Innovation in partnership
The IBC Innovation Awards are highly regarded because they are more than simple technology prizes. They reward collaborations: broadcasters or production companies working together with technology companies to solve a real challenge, whether it is creative, commercial or operational. This year 10 projects made it to the list of finalists, and any of them could have been winners. Taking the award for most
innovative project in content creation was Sky in the UK with the graphics for its Monday Night Football programme. The project was so big and complicated it needed two competing graphics giants – ChryonHego and Vizrt – to come together to realise the vision. Motion Analysis Corporation was the third technology partner. The finalists in content
creation included another sports application, this time tracking horses racing the Grand National for the UK’s Channel 4. They used
technology from Civolution, Monterosa and TurfTrax. Also recognised was an ingenious IP-based, iPad controlled radio solution from Cumulus Media, with technology partners Axia Audio, Broadcast Software International and Telos Systems.
Winner of the IBC2014
Innovation Award for Content Management was Sky News Arabia, a finalist two years ago for its original build. Now it has developed an ingenious disaster recovery solution based on its news bureaux around the region and around the world. Project SkyNet was developed with Blackmagic, Haivision, Nevion, Vizrt and Zixi. Highly commended in this category was the business transformation at Groupe Média TFO in Canada, which boosted its output by 50% while slashing its freelance bill by transforming itself into a new media factory. Technology partners were Adobe, Applied Electronics, EMC Isilon, IPV, Oracle and Signiant. Also
Opera for all
The Wiener Staatsoper – the Vienna State Opera – is one of the world’s greatest opera houses. As you might expect, its performances are virtually all sold out well in advance. To extend its reach, it launched
staatsoperlive.com, an online service that offers much more than simple relays, although it does cover around 45 opera and ballet performances a year. Subscribers can choose between a live cut and a static view of the stage, both in HD. Additional content including a synchronised score as well as subtitles adds to the viewer’s understanding. Extra video and multimedia content, tailored to specialist audiences,
include a discussion of the opera, live rehearsals and backstage views, and more. And in May this year they gave their first 4K live relay, of Verdi’s Nabucco, to Samsung Ultra- HD smart TVs worldwide. For all this and more, IBC
presented Wiener Staatsoper with a Special Award last night. It was accepted by the company’s director, Dominique Meyer, who said “For us as an opera house with 150 years of tradition, presenting an art form that looks back on 500 years of history, to be rewarded with one of the most renowned awards in this highly innovative industry is a wonderful acknowledgement. It shows how vivid we are, looking
from a glorious past into a promising future.” In return, Wiener Staatsoper gave the audience a wonderful treat, with 4K clips from three
operas, including Placido Domingo in that pioneering production of Nabucco. Visit
www.ibc.org/awards for
more details.
Director Dominique Meyer and head of Digital Development Christopher Widauer in the studio © Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Pöhn
highly commended was the DPP-compliant workflow project at BT Sport, built by Timeline TV in association with Dalet Digital Media. The third category, content
delivery, saw the award go to another sports application. Turner in the US wanted to provide home and away coverage for every subscriber to its NBA basketball service – as many as 30 simultaneous game feeds or 800 streams published in realtime. The project used technology from Adobe, Akamai, DNF Controls, Elemental, FreeWheel Media and Harmonic. Turner Sports beat off three
other finalists. Snap is Sky Deutschland’s online on demand service. It is popular and simple with subscribers, thanks to a complex project involving collaboration between Accedo, Atos, Capgemini, Coeno, Contone, CreateCtrl, Deloitte, Fincons, HP, ID Media, Namestorm, NTT Data, SHS Viveon, Sky Italia, TDS, Wirecard and Weeks. The BBC iPlayer is the world’s most popular on
Content Creation Award to Sky Sports: Presenter Caroyln Giardina with (L-R) Rex Jenkins (Vizrt), Mike Ruddell (BSkyB) and Mark Bowden (ChyronHego)
Content Delivery Award: Presenter Vijaya Cherian with Euan McLeod, Vice President of Content Platforms at Turner Broadcasting
demand service. To meet the demand BBC Future Media built a new content processing factory with the help of Amazon Web Services, Atos, Codeshop, Elemental and Omnia. Finally, Airtel Digital TV in India had an idea to present selected tweets – from celebrities and
programme producers – on screen to its subscribers, without the need to make changes to existing set-top boxes. It made the project work through collaboration with Brizz TV Media Labs. For details on the shortlist visit
www.ibc.org/awards.
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