IABM membership grows to more than 600 companies

IABM has announced a milestone in its drive to represent the global broadcast and media technology supplier base – more than 600 companies are now IABM members.

IABM membership has doubled over the last six years and now represents every sector, market, geography and company size from start-ups to SMEs to multinational organisations. Together these companies represent the majority of revenues in the sector.

During those six years, IABM has expanded its range of services and support for members across business intelligence, knowledge resources, technology services and training & education as well as developing a network of Regional Members’ Councils to concentrate on local issues. In addition, IABM membership brings valuable floor-space discounts at a number of international shows, as well as member lounges.

The last six years has also seen IABM working hard to provide platforms to bring all sides of the industry together to better face the increasing pace of transformation in Broadcast and Media. Central to this has been the BaM Content Chain – a new industry model that reflects the way the industry works today, and also the recently launched Technology and Trends Roadmap, which provides a shared focus for both technology vendors and buyers in developing their technology and business strategies.

The IABM-curated Future Trends Theatre, introduced at IBC 2018 and successfully reprised at the 2019 show, provided another major platform for knowledge sharing, which IABM intends to expand to other events around the world in 2020, together with a growing schedule of IABM BaM Summits running alongside a number of international and regional shows.

The IABM is the international trade association for broadcast and media technology. A non-profit trade organisation, it was formerly known as the International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers.