Signiant Announced as Platinum Sponsors for the New IPTV Zone at IBC2007
Zone attracts industry leaders
(London - 10 July 2007) Signiant, the leading developer of digital media distribution management solutions, has been announced today as Platinum Sponsor for the IPTV Zone at IBC2007. Following its successful launch at NAB 2007, Signiant will be exhibiting its robust and integrated solution to simultaneously manage, secure, automate and accelerate the movement of digital file based work flows on stands 201/2/3 and 301/2/3 within the IPTV Zone.
Many other leading IT, Telecom and Broadcast companies including Tandberg, Kasenna, Grass Valley and Texas Instruments have also signed-up to enter the new IPTV Zone as the European market for the delivery of broadcast content via the Internet begins to take off.
David Nortier, Managing Director of Signiant Europe views IBC and the IPTV as a launching zone for Signiant's international efforts. "Since its launch, Signiant has been adopted by leading broadcasters and post production facilities including NBC Universal, Current TV and Pepper. With the international audience that IBC attracts, we look forward to demonstrating how our complete digital media distribution management system can help global media companies take advantage of new business opportunities," said Nortier.
The IPTV Zone at IBC2007 has been designed as a visitor attraction and will bring together many of the organisations and technologies that are emerging as major forces in IPTV. It will therefore provide a unique opportunity for application developers, content providers and technology companies to showcase their capabilities at the heart of the broadcast industry's leading international conference and exhibition.
Running in parallel with the Zone will be a series of Business Briefings to which attendance is free. These briefings will examine some of the issues and opportunities arising from this revolution in broadcast content delivery in further detail and are intended to reinforce and complement the established peer reviewed, paid-delegate IBC Conference. Tom Ohanian, co-inventor of the Avid editing system, and Vice President of Product Management at Signiant, will be the feature speaker in a business briefing entitled: Empowering a Digital Media Supply Chain.
Commenting on the development of The IPTV Zone at IBC2007, Mike Crimp, Marketing Director, IBC commented: "We have seen a huge increase in interest in IPTV over the last year and the growth in the use of the Internet as a delivery mechanism will create enormous opportunities for both content creators and broadcasters. The IPTV Zone will be a major visitor attraction at this year's convention."
Alan Norman, Managing Director of IT Europa, which is working with IBC in developing and marketing the Mobile Zone, added: "Recent improvements in compression technologies and bandwidth availability are set to revolutionise the way in which we consume broadcast content. As IT, Telecoms and Broadcast technologies continue to converge; the delivery of compelling content via the Internet represents a major growth opportunity for vendors, content creators and service providers."
The Mobile Zone at IBC2007 is being jointly developed and marketed by IBC, IT Europa and BPL. The IBC2007 exhibition takes place from 7th - 11th September 2007 at the RAI, Amsterdam.
About IBC
Established in 1967, IBC has evolved from its roots in terrestrial broadcasting to become the leading event for professionals involved in the creation, management and delivery of entertainment, sports and news content worldwide. The exhibition attracts over 1,000 exhibitors including the major technology suppliers. IBC also attracts over 45,000 attendees from more than 120 countries who visit each year to see the state-of-the-art developments in the electronic media world. The Internationally-renowned IBC conference debates all the cutting edge creative, management and technical issues.
For full details, demographics and news visit www.ibc.org
About IT Europa and BPL
IT Europa is the leading provider of strategic business intelligence, news and analysis on the European IT marketplace and the primary channels that serve it. It publishes European channel publications such as 8020 Europa, Channel Business Solutions and the IT Europa Newsletter. IT Europa also markets a range of database reports and organises European conferences and events for the IT and Telecoms sectors.
IT Europa's sister organisation, BPL, publishes a range of both end-user and channel publications for the IT, Telecoms and Broadcast sectors. It also organises a number of conferences, seminars, industry awards and other events. Its main titles include, Comms Dealer, Retail Technology, IBE (International Broadcast Engineer) and C2M (Content to Mobile) which is a joint venture with IT Europa. IBE and C2M are media partners of the Mobile Zone. For further information on IT Europa and BPL visit: www.iteuropa.com or www.bpl-business.com
About Signiant
Signiant (www.signiant.com) is the leading developer of digital media distribution management solutions for the media and entertainment industries. Signiant provides its customers with the only integrated, open software solution that manages, secures, automates and accelerates their digital file-based workflows to efficiently move and distribute content throughout their ecosystem and to more media outlets, in less time. Signiant is headquartered in Burlington, MA with development facilities in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and offices in New York, Los Angeles and Manchester, UK. Read the Signiant blog at www.digitalmediagalaxy.com
For further information contact:
IT Europa:
Alan Norman
Tel: +44 (0) 1895 454 604
Email: alan.norman@iteuropa.com
IBC:
Natasha Bianchet (nbianchet@ibc.org)
or Gina Sherman (gsherman@ibc.org)
Tel: +44 (0)20 7611 7500
Signiant:
Véronique Froment, Highrez PR
veronique@highrezpr.com
Tel: 1 603 537 9248
Sadie Paris, Bubble & Squeak
sadie@bubblesqueak.co.uk
Tel. +44 20 7287 4262
