, reliable, and high-quality web and streaming experiences. Our technology is relied on by millions of websites and organizations worldwide. Visit us at booth 5.B37 and learn more.

Xperi, Powering Connected Entertainment at IBC

At Xperi, our mission is to create extraordinary experiences. This year at IBC join us to see how our TiVo products and solutions make it easy for people to find, watch and enjoy their favorite movies, tv shows, and sports across streaming services in one simple and intuitive experience across Smart TV, IPTV and the Connected Car. Visit us at booth 5.F36 and learn more.

Brightcove Ad Monetization - Maximize Your Ad Revenue

Brightcove, the world’s most trusted streaming tech company, introduces “Ad Monetization,” a service designed for media companies to better monetize their content and realize maximum, measurable returns on advertising with actionable insights for live/VOD content. The solution integrates into ad servers and includes CSAI/SSAI capabilities. Visit us at booth 5.B90 and learn more.

Norigin Media: BUILD or BUY your CTV Apps in Hall 5

As Connected TV devices get fragmented & Streaming D2C Apps flood app stores, companies choose to BUILD Apps with custom UI/UX or BUY white-labelled CTV Apps. At IBC, demos showcase our TV App SDK for flexible bespoke apps & Brandable Readymade Apps with EPG & Live Players for Linear TV or FAST Channel providers to launch D2C Apps. Book Demos Here.

THEOlive: Real-Time Streaming at Scale

Discover THEOlive, our real-time video API at scale, for providers of sports betting, iGaming and interactive entertainment. This end-to-end cloud-based solution brings high-quality video at sub-second latency, to any audience size. Get started in minutes, through the API or management console. Plus, easily enable studio-approved DRM. Visit us at booth 5.B39 and learn more.

Global connections. Infinite opportunities.

Discover how our team of media industry professionals leverages our high-performance media networks, online & video cloud platforms, world-class satellite services and 24/7 broadcast operations centres to offer end-to-end managed solutions that take your content global. Don’t miss our Media Production Platform & Cinema Distribution over 5G. Visit us at booth 5.B80 and learn more.

Uncover the future of building a TV offering: Join Zattoo at IBC 2023!

Witness how Zattoo's TVaaS empowers telco operators, Internet service, energy, and housing providers by seamlessly integrating 3rd party content sources, and cutting-edge analytics and enabling an integrated subscriber experience - to enhance viewer engagement and unlock new revenue potential. Schedule a time with us and learn how your TV offering can make a difference. Visit us at Hall 5, booth 5.F81 and learn more.

Streaming Made Simple with 24i

24i reduces the complexity of doing business in the fast-moving streaming industry. Find out how 24iQ can improve content discovery by 340% with personalization. Go D2C with our latest broadcast & FAST channel cloud-based streaming solution. And have it all with our TVaaS & FAST solutions for pay TV. Book a meeting to see our demos in action, booth 5.C33 and learn more.

Discover Redge Media - an end-to-end OTT platform

Redge Media, developed by Redge Technologies, offers broadcasters, telcos and content owners an end-to-end OTT platform. Trusted by industry players such as Warner Bros. Discovery, iliad Group, FreeTV and TV3 Group, it optimizes the technology chain, reducing project risks and costs. Redge Media delivers a superior user experience across a range of devices, making it the first choice for scalable and modular OTT solutions. Visit us at booth 5.C24 and learn more.

Equativ Means CTV Monetization

As the leading global independent SSP, Equativ brings 20 years of experience to earning your fair share of revenue from the streaming revolution. The Equativ full-stack CTV solution brings our award winning SSP, Ad Server, and SSAI together with tier 1 demand facilitation to ensure that your video advertising business thrives. Visit us at Booth 5.H79 and learn more.

latakoo: for fast, end-to-end content transfer and collaboration

Find out why broadcasters and content creators everywhere rely on latakoo day in, day out to power their workflow. Experience the fastest content transfers from anywhere to anywhere. Rock-solid security to protect your sensitive media files during the transfer process. Easily work on content with your colleagues, wherever they are. Effortlessly integrates with your existing workflows, systems and MAMs. Visit us at booth 5.C21 and learn more.

Spring TV runs from April 26-30 and features three summits, Advanced Advertising Summit, Next TV Summit, and the FAST Summit. This virtual series will bring together innovators and thought-leaders to share insights on the trends and developments taking place in the fast-paced television industry.

