Broadcast Tech & Engineering News – NHL, Olympic Broadcasting Services among IBC2024 winners

IBC2024 saw 45,085 visitors from 170 countries converge on the RAI Amsterdam, Sept. 13-16, bringing together the global media, entertainment and technology community. In addition to drawing 2,000+ more visitors than last year, the show attracted over 1,350 exhibitors – up 100 from 2023 – while the amount of exhibition space reached 46,000 sq. metres. Winners of this year’s IBC Innovation Awards, include Olympic Broadcasting Services, which won the Content Creation Award (with partners Haivision, Neutral Wireless, Cyan View, AMP VISUAL TV, Intel, Samsung, Cisco, Orange) for live broadcast production with more than 200 smartphones contributing video for the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony and a sea-based 5G network for sailing competitions in Marseille. The National Hockey League picked up the Content Distribution Award, in partnership with Verizon, AWS, Zixi, Vizrt, Net Insight and Evertz, for producing a 5G and Edge compute framework for assembly, control and delivery of live broadcast. Find the full list of winners here.