During the Belgium Cup Final between Club Brugge and Anderlecht on May 4th, Sony, NEP Europe and Citymesh set up the first 5G broadcast test in the country, providing media group DPG Media an in-depth proof of concept on network–based workflows “This demonstrates the power of 5G for low latency applications. By deploying a local […]
The Future of Video India 2025 conference, held at the Trident Hotel Bandra Kurla, and part of the inaugural World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (WAVES), brought together over 120 industry leaders, innovators and policymakers to discuss the transformative trends shaping India’s media and entertainment landscape. The event, organised by the Asia Video Industry Association […]
More than half (55 per cent) of US studio movies took 90 days or more to hit subscription streaming platforms in 2024, according to research by Ampere Analysis. The 90-day new normal for big-budget films reflects studios’ revived strategy of encouraging US audiences back to cinemas by delaying movie releases on streaming. With box office […]
Sony One – the new streaming platform offering a selection of content from Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) library – has chosen to power the expansion of its service in Latin America using an integrated solution from Simplestream in collaboration with its partner, Bitmovin. Leveraging Simplestream’s Media Manager and App Platform products, the Sony One platform, […]
Athletes weren’t the only ones clocking top speeds at the recent FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Norway – thanks to a pioneering combination of millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies and Telia’s 5G network. In a trial during the event in Trondheim, press photographers using Sony equipment could access a separate radio network that utilised the […]
Unitecnic, part of Grup Mediapro, and Nevion, a subsidiary of the Sony group, strengthen their collaboration with the inauguration of the first permanent laboratory for Networked Live in Spain. The event, which took place on March 19th, was held at Unitecnic’s headquarters in Madrid, where the lab is situated and will remain available on request. […]
Channel 4 has acquired suspense thriller Long Bright River from Sony Pictures Television. Based on Liz Moore’s New York Times bestselling novel, Long Bright River is an eight-part limited drama which tells the story of Mickey, a police officer who patrols a Philadelphia neighbourhood hard-hit by the opioid crisis. When a series of murders begins […]
RAI, the national public service broadcaster in Italy, with its Research Centre and Technology Directorate, together with EMG Italy, CVE, One TV, Sony Europe and the WUG Organising Committee, are pleased to announce the success of a series of 5G technology trials on a private network in the 4GHz band. Applied to TV production during […]
Nevion, a Sony Group Company, has announced the latest extensions to the cloud orchestration capabilities of its flagship media orchestration platform VideoIPath. Chief amongst these new capabilities is ability to start and stop instances in the cloud automatically based on provisioned connections, thereby reducing operational costs. This critical capability has been implemented in the new […]
The BBC has announced that Charlotte Moore, Chief Content Officer, is leaving the corporation to join Left Bank Pictures as CEO and Sony Pictures Television as EVP, Creative Director, International Production. Moore commented: “It’s been an honour to lead the BBC creatively as Chief Content Officer at a time of unprecedented change, championing the very […]