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IBC2025 returns 12-15 September

Bringing together the global media, entertainment and technology community, IBC2025 will be back and welcoming visitors from 170 countries to connect, showcase innovations, tackle pressing industry challenges, and explore new opportunities.

Across a bustling show floor and packed theatres, IBC2025 will address critical trends and issues driving change across the media landscape while offering new show features, such as the IBC Future Vision, the ultimate destination for groundbreaking advancement. Themes that will take centre stage include AI, fighting disinformation in news, sustainability, 5G, cloud, immersive experiences, OTT and many more.

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The IBC Awards are back!

The IBC Awards bring together under one umbrella IBC’s Innovation and Social Impact awards to enable a single celebration of different industry advances across five categories.

The IBC Innovation Awards recognise the best in collaborative efforts to develop new solutions to real-world technical challenges and to address social and environmental issues. 

The five IBC Innovation Awards categories are Content Creation, Content Distribution, Content Everywhere, Environment & Sustainability and Social Impact. 

The deadline for 2025 Award entries is Friday, 30 May.

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Leading Innovation

IBC propels change as media markets evolve faster than ever - driving thought leadership, linking people, sparking discussion, accelerating creativity, incubating technology transformation, and enabling real business outcomes.

Join over 45,000 broadcasters, content owners, rights holders and service providers this September. 

Why Visit IBC

Elevate Your Experience

The ultimate knowledge and networking experience, the IBC Conference will deliver a captivