2017 Event Sponsors

HEADLINE SPONSOR:
Aspera’s unwavering mission is to create the next-generation software technologies that move the world’s content at maximum speed regardless of file size, transfer distance and network conditions. At the root of Aspera’s success lies the Emmy® award-winning, patented bulk data transport technology: FASP™ (fast, adaptive, secure protocol), which is unique and core to all Aspera high-performance file transfer software. Major film studios, post-production companies or visual effects houses rely on Aspera to reduce their production cycles while securely delivering high-resolution media worldwide. Consistently ranked first in every WAN transfer throughput benchmark it was ever evaluated in, FASP outperforms software and hardware WAN acceleration solutions alike.
MASTERCLASS SPONSOR:
Sony exists to empower story-tellers to tell amazing stories by unleashing the incredible Power of Images. In the world of media and entertainment, springboarding change, connecting emotionally, stimulating learning and activating potential is at the heart of our vision. With a winning combination of technology and creativity for over 40 years, Sony Professional Solutions has garnered a well-earned reputation for making great products. But we also do more than that. We are similarly adept at providing complete professional solutions to your broadcast and media technology problems. From capture and creation, through management and storage, all the way to delivery and distribution, Sony Professional Solutions partners with the biggest players within the media industry to deliver innovative and transformational solutions. Customers from all over the world have trusted Sony Professional to transform their media operations and help them achieve their objectives.  We continually aim to escort the broadcasters and production community to re-imagine and shape, day to day, what the future of media production could be in order to efficiently publish your exciting stories.
For more information please visit www.pro.sony.eu/imageipworkflow
MASTERCLASS SPONSOR:
SAM has the vision to deliver business-transforming solutions across the media production ecosystem. Our future-ready systems enable broadcasters, content owners and service providers to evolve their business models to succeed in the consumer-driven era.We understand that it’s not only about the future – to get there, today’s needs are also paramount. Our smart, agile technology maximizes efficiency and productivity in today’s rapidly changing media landscape. SAM delivers smart, agile technology across Live Production, Production, Editing & Finishing, Replay & Highlights, Playout & Delivery, Infrastructure & Image Processing, all running under enterprise-wide Management & Workflow automation.
MASTERCLASS SPONSOR:
Tedial is a leading provider of Media and Content Management solutions designed to maximize business efficiency and profitability. Its multi award-winning Media IT platform, Tedial Evolution, provides international broadcasters and global media companies with the next-generation in MAM and business driven media workflow. It enables an end-to-end business media platform marrying media preparation and logistics into a complete supply chain. This provides customers with scalable tools that cost-effectively allow them to increase their media throughput in-line with the unprecedented speed at which media consumption is increasing year on year. Tedial Evolution is designed to reinforce a collaborative working environment and drive workflows for linear, VOD and OTT services.
A global company with consistently, successfully delivered large and complex MAM/Content Management systems.
MASTERCLASS SPONSOR:
BVE provides its community of over 25,000 creative professionals and business leaders with unique opportunities to discover, experience and trade in the latest technologies that inspire and shape the future of media and entertainment. As the UK’s leading show dedicated to broadcast, production and post-production, BVE has evolved in recent years into an all-encompassing event that also covers the connected media, AV, live production, VR and creative sectors. www.bvexpo.com

ROUNDTABLE SPONSOR:

Huawei is a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider. Our aim is to enrich life and improve efficiency through a better-connected world, acting as a responsible corporate citizen, innovative enabler for the information society, and collaborative contributor to the industry. Driven by customer-centric innovation and open partnerships, Huawei has established an end-to-end ICT solutions portfolio that gives customers competitive advantages in telecom and enterprise networks, devices, and cloud computing. Huawei's 180,000 employees worldwide are committed to creating maximum value for telecom operators, enterprises, and consumers. Our innovative ICT solutions, products, and services are used in more than 170 countries and regions, serving over one-third of the world's population. Founded in 1987, Huawei is a private company fully owned by its employees. For more information, please visit Huawei online at www.huawei.com or follow us on: 
WEBINAR SPONSOR:
EVS is globally recognized as the industry leader in the development of premium technology designed to manage and enrich live video assets, enabling customers to engage audiences and monetize their content across multiple platforms. The Belgian company introduced Live Slow Motion replay in 1994, and has continued to build on its reputation for quality and reliability with solutions that enhance live sports, entertainment and news content. Innovations – such as the C-Cast multimedia platform and the DYVI IT-based switcher – are raising the bar for live production. Broadcasters, rights owners, production companies as well as stadiums and arenas use EVS technology to maximize the value of their productions and increase revenue streams. EVS is headquartered in Belgium with customer support offices and training facilities in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas. EVS is a public company traded on Euronext Brussels: EVS, ISIN: BE0003820371. For more information, please visit www.evs.com. 
WEBINAR SPONSOR:
Dell EMC is a trusted leader in media and entertainment storage for content creators, broadcasters, and content delivery providers. Dell EMC storage forms the foundation of a simple and future-proof infrastructure, giving you the agility to transform business operations, and the flexibility to adapt to new media workflows. Through innovative products and services, Dell EMC accelerates creation and monetization of media, helping media professionals store, manage, protect, and analyze their most valuable digital media assets. 

