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Another year, another IBC and my first impressions were that this one would be interesting only for its lack of interestingness. I was mistaken -- in a good way.

The world’s biggest broadcasters usually have four main revenue streams:

• Content production – which is either commissioned independently, in partnership, or self-funded;
• Content distribution – the content is sold to other broadcasters, perhaps in other territories, or aggregators like Amazon and Netflix;
• Digital revenue – which comes from digital advertising (AVOD) or subscriptions …
  

In all of my conversations with industry people this year – at conferences, networking events and private meetings – I’ve yet to find anyone who thinks much of Britbox’s long-term prospects. At best, any enquiry is met with a resigned shrug. 

Is Britbox, the new SVOD service from the BBC and …

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2019 has already been a busy year for industry mergers, acquisitions and funding rounds. In January, Accedo raised $17m in equity to drive growth; Sky took a stake in Synamedia (which itself was created last year from the sale of Cisco’s Service Provider Video Software Solutions business) and RTL …

Last month, Britain’s biggest multichannel broadcaster, UKTV, announced that it had added elements of machine learning and AI – specifically in terms of personalisation, content recommendation and building up taste profiles – to its iOS, Android and Amazon FireOS VOD apps.

AI is a hot topic in the industry right …

ITV, Accedo and Make.TV have all been using Amazon's Rekognition software so I decided to check it out.

On January the 7^th, the BBC announced plans to reinvent its iPlayer service with the aim of “…making it a destination in its own right, with box sets, live programming and archive titles that champion quality UK content and offer great programmes for longer.”

A related consultation document recognises …