There are pavilions in halls 1, 6, 7 and 8, with other British exhibitors part of the programme taking individual stands in halls 5, and 10. The whole project is managed by specialist services company Tradefair, freeing exhibitors to focus on their technology and building customer relationships. Tradefair manages the stand specification and build, delivers shared services including hospitality, meeting facilities, promotion and provides all the support each exhibitor needs.
The GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland Pavilion in hall 1 (1.C37) features Badger Media (1.C37i) with its fresh approach to digital displays for service information, transforming broadcast, telecoms and data centre teams manage connectivity. CRM.COM (1.C37g) redefines monetisation, loyalty programmes, and subscriber retention with its advanced, cloud-hosted platforms to be embedded in enterprise structures. Global Invacom Group (1.C37f) designs and builds the most innovative, reliable and secure ground network equipment with high performance design and low cost manufacturing.
Kineton Europe (1.C37e) develops and validates apps for Smart TV, smartphones and other platforms, excelling in cloud systems, user interfaces, automation, and extended and augmented reality. Exhibiting at IBC for the first time is Nephelie Technologies (1.C37b), they offer a high-performance wireless solution for 3D asset scanning and volumetric video using 4D gaussian splatting to create photorealistic volumetric video. Open Broadcast Systems (1.C37a) is revolutionising the provision of advanced broadcast technology, moving the industry towards a flexible, cost efficient, software-driven future. Ortana Media Group (1.C37h) offers tailored solutions for data orchestration, provisioning, workflows and asset management through its Cubix platform, featuring more than 170 API integrations.
RioVIDEO (1.C37d) develops and delivers high performance, cost-effective compression technology for the complete range of television and media applications. Starfish Technologies (1.C37j) is a world leader in transport stream splicing and processing, advertising insertion and localisation, video description technology and other innovative processing solutions. Trint (1.C37c) makes it simple to turn interviews and complex live events into articles, podcasts and videos, using AI to transcribe, translate and collaborate.
Also part of the group and exhibiting in hall 1 is GB Labs (1.D24), a leader in intelligent scalable shared storage to power and protect creative workflows using advanced technology to speed media flows; and Timeline Television (1.D15), market leading in broadcast technology and production services, delivering world-class outside broadcasts and remote production, as well as studios, post and managed media systems.
Hall 5 finds Reuters News & Media (5.D44), helping businesses, sports organisations and media companies unlock the value of their ever-growing content libraries with fast, secure and controlled access. Nearby is Yospace (5.C78), the global pioneer and leader in server-side ad insertion, helping monetise the world’s biggest sporting events and stitching eight billion one-to-one addressable commercial spots each month.
The pavilion in hall 6 (6.C28) includes Blue Lucy (6.C29a) helps media companies take control of their content, orchestrating workflows and managing assets to deliver fast, tangible value. Emotion Systems (6.C28a) creates audio processing software to streamline workflows while maintaining high quality and saving money by reducing the need for manual tasks. Snicket Labs (6.C28b) provides everything you need to automate quality control, effortlessly ensuring your video files meet all professional standards. Verbit (6.C29b) is a global leader in AI-powered captioning, subtitling and translation, setting the standard for accuracy, efficiency and accessibility.
FilmLight has its own stand in hall 6 (6.C19). Its technology ensures unrivalled colour grading, image processing and workflow management for the leading production companies, post production facilities and studios around the world.
The hall 7 pavilion (7.A09) includes coralbay.tv (7.A09c) develops and implements comprehensive cloud-native micro services solutions for playout and master control operations. Disk Archive (7.A09d) makes high-availability, high-security enterprise-class archives and content libraries, designed for the film, television, legal, military, medical and forensic data preservation markets. RT Software (7.A09a) develops and delivers high-quality, cost-effective, highly capable graphics tools and telestrators for news, sport, entertainment, playout and houses of worship. TransMedia Dynamics (7.A09b) simplifies how broadcasters and media enterprises secure, manage, enrich and deliver content seamlessly across digital and physical platforms.
Joining the UK group for the first time is eyePower (7.P48), which manufactures extremely reliable and sophisticated electrical power distribution for broadcast, satellite uplinks and AV installations. Also exhibiting as part of the group is QScan (7.P44/46), which brings everything you need to automate media quality control, with unparalleled clarity and interactivity.
Aqua Broadcast (8.B77d) can be found in the hall 8 pavilion (8.B77), showing how it has redefined FM transmission with the innovative design and advanced engineering in its Cobalt FM transmitters and audio processors. Broadcast Radio (8.B77c) has a worldwide reach for its radio and streaming software and cloud solutions, covering playout, scheduling, news and remote access. BW Broadcast (8.B77f) is the trusted name in innovative, reliable and efficient transmitters and audio processors for radio stations.
Radica Broadcast Systems (8.B77a) is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of broadcast radio transmission systems, software and services. Salsa Sound (8.B77e) uses deep learning for assistive audio production for live sports and entertainment, automating mixing and quality control to deliver a more immersive and engaging experience for viewers. Speechmatics (8.B77g) uses AI to provide highly accurate speech-to-text, text-to-speech and multilingual transcriptions, in the cloud, on premises and in edge deployments.
Rounding off the group, in hall 10, is Custom Consoles (10.A42), showing its experience and skills in the precision design and construction of specialist furniture for broadcast and related environments; and Hitomi Broadcast (10.A40), the global leader in precision measurement of circuit latency and lip-sync, speeding remote set-up and avoiding distracting errors without guesswork.
“This is a very exciting time for the media industry, as new technologies move from the experimental to the practical phase, and broadcasters and production houses look to build on their legacy for a strong future,” said Mark Birchall, managing director of Tradefair, organisers of the GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland pavilions. “That makes IBC even more important than ever.
“Our role at Tradefair is to create the environment in which our participating vendors can present their innovative and relevant solutions,” he said. “By taking on all the back office administration of exhibiting at a major event, we empower these businesses to focus on what is important: showing their understanding of the real challenges today and how they can help the world’s media leaders tackle them.”