For more, click HERE.

CultureX Conversations offers a unique breakthrough conference for television industry and media leaders who are engaged in diversifying their workplace and ensuring that the service and content they provide to customers is inclusive of those who identify by their ethnicity, nationality, language, special needs, or sexual orientation.

For more, click HERE

The Tech Leadership Series is a virtual experience that brings together the foremost industry experts with executives and technologists to share insights on how our industry is transforming, the techniques applied by organizations who are leading from the front and a look at what's on the horizon.

For more, click HERE.

The ATSC 3.0 Summit, part of the Tech Leadership Series, is a virtual event that takes place from March 25-26 and features ATSC 3.0 leaders behind the development of the NextGen TV standard and those deploying it in the field.

For more, click HERE.

NEW YORK—This year’s News Tech Summit from Future US will feature case studies to help news organizations navigate the “new normal” of live news coverage.

In addition to a slate of keynotes with senior news executives, the organizers of this year’s News Tech Summit have announced that the virtual event will feature a number of case studies that will provide attendees with practical advice on how they can improve their news operations and attract new audiences. 

“The news business is undergoing a period of unprecedented change,” noted George Winslow, the executive producer of the News Technology Summit. “Changing consumer habits and the pandemic are forcing news organizations to radically rethink their operations and the technologies they use to produce the news. This year’s News Technology Summit will take a deep dive into the new technologies that can help news organizations navigate this period of unprecedented change and strengthen their operations.”

The News Tech Summit will take place virtually, Sept. 8-11, and feature a wide array of keynotes and panels with senior technologists and news executives. 

One highlight of the program will be a series of case studies that are designed to provide practical advice and insight into news operations, with a close look at building new facilities for local news, the next generation broadcast standard ATSC 3.0 and practical examples of successful digital and social media strategies. 

The opening day of the conference on Sept. 8 will take a look at the new facility NBCUniversal has built for their owned stations and operations in Boston, providing an inside look how new technologies and innovative engineering can improve news operations and the quality of information they deliver to audiences. 

The second day of the conference will feature Axios CEO Jim VandeHei, Axios Political Reporter Alexi McCammond and "Axios on HBO" directors and producers Matthew O'Neil and Perri Peltz talking about how Axios has successfully moved from digital into TV, offering insights into successful digital strategies that can boost audiences across platforms. 

Two additional case studies will focus on how newsrooms can use TikTok to engage young audiences and some of the opportunities that the next-generation broadcast standard ATSC 3.0 is creating for TV news. 

The News Tech Summit, which is the longest running and most successful conference devoted to news technologies, is hosted by Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News and TV Technology. 

The agenda and registration for the News Technology Summit can be found here. 

Standing out among the thousands of available weather apps requires more than just looking different. You must provide unique and irresistible value to your users.

Join us as Jim Politis and Scott Eliot discuss how Weather InSight delivers a personalized mobile experience that is:

• Hyper-smart: AI technology examines weather conditions and changes card order depending on the day and user interactions
• Hyper-local: every session is a customized mobile experience
• Hyper focused: draws the user’s attention to the most impactful weather

Learn how Weather InSight can help your mobile app rise above the competition.

Fill out the form to watch our free on-demand webinar today!

The Wonder Women and NYC TV Week Spring events, produced by Multichannel News, Broadcasting+Cable and Next TV, will not be held as scheduled on March 24-26 but will instead be rescheduled until June, amid coronavirus safety concerns associated with large gatherings of people.

The 22nd annual Wonder Women luncheon is moving to Monday, June 8, at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York. The event had been scheduled for March 26 at that venue. The Wonder Women luncheon also supports the mission of the New York chapter of Women in Cable Telecommunications.

NYC TV Week Spring events -- Advanced Advertising, CultureX Conversations and Next TV Summit -- will be rescheduled until the week of June 22.

For the latest information about Wonder Women Spring, please visit mcnwonderwomen.com. For the latest information about NYC TV Week Spring, please visit nyctvweek.com. 

NEW YORK — Broadcasting & Cable has announced five of the 10 executives who will receive its annual Technology Leadership Awards. 

B&C has been giving these awards since 1999 to honor individuals who have made important and innovative contributions to the way TV, digital and streaming media companies use technology in their businesses. 

