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ibc_ibc 12/07/2013 17:20 Page 1 PREVIEW tronic media and entertainment industry to Amsterdam to challenge, direct and set the industry’s agenda. IBC spotlights and drives future trends, technologies, innovations and business models. IBC delivers a dynamic, comprehensive event that is stimulating and relevant to the changes and challenges faced by its attendees. The event encompasses the creation, management and delivery of all electronic media and entertainment content in the multiplatform and multiscreen world. It is an inspirational source of new If it's September, it must be IBC. Here's a Euromedia sneak preview to help broadcast industry executives planning their IBC visits to Amsterdam. The IBC Conference is an unrivalled arena bringing together thought-leaders and opinion formers from around the world. Sparking inspiring dialogue on industry critical topics such as Big Data, Emerging Markets and the Future of the Broadcasting Industry, Conference sessions have been planned to address and challenge the way that the industry is changing. Running through the programme are cutting edge themes designed to reflect the industry’s hottest topics, charting innovation and progress of both technology platforms and supporting business models. Conference speakers are a blend of acknowledged experts, high calibre international speakers, industry thought-leaders, and the new innovative players disrupting the market. For IBC2013, Keynote speakers will include: Andreas Bereczky, EVP of technology and production, ZDF German products and information, informal debate, meetings, demonstrations and networking opportunities and attracts over 50,000 attendees from 160 countries. The key decision makers that shape the future of the industry come to see over 300 speakers at the world-leading and agenda-setting conference together with more than 1,400 key international suppliers that fill the RAI’s fourteen halls. Artists, entrepreneurs, investors, technicians and strategists all involve themselves in the IBC experience. They come to hone their knowledge, interact with leading technology and participate in a host of unique Feature Areas including IBC Workflow Solutions, IBC Production Insight, IBC Connected World, the Future Zone and the IBC Big Screen, as well as to honour excellence and achievement from across the industry at the IBC Awards. Television, Germany; Andy Brown, chairman, Kantar Media, UK; Michael Comish, CEO Digital, UK Entertainment, Tesco, UK; Rajesh Kamat, CEO, CA Media, India; Harit Nagpal, MD and CEO, Tata Sky, India; Frederic Rose, CEO, Technicolor, France, Man Jit Singh, CEO, Multi Screen Media Private Limited (Sony), India and Tony Wang, General Manager, Twitter, UK. The IBC experience is further enhanced though an innovative programme of special events ranging from Rising Stars for those new to the industry, to the IBC Leaders’ Summit, an exclusive, invitation only event for those of power and influence that are setting the agenda for the future. IBC’s blend of the visionary and the practical sets it apart from any other industry gathering. Selected Exhibitors Among the 1,400 exhibitors, the following have caught the eye of the Euromedia team: 2wcom - Stand 8, E78 “At IBC 2013 we have a very exciting new product début: the FMC01. It’s the first of its kind – a compact FM MPX contribution solution that combines encoder and decoder in the same unit. It’s a big advance on existing solutions, and is already being deployed by a major broadcaster to comp ?WFV?&W6?R?G2F?7G&?'WF???&6??FV7GW&R?( ?6?BvW&?W"G&Ww2???v??rF?&V7F?"?b'v6???F?R'&?F67B&?GV7G27V6??7B?2??G&?GV6??rF?R?Wrd?3?6??7B6?FV2f?"??v?V?G?d???6??G&?'WF????BF?7G&?'WF???f???"S?r?s2???????GW7G'?f?'7B?F?Rd?36?6??&??RV?6?FW"?BFV6?FW"gV?7F???2??F?R6?RV??B??ffW&??r6?v??f?6?B??g&7G'V7GW&R6f??w2?v?F?R??76?W72VF??V?6?F??r?FV6?F??r?B?F??6VB&?Gv?GF?FV6?????w?F?BFV?fW'2????V?d?Vƒ??G??F?Rd?3?2???B?F???V?F????BF?7G&?'WF???6??WF???F?B&VFVf??W2F?R6?7B?W&f?&??6RWVF???f?"&F???WGv?&?2?g&??B?&6?F?v?F?7F?Br?C@????rF?RfVGW&VB&?GV7G2f?&?F?R7V6??7B??6??WF???2f?"?w&F??r???v??r??B???WF?6??r?VF?6??FV?B&R???4?( B6??VB6??FV?B7F?&vR??vV?V?B7?7FV??F?R??GW7G'?w2f?'7BV?FW'&?6R?66?R6??VB???V?V?FF????b6??FV?B7F?&vR??vV?V?B?54?????FV?fW'2FF&?R?????FV??B66?&??G??&VGV6W26?F??B?W&F????6?7G3??B&Wf??WF????6W2F?Rv??VF??&v??6F???2??vR76WG2?????WfW&vW2F?R?FW7B6??VB?BvV"FV6?????v?W2F?&?f?FR&?vR?b?WGv?&?VB?BF?7G&?'WFVB6??WF???2????G"?2??7FVBF?67FW"&V6?fW'?6W'f?6RF?B???w2v??&??VF?V?FW'&?6W2F?6V?G&??R7&?F?6?76WG2?B6??6??FFR?W&F???2??B?????6??26???RW?FV?6???F????F?B?W&FW2??6??2???6R?66???r6??VB6??FV?B?B&?f?F??r??FVw&F???F?7V6???VB7?2??#bUU$??TD????$2#0??P??6?6WFV?&W"?$2'&??w2F?Rv?&?N( ?2V?V2???