UK broadcaster, ITV, has selected NEP Connect to provide its next generation of battery-powered news gathering vehicles for regional and national ITV news coverage. The five-year, multi-million-pound deal will see NEP Connect supply ITV News with a world-class fleet of eco-friendly, plug-in hybrid vehicles, equipped with interior electronic systems powered by battery, reversing the need […] More
ITV, the largest commercial broadcaster and streamer in the UK, has refreshed its platform for delivering simulcast channels with cloud-based technology from Amazon Web Services (AWS). The ITV live streaming platform provides six linear channels to the ITV Hub app and delivers these channels directly to third-party distribution partners like Amazon Prime. Its content offering […] More
Horseracing has undergone a “watershed” in terms of viewer popularity, according to Racecourse Media Group (RMG). This year locked down racing fans have increased in number, with audiences of the Grand National Festival and the Cheltenham Festival bringing unprecedented interest in horseracing. Media distribution has been critical to bringing the action from the racecourse to […] More
British broadcaster ITV has implemented technology from live and on-demand video streaming and DRM provider Vualto to help deliver niche live streamed events, as well as protect content. In order to drive incremental views and enable the broadcasting of more niche events via the ITV Hub, the partnership with Vualto will allow ITV to explore […] More
ITV Studios Entertainment, which produces television show, Dancing on Ice, chose NEP Connect to provide a permanent media fibre connectivity network, to get the show on air live every week over the 10 week production. Dancing on Ice is filmed in a purpose-built, semi-permanent studio space and production infrastructure at Bovingdon Airfield, a former airfield south […] More
Cloud-based video solution specialistM2A Media has announce that its Live Capture product has been chosen by ITV to optimise the way the broadcaster’s catch-up assets are created for live programmes. Realising the need for a simple workflow that would run in public cloud, receive high-quality live streams, frame accurately trim live programmes and deliver platform […] More
Gearhouse Broadcast has been commissioned by ITV to supply a range of facilities in Russia for its international football coverage this summer. The rights holder will broadcast live to the UK from its Gearhouse-built studio in Moscow’s Red Square and rely on the production infrastructure that Gearhouse has installed for it inside the International Broadcast […] More
ITV, Britain’s biggest free-to-air commercial television broadcaster, reported a 13% rise in first-quarter revenue on Wednesday and vowed to outperform the overall TV market this year with a strong performance by its in-house production arm and coverage in June of the Euro 2012 soccer tournament. More
As part of a strategic technology transformation designed to broaden the application of high definition file-based workflows at UK commercial broadcaster ITV, AmberFin’s iCR Unified QC system is being used in projects that focus on the high definition production and distribution of leading ITV series. More
After a few years where the lustre was taken off the trophy due to football’s money all moving elsewhere, the FA Cup – the oldest football competition in the world – is once more back in the nation’s consciousness, partly for its ability to surprise as anything else. But for Roger Pearce, Technical Director – […] More