“This year’s winners highlight the growing importance of tech innovation in helping media companies navigate rapid changes in their businesses,” said Kent Gibbons, content director, B&C. “The 2020 award winners have been tech leaders in deploying new technologies and infrastructures that have helped companies build new businesses and strengthen existing ones while helping consumers access TV series, news, sports and streaming media in new ways.”

Each year, B&C honors 10 Tech Leadership Award Winners. This year, it is announcing the winners in two stages.

The first five are: Fred Baumgartner, director of next gen TV implementation, ONE Media 3.0 - Sinclair Broadcast Group; Renard Jenkins, vice president, production, media and distribution operations, PBS Technology and Operations; Stephanie Lone, senior VP, engineering, CBS Sports Digital, CBS Interactive; Jeff Mayzurk, senior VP of operations and technology, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises; and Lisa Pedrogo, VP of NY engineering & strategic initiatives, WarnerMedia Technology and Operations.

Their full bios can be found at: https://www.technologyleadershipsummit.com/awards. 

The honorees will be profiled in the Feb. 17 issue of B&C and receive their awards at an awards dinner on March 5 during the annual Technology Leadership Summit in Atlanta, Georgia. 

For the first time, the awards will be presented at this year’s Technology Leadership Summit, which is produced by Broadcasting & Cable, TV Technology and Multichannel News. 

In addition to receiving their awards at the March 5 dinner, the winners will sit on panels at the summit. 

With panels on the newest developments on cloud, AI and IP technologies as well as discussions of news, sports and streaming operations, this conference is designed to help executives at stations, networks and digital companies deploy new technologies and strategies for the future of their businesses.

During the summit, leading technologists, including the honorees, will share their expertise on new technologies and explain how they are using new technologies to build new business, cut costs and boost profits.

In addition to the panels, attendees will have complementary access to the awards dinner, where they can meet and mingle with the winners and colleagues, as well as free hotel rooms and meals. Attendees must be approved by the organizers and attendance is limited. 

To apply for access to the summit or to get more information on the agenda or sponsorship opportunities see: https://www.technologyleadershipsummit.com/

Technology Leadership Summit is an innovative invitation-only event that delivers maximum value for attendees in terms of education, peer interaction and networking, as well as maximum ROI for sponsors wanting to build relationships with qualified decision makers. 

Over two days, qualified attendees will hear from innovative speakers about the industry's newest innovations in technology.

For more information, go to https://www.technologyleadershipsummit.com/

Washington D.C. — Video makers, content creators and visual storytellers working at all levels are preparing to attend The Video Show Wednesday, Dec. 4 and Thursday, Dec. 5 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C.

Offering more than 100 panels, presentations and sessions, The Video Show is built around 16 content streams covering topics from the future of video to business practices, news production, independent filmmaking, live events and weddings, podcasting, social media, sports production, military and government-funded video and more. A full schedule of sessions can be found here. The studios and sessions are structured to provide a conversational, interactive experience for attendees.

Speakers scheduled to appear at The Video Show include experts from American University, Avid, AVIXA, AVNation, the Baltimore Ravens, CTA, DC Government, Defense Information School, Dish Network, ESPN, Henninger Video, Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources, NASA, National Park Service, PBS, Sinclair Broadcasting, Smithsonian National Zoo, SMPTE, Vimeo, Voice of America, Walters-Storyk Design Group, the World Wildlife Fund and more. For a full rundown on the content streams, with session descriptions and speaker rosters, visit the conference agenda page here.

In addition to the content streams, a range of added features will be available at The Video Show, including on-site VR and AR demos, book signings, live streaming, live podcasting, a visit by the C-SPAN interactive mobile bus, screenings of show-related content and more, as well as a number of networking opportunities. 

Rounding out The Video Show’s offering is the hands-on exhibition space, which will boast the latest in production, post production, audio, image capture and lighting technology from almost 100 companies including Sony, Canon, AJA, Nikon and more.

"We’ve created a conference experience and exhibition that’s as informational as it is inspirational," said content director Cristina Clapp, "appealing to everyone from professionals working at the broadcast level to people working for small production companies to institutional and corporate users to independent production professionals…even enthusiasts. 

"If you’re involved with video, we have training, experts and answers for you at The Video Show. We’re expecting people from across the Mid-Atlantic region to take advantage of this engaging, affordable learning opportunity."

