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Broadcast Pro
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- Broadcast Pro
BCE to celebrate 25 years with major presence at IBC 2025
Visitors to IBC 2025 can connect with BCE to explore how the company's integrated services and technologies are shaping the future of broadcasting. BCE will be marking its 25th anniversary with a major presence at IBC 2025. With decades of experience in Broadcast and Media Systems Integration, Managed Media Operations, and Product Development, BCE has become a trusted partner for media companies worldwide, known for delivering reliable, end-to-end solutions tailored to mission-critical environments. As a member of RTL Group, BCE brings real-world insight into the demands of fast-paced media operations. This hands-on experience fuels the company's ability to create innovative workflows and services, developed within one of Europe's top media conglomerates. This not only ensures operational efficiency but also long-term value for clients navigating the rapidly evolving broadcast and digital media landscape. At this year's IBC, BCE will unveil its latest developments from its new location in Hall 1. Visitors can expect to see cutting-edge solutions in Systems Integration, Media Operations Managed Services and its powerful cloud-based Media-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform, each designed to support agile, scalable workflows across media, sports and corporate environments. BCE's strength lies in its ability to unify diverse technologies into robust, secure infrastructures. Rather than offering isolated components, the company delivers complete, integrated digital systems, from IP-based workflows and TV studio builds to OB van setups, ensuring that customers receive ready-to-run, dependable solutions from the outset. This vendor-neutral approach, backed by deep engineering expertise, enables BCE to simplify complex system architectures without compromising on performance or security. Complementing its integration capabilities, BCE's managed services are tailored to minimise operational friction and maximise uptime. With 24/7 expert monitoring from its dedicated Network Operations Centre (NOC), BCE ensures uninterrupted content delivery across playout, streaming, archiving and digital content preparation. This round-the-clock support is designed to safeguard business continuity and provide rapid issue resolution. At the heart of BCE's future-facing strategy is its Media-as-a-Service platform, which unifies multiple applications into one seamless interface. Powered by AI and adaptable to public, sovereign or hybrid cloud environments, MaaS enables users to manage, enrich and distribute content with unmatched efficiency. This all-in-one platform simplifies media workflows while scaling with the dynamic needs of modern content teams. Noëlle Prat, Sales and Marketing Director at BCE, said: 'At BCE, we're driving media transformation with a diverse technology strategy grounded in cloud and sovereign architecture, cutting-edge AI and operational excellence with customer satisfaction at heart. At IBC2025, we're excited to showcase our solutions designed to help organisations optimise their media workflows and drive business success. Celebrating 25 years, we remain committed to delivering forward-thinking media expertise that meet the industry's evolving needs.' Stand 1.C16
Yahoo
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lea Massari, Italian Cinema's Anti-Diva, Dies at 91
Lea Massari, the Italian actress and European cinema icon famous for her roles in Michelangelo Antonioni's L'Avventura (1960), Dino Risi's A Difficult Life (1961) and Louis Malle's Murmur of the Heart (1971), has died. She was 91. Massari died at her home in Rome on Monday, Italian media reported. More from The Hollywood Reporter 'Action Item' Treats Burnout as "Collective Condition, Silenced Crisis" (Exclusive Karlovy Vary Trailer) Bertelsmann's RTL Group to Buy Sky Deutschland from Comcast 'Squid Game' Finale Ends With Surprise Hollywood Star Cameo In a decades-long career that spanned films, television and theater, Massari played alongside the likes of Alain Delon, Jean Paul Belmondo, Michel Piccoli and Omar Sharif. She was a critical and audience favorite but shunned the spotlight. After retiring from acting more than 30 years ago, she rarely appeared in public. Born Anna Maria Massatani on June 30, 1933 — she took the stage name Lea in honor of her fiancé, Leo, who died in an accident shortly before they were to be married — her childhood was spent across Europe as her family followed her father, an engineer, to positions