Build your story on Dell EMC.
ASSET SPONSOR:
NEP
Glass-to-glass managed services for live broadcast production, playout and distribution
 
NEP provides the expertise, the people and the next generation broadcast IT facilities to help its clients to develop and deliver the world’s biggest and best live broadcast events. Every day content creators, production companies, broadcasters and telcos rely on NEP’s managed services for OB, studio and cloud production, host broadcasting and playout to reach their global audiences. With integral post-production, visual effects and augmented reality services coupled with its low latency live streaming, CDN, VoD, digital media services, playout, media asset management and uplink communications NEP provides a unique breadth of managed services. NEP is one of the few broadcast and media services providers to own and operate both its own broadcast IT facilities and cloud native IT media infrastructure. With combined creative and IT expertise, NEP delivers services which transform the way global video entertainment is created, managed and distributed. 
BRANDING SPONSOR:
Open Broadcast Systems is revolutionising the provision of advanced broadcast technology, moving the industry towards a flexible, cost efficient, software-driven future. Its cutting-edge and end-to-end encoding and decoding software is accelerating the delivery of premium content over IP, improving quality at the same time as reducing costs. High quality solutions developed by Open Broadcast Systems deliver services to millions of people every day, including many major sporting and breaking news events. Its products adapt to the pressures and challenges of the modern broadcast environment - agile solutions can be developed and installed in extremely short timeframes, without compromising on quality.
WEBINAR SPONSOR:
TSL Products designs, manufactures and markets a range of hardware and software solutions that serve to simplify operations within the television broadcast, cable, satellite, IPTV and IT industries. Specialising in audio monitoring, intelligent display systems, broadcast control systems, and power management tools, TSL Products’ solutions satisfy and exceed the commercial, technical and operational requirements that exist in IT-based and traditional workflows, helping its customers to lower costs, generate revenue and streamline operations. TSL Products draws on over two decades of international systems integration experience to develop and deliver a range of top-quality, award-winning products that meet the needs of today’s broadcasters. For more information, please visit www.tslproducts.com 
MEDIA PARTNERS:
The AIB is the industry association and global knowledge network for the international broadcasting industry with members from all around the world. It is a unique centre of information and networking for television, radio, online and mobile media.  It was established in 1993 at the instigation of the international broadcasting industry, which at the time had no independent representative association that could lobby, provide networking and offer industry information and marketing support.
Juniper Research has grown to become one of the leading analyst firms in the digital technologies and mobile sector.
Juniper specialises in identifying and appraising new high growth market sectors within the digital ecosystem. Market sizing and forecasting are the cornerstones of our offering, together with competitive analysis, strategic assessment and business modelling.  Our global clients range from mobile operators through to content providers, vendors and financial institutions.
To find out how we can help you, contact info@juniperresearch.com 
 
Digital TV Europe is firmly established as the trusted market leader for the pay TV industry and the business of content delivery across all platforms. Written from a European perspective, it provides authoritative and independent information and in-depth analysis of every aspect of the digital video delivery industry. For over 30 years, it has remained the top information choice for senior management and executives working across all parts of the video distribution value chain.
IBC is the world’s leading media, entertainment and technology show. Bringing together over 55,000 professionals from over 170 countries across broadcasting, cloud, mobile, telecoms, social 
networking, OTT, AR and VR IBC creates the ideal environment to network and debate the best way to deliver the future of content production, management, delivery and consumption. It also 
showcases some of the world’s latest innovations in media technology. IBC enables visitors to not only see the latest media technology, but also to touch, test, compare and place orders. It’s where business is done. It attracts over 1,700 exhibitors from all around the world and more than 1,000 of the world’s top media technology journalists. The flagship IBC Conference features a curated programme including over 400 of the world’s leading 
industry influencers and experts providing an authoritative and independent view and helping to shape the future of the industry.
IBC is hosted in the heart of Europe’s startup technology scene in Amsterdam from 14 – 19  September.
CSI Magazine, for the latest features and news on the technology behind content delivery.  Please visit www.csimagazine.com