Registration for The Video Show is free through Dec. 3, allowing access to the exhibitors and features on the show floor. At the door on Dec. 4-5, admission to the show floor rises to $25. A one-day Studio Access Pass, allowing admission to the content sessions, is $49, with a two-day Pass costing $75. Attendees can register now at the show’s registration site.

Media Contact and Press Registration:

Anthony Vagnoni, avagnoni communications, anthony@avagnoni.com, 973-493-8736

Cristina Clapp, Content Director, Future plc, cristina.clapp@futurenet.com, 310-429-8484

Future’s NYC Television Week, the industry’s premiere event for insights, information and networking with and from the leaders shaping the television industry today and in the future, returns with its much anticipated spring event, March 24-26. The interactive and engaging conference is conveniently located in Midtown Manhattan at Convene, 730 Third Ave. (Between 45th & 46th Streets).

“From content creation to audience segments to new revenue models, distribution and analytics, NYC Television Week is the only place to get the whole picture of the fast paced and fast changing television, advertising and streaming industries,” said Bill Gannon, Future PLC VP & Global Editor in Chief. “For 2020, we have reimagined our already highly popular event to better provide actionable information and tools that will help attendees effectively integrate everything they learn and discover over these three days.”

NYC Television Week kicks off on Tuesday, March 24 with Advanced Advertising, the day-long series of speakers and panels that provides attendees with unparalleled insights and perspectives into the next generation of advertising. Attendees benefit from direct access to the industry’s top professionals and hear in-depth conversation about real world topics such as enhanced data, consumer action and opportunities for increased revenue. Advanced Advertising kicks off with a keynote from John Nitti, SVP & Chief Media Officer, Verizon.

On Wednesday, March 25, the day opens with CultureX Conversations Over Breakfast, the premiere destination where brands, agencies, producers and programmers can meet with multiplatform content providers to talk about the business of video for audiences who identify by their ethnicity, nationality, language, gender or sexual preference. The program includes five conversations and an award presentation, all hosted by popular on-air talent. The morning begins with a one-on-one interview with Michelle Rice, General Manager, TV One & CLEO TV. Other featured speakers include Armando Correa, Editor-in-Chief, People en Español; Joseph Lawson, Multicultural Content Strategy and Acquisition, Verizon FIOS; Glenn Goldsmith, Vice President, Programming, Mediacom Communications Corporation; and Dan Bowens, Anchor, Fox5 NY. CultureX, which is newly rebranded this year from the previous Multicultural TV, is produced by Schramm Marketing Group.

The afternoon of March 25 brings together top industry professionals at NextTV Summit, Spring TV Week’s insightful look at the business of streaming video. Join dozens of influential and pioneering executives including Weather Group President Tom O'Brien, PBS Television COO Jonathan Barzilay, and Vizio Ads chief Mike O’Donnell, as NextTV Summit tackles the latest strategies and likelihoods for success in the burgeoning OTT video space.

NYC Television Week concludes on Thursday, March 26 with the 22nd Anniversary of the Multichannel News Wonder Women awards luncheon, honoring female leadership. This event, at the Ziegfeld Ballroom, recognizes the extraordinary women in media who continue to enhance the business, challenge the status quo and set the example for young leadership around the world.

The editors of Multichannel News and Broadcasting & Cable have announced the first six Wonder Women in Streaming, who will be among the executives celebrated at a marquee event on Sept. 5, in Santa Monica, Calif.

Wonder Women in Streaming is the first extension of the 20-year-plus Wonder Women marquee event held every spring in New York City. The new event will celebrate leading executives in the burgeoning streaming video space and salute rising stars in the industry as Women to Watch. More Wonder Women and Women to Watch in Streaming will be announced soon. To learn more, please visit wonderwomeninstreaming.com.

The first six Wonder Women in Streaming, in alphabetical order, are:

Kelly Abcarian, General Manager, Nielsen Advanced Video Advertising Group.

Thea Ellis, Head of Content Acquisition, Sony Interactive Entertainment, PlayStation Vue.

Lori LeBas, Senior Vice President, Affiliate Partnership Development & Operations, Disney and ESPN Media Networks

Heather Moosnick, Senior Vice President and Head of Content Partnerships, Hulu.

Diana Pessin, Senior Vice President, Digital Media & Growth Marketing, HBO.

Dina Weisberger, Head of TV Partner Strategy & Development, Google.

Watch this space for more news about these Wonder Women in Streaming and about the event. The Southern California chapter of Women in Cable Telecommunications is an industry partner with Future plc's Multichannel News and Broadcasting & Cable in this inaugural event.