in Spain, France and Switzerland. Massatani studied architecture, working as a model to support herself, when she was introduced to the world of film by Oscar-winning costume designer Piero Gherardi (La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2), a family friend. Her debut came with Mario Monicelli's Forbidden (1955), playing a woman in a rugged Sardinian village who tries to help the local priest (Mel Ferrer) broker peace between warring clans. Fame came with her follow-up, Renato Castellani's Dreams in a Drawer (1957), playing a young bride and ambitious student whose academic and other dreams are derailed when she becomes pregnant. Among her most iconic performances were as Anna, the young woman who disappears mysteriously during a boating trip, in Antonioni's modernist masterpiece L'Avventura; as Monica, the partner to a troubled teacher (Delon) who becomes romantically involved with one of his students, in Valerio Zurlini's Indian Summer (1972); and as Clara, a mother with an uncomfortably close relationship to her teenage son, in Malle's Oscar-nominated dramedy Murmur of the Heart. Monicelli delivered a more grounded performance as Elena, the wife of an anti-Fascist intellectual (played by Alberto Sordi) in Dino Risi's postwar classic A Difficult Life (1961), a role that earned her a special David di Donatello award, Italy's equivalent of the Oscars. Later in her career, she would play the sister of a political dissident in Francesco Rosi's Christ Stopped at Eboli (1978), a biopic on Carlo Levi, whom Mussolini exiled to a remote village in Southern Italy. In lesser films, Massatani added a touch of class, as in Sergio Leone's debut, the forgettable swords-and-sandals picture The Colossus of Rhodes (1961). Beyond Italy, Massatani was a favorite of European auteurs, cast alongside Piccoli and Romy Schneider as part of a tragic love triangle in Claude Sautet's The Things of Life (1970) and in a supporting role in Meetings With Anna (1978), from Belgian master Chantal Akerman. She read for the main female role in Federico Fellini's 8 1/2. But, Massatani later recalled, her old friend Piero Gherardi, whom she claimed preferred eventual star Anouk Aimée for the role, 'dressed me up absurdly,' spoiling her chances. Massatani married Carlo Bianchini, a former Alitalia pilot in 1963. They had no children and separated in 2004. After retiring from the screen and stage, she became a passionate advocate for animal rights and an anti-hunting campaigner. Best of The Hollywood Reporter The 40 Best Films About the Immigrant Experience Wes Anderson's Movies Ranked From Worst to Best 13 of Tom Cruise's Most Jaw-Dropping Stunts
Yahoo
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Action Item' Treats Burnout as 'Collective Condition, Silenced Crisis' (Exclusive Karlovy Vary Trailer)
Last year, Berlin-based Slovakian writer-director and visual artist Paula Ďurinová screened her documentary debut, Lapilli, about rocks and the loss of loved ones, at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF). This year, she returns to its 59th edition with her sophomore doc Action Item, which the festival calls 'an entirely different, yet equally sensitive film.' Sensibility is key as the doc is about burnout syndrome, treating it, as press materials highlight, as 'a collective condition and a silenced crisis.' More from The Hollywood Reporter Bertelsmann's RTL Group to Buy Sky Deutschland from Comcast 'Squid Game' Finale Ends With Surprise Hollywood Star Cameo Lalo Schifrin, Acclaimed Composer of 'Mission: Impossible' and 'Mannix' Themes, Dies at 93 Ďurinová explores how exhaustion is not just lived but 'constructed, shaped by the pressures of constant performance and control,' they also emphasize. 'Through collective reflection and found footage, the film traces the shift from personal fatigue to a shared understanding of systemic conditions. It challenges the narratives of self-optimization, revealing burnout as more than an individual crisis. Between resistance and care, between memory and action, Action Item uncovers what has always been there – anxiety as a public secret.' A synopsis on the KVIFF website calls the doc an 'activist anatomy of burnout, set in Berlin, interweaves the observation of community sharing with a more experimental montage,' a synopsis on the KVIFF website explains. 