The 2024 UEFA European Soccer Championship provided the stage for a groundbreaking implementation of Advanced HDR by Technicolor, marking a major milestone in modern sports broadcasting. French broadcaster M6, in collaboration with key technology partners, demonstrated the potential of Advanced HDR technology to transform visual quality while addressing the operational and economic challenges of delivering HDR content at scale. In a vidcast interview for journalists conducted by BizTechReports, experts directly involved in the implementation of the HDR UEFA event broadcast gathered to provide their insights into the lessons learned.
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The rapid evolution and expansion of the digital media and entertainment industry have significantly impacted the environment through carbon emissions, energy use, and waste generation.
According to research from the Sustainable Production Alliance, tentpole movies had an average carbon footprint of 3,370 metric tons—or about 33 metric tons per shooting day. Large films had a carbon footprint of 1,081 metric tons, medium films had a carbon footprint of 769 metric tons, and small films had a carbon footprint of 391 metric tons. TV series, noted researcher, can have an even more significant impact because prolonged production activities generate more carbon over their entire run.
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In a vidcast interview for journalists, industry leaders Kirsten Bay, CEO of Cysurance, and Enterprise Security Architect Randle Henry from Check Point, shed light on the emerging role of insurability assessments in bridging the gap between cybersecurity and insurance. The conversation put into context the Cysurance Insurability Assessment Program, Powered by Check Point – a joint initiative that is bending the risk curve in favor of businesses by assessing and managing their cyber exposure profiles.
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Casinos and high-end resorts face mounting pressures to deliver personalized and engaging guest experiences while optimizing operational efficiency. As casinos shift towards creating immersive, tailored environments, internet protocol (IP) video solutions are being explored to strengthen the ability for properties to deliver dynamic and immersive experiences for guests while promoting -- and directing traffic -- in-house service offerings.
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Silent Sector, a leading cybersecurity firm specializing in protecting mid-market businesses, has discovered a major flaw in the two-factor authentication (2FA) enrollment process that could leave millions of organizations vulnerable to cyberattacks. The vulnerability lies in the use of QR codes for 2FA, a common security practice across industries, and poses an urgent threat to the security of organizations that rely on this method to protect sensitive accounts.
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Adoption of high dynamic range (HDR) technology is poised to take a different and more dynamic path to market-wide implementation in Asia compared to North America and Europe, according to Rick Dumont, Head of Business Development for Wireless and HDR, Philips.
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Demand for high-dynamic range (HDR) content continues to rise, and streaming service providers are wrestling with how best to manage the transition from a predominantly SDR environment. According to Alan Stein, vice president of InterDigital, leaders in the OTT community are exploring ways to integrate and optimize SDR and HDR operations to simultaneously deliver live and on-demand content effectively and economically rationally.
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Significant new developments in the conversion of standard dynamic range (SDR) content libraries to high dynamic range (HDR) along with the distribution of live broadcasts -- especially sports -- are opening new frontiers of opportunity for the entertainment technology industry. So say Marty Gordon, vice president of brand partnerships at Philips, and Nick Mitchell, media solutions specialist with InterDigital in a podcast interview for journalists held during the HPA 2023 Tech Retreat this week in Palm Springs Calif.
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Interest in deploying high dynamic range (HDR) technologies is growing among network service providers and pay-TV operators in Europe as new HDR-capable TVs and devices enter the market, raising expectations of consumers throughout the region to receive content that takes advantage of this compelling advanced viewing experience.
This was the central conclusion of a recent media and industry analyst roundtable hosted by Advanced HDR by Technicolor that explored the state of the content creation, distribution and consumption ecosystem and shared perspectives on the adoption and integration of HDR technology across Europe.
Few industry segments depend more on getting the most out of investments in big data analytics and data science than the property technology (PropTech) sector. However, when it comes to finding insights from hundreds of thousands -- if not millions (sometimes billions) -- of data points to drive desired business outcomes, PropTech leaders may be falling short of meeting expected performance objectives, according to a recent BTR-100 survey commissioned by CoreLogic.
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Data science is revolutionizing value generation and customer journeys in the fintech and financial services sector. It has emerged as a critical differentiator that enables companies to meet critical business objectives and complete time-sensitive processes—such as credit risk scoring and property value assessments—more efficiently and affordably.
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All eyes in the entertainment technology community are focused on new developments that will be unveiled in Amsterdam, as leaders from around the world gather at IBC 2022 to unveil new products, services and consumer experiences that will define the industry as we move deeper into the decade. VANTIVA, the brand that will replace the Technicolor corporate name by the end of September, is making its debut during the conference, which is being held from September 9th to September 12th at the RAI in Amsterdam.
Also at the event will be members of the VANTIVA HERO Partnership program. These are innovative companies that are collaborating to integrate a growing array of engaging features and services on cutting-edge customer premises equipment (including gateways and media hub devices) from VANTIVA.
Network service providers (NSPs) — including cable providers, telcos and multi-service operators (MSOs) — have never had more options for ensuring high-speed access is delivered to connected home subscribers. A tremendous amount of progress has been made on the cable front with DOCSIS 3.1, as major breakthroughs are announced on a nearly daily basis on the gigabit passive optical network (GPON), and 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) front. The key question before the industry, however, is how they will mix and match these technologies in the connected home environment to deliver a seamless, high-performance experience to consumers around the world, says Mercedes Pastor, Senior Vice President of Global Customer Unit at VANTIVA, the brand that will replace the Technicolor corporate name at the end of September.
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New technology innovations, shifting consumer expectations and disruptive global developments have radically — and rapidly — altered how digital entertainment is created, delivered and consumed. The regularity and intensity with which market forces alter the entertainment technology landscape often creates industry confusion. As a result, ecosystem participants struggle to catch up.
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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 introduced a host of incentives and programs that will affect the demand dynamics for electric vehicles (EVs). The new law is not only rearranging who the front-runners are in the EV standings, but may also bring new demographic segments of the population into the market.
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Cloud-native application development has emerged as a central ingredient of technology modernization elements of business transformation across industries. According to analysts at IDC, enterprises that have implemented cloud-native application development strategies witnessed a marked increase in efficiency, scalability, and productivity, as well as improved user experience.
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To keep the global supply chain running, small and mid-sized organizations often get caught in a tough squeeze between large trading partners on the buy-and-sell side of the equation. It is not unusual for large trading hubs (large multinational corporations) to adopt varying practices and technologies that result in unique requirements, adding costs and complexity to the business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce process.
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New consumer demands based on shifting behavioral patterns as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis are giving rise to a new set of key success factors that network service providers (NSPs) will have to address to achieve their strategic objectives over the course of 2022. To provide additional perspective on how different players in the industry are bringing the latest innovations to network service providers across the world, Technicolor Connected Home requested members of the HERO Partnership Program to share their forecast for 2022 trends.
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ISR technologies forged and refined to meet the battlefield requirements of overseas military activities are finding new applications domestically to support emergency management missions at the state and local level. The rising frequency and volatility of natural hazards has elevated the importance of improving situational awareness for first responders deployed in response to these events.
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