The Cable TV Industry’s Annual Diversity Week returns to New York this coming week with Women In Cable Telecommunications, the National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications and the Walter Kaitz Foundation hosting events to highlight the industry’s efforts toward creating more diversity and inclusion both on screen and in the executive suite.

WICT leads things off Monday (Oct. 15) with its annual Leadership Conference. NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group chairman Bonnie Hammer will deliver the opening keynote at the gathering, which bears the theme “The Intersection of Imagination & Activation.”

WICT Gathering Leads Off

Highlights of the conference include Monday’s Touchstones Luncheon, in which WICT will honor its 2018 Women of the Year: Italia Commisso Weinand, executive vice president of programming and human resources for Mediacom Communications, and Mary Campbell, chief merchandising and interactive officer, Qurate Retail Group. (All three events cited here are at the Marriott Marquis Hotel.)

Author and journalist Joanne Lipman will provide the keynote address on Oct. 16 based on her book, That’s What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together.

WICT will also bring back its “Pearls of Wisdom” series of mini-keynotes delivered by influential female executives, including Michelle Gadsden-Williams, managing director, inclusion and diversity lead, North America, Accenture; Roma Khanna, CEO of Revolt Media and TV; Matt Abrahams, lecturer, organizational behavior, Stanford Graduate School of Business and co-founder, BoldEcho LLC; Francesca Gino, professor of business administration, Harvard Business School; and Masih Alinejad-Ghomi, journalist and author of The Wind in My Hair: My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran.

The two-day, 32nd annual NAMIC Conference begins on Tuesday (Oct. 16), with the theme “Empower Leaders, Create Super Heroes.” Led by Shuanise Washington, the organization’s newly named president, and NAMIC Conference co-chairs Italia Commisso Weinand and TV One general manager Michelle Rice, the conference’s numerous panels and events will offer insight towards the industry’s efforts to advance greater inclusion and diversity.

The conference will open with a keynote address from CNN anchor Don Lemon and will close with the organization’s annual awards luncheon Wednesday (Oct. 17). BET Networks chairman and CEO emeritus Debra Lee will receive NAMIC’s Mickey Leland Humanitarian Achievement Award.

The conference will also feature the L. Patrick Mellon Mentorship Program Luncheon. Presented in partnership with WICT and sponsored by the Walter Kaitz Foundation, the program will feature John Kobara, executive vice president and chief operating officer for the California Community Foundation.

During last year’s Diversity Week, NAMIC and WICT teamed to present reports on workforce diversity for women and minorities. While the next report is not set until 2019, WICT president and CEO Maria Brennan said the week’s events put cable in a positive light relative to its diversity goals and initiatives.

“Our industry can teach other business sectors a thing or two about workplace diversity and inclusion,” Brennan said. “Not only does cable allow WICT and NAMIC to measure its workforce diversity, we set aside a full week to convene our stakeholders to share best practices. I know of no other business that does that.”

Kaitz Dinner Is Centerpiece

Diversity Week’s centerpiece is the 35th annual Walter Kaitz Foundation fundraising dinner on Wednesday (Oct. 17). The Kaitz dinner raises funds to support media and telecommunications industry diversity groups. The 2017 dinner raised more than $1.6 million. Under the theme “Diversity Through the Decades,” the dinner will celebrate African-American-targeted cable network TV One as 2018 Diversity Champion and the Boys & Girls Club of America as Diversity Advocate.

“These two organizations epitomize the Walter Kaitz Foundation’s belief that a demonstrated commitment to enhance diversity and inclusion can be achieved in groundbreaking and innovative ways across all organizations,” Michelle Ray, the newly named executive director of the Walter Kaitz Foundation, said. “This 35th anniversary milestone offers our industry a unique opportunity to reflect upon the work we’ve all done to make diversity and inclusion one of the cornerstones of our industry while we chart a course for the future.”

TV One’s Michelle Rice, a former Kaitz fellow, told Multichannel News that her network is honored to be recognized by the Kaitz Foundation for contributing to diversity and inclusion on television.

“When we launched in 2004, there was only BET in the marketplace, and people then were questioning whether there needed to be another black network,” Rice said. “Now, if you look at the proliferation of black content across the platform, we know the answer to that question as the industry now understands the value of this audience, and we believe that we had a lot to do with that.”