'The work takes note of the myths associated with individualistic society, yet, at the same time, it conveys sincere moments of solidarity between individuals who aren't afraid to speak of their anxieties. This is both a personal and also very human film, which invites us to take a break in these hectic times, when burnout doesn't necessarily mean the end; on the contrary, it might be a new beginning, where individual pain is gradually transformed into the power of collective sharing.' THR can now reveal the first trailer for the film, which showcases how people featured in it discuss their struggles and gives experimental visual expressions to them. 'Today's public secret is that everyone is anxious,' one person says in it. And yes, there is also time for physical closeness. 'Action Item emerged from my personal experience with anxiety, depression, and a burnout episode several years ago,' Ďurinová explains. 'Needing to understand what had happened, I began reading various essays and self-published zines that critique the privatization of mental health and focus on its political dimensions.' Sales for the film, which debuts on July 6 in the Proxima Competition lineup at Karlovy Vary, in which Lapilli also screened, are being handled by Portuguese sales and festival distribution agency Kino Rebelde. The 2025 edition of KVIFF, star-studded as always, runs July 4-12. The new doc from Bratislava-based production company guča films is also part of the international competition at the 36th FidMarseille International Film Festival, running July 8-13. Action Item was produced by Matej Sotník for guča, with co-producers Claw films, Slovak Television and Radio, and Ďurinová as part of her studies at Universität der Künste Berlin. Lisboa-based Kino Rebelde holds international rights. 'The circular and repetitive aspects of depression, anxiety or burnout guide the film,' explains Ďurinová. 'Each new experience carries the memory of the previous one and, at the same time, anticipates the next. With this film, I wanted to create a certain suspension of time and space in which we can reflect on past crises and depart from them to look for a wider context.' Watch the trailer for Action Item below. Best of The Hollywood Reporter The 40 Best Films About the Immigrant Experience Wes Anderson's Movies Ranked From Worst to Best 13 of Tom Cruise's Most Jaw-Dropping Stunts
Times
27-06-2025
- Business
- Times
Sky sells German division to RTL Group for initial €150m
The German division of Sky will be sold to a leading local operator as European groups consolidate to compete with the American streaming giants. RTL Group, the largest German broadcaster, is to purchase the Sky unit with an upfront cash payment of €150 million and a possible additional consideration of up to €377 million. Sky's German business holds sports rights including Bundesliga and Premier League football, as well as the rights to show Formula 1 races. RTL, which is owned by the German media group Bertelsmann, will make the additional payments for Sky depending on the performance of its share price post-acquisition. Comcast, the parent company of Sky, can call for the payment of the additional consideration within five years of the deal closing if RTL's share price is higher than €41, capped at a payment of €70 per share or €377 million.
Reuters
27-06-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Dutch watchdog clears DPG's acquisition of RTL Nederland
AMSTERDAM, June 27 (Reuters) - Dutch competition watchdog ACM said on Friday it had cleared RTL Group's ( opens new tab sale of its Dutch subsidiary RTL Nederland to Belgium-based DPG Media, under conditions meant to protect the independence of involved news media. RTL announced the 1.1 billion euro ($1.29 billion) deal in December 2023, nearly a year after its plan to acquire rival Talpa was blocked, over competition concerns. ACM said it had attached structural conditions to the DPG deal to protect the Dutch news market, where DPG and RTL are major competitors. DPG publishes four major Dutch newspapers and owns one of the country's main free news websites, RTL Nederland is a major news broadcaster through its television channels, website and app. As part of the conditions, RTL Nieuws and will be partly owned by an independent foundation that can decide over the hiring and firing of the editor-in-chief, the media's identity and mission and will have a veto over any possible future sale. Both media organisations will continue as separate brands with freely accessible websites, created by separate, independent newsrooms that will not exchange any content, ACM said. These conditions will remain in place also in the case of a future sale of DPG or parts of it. "News consumers must continue to be able to choose from different, independent news sources," ACM director Martijn Snoep said. "With these conditions, we have safeguarded that." RTL Nederland and DPG were not immediately available for comment. ($1 = 0.8546 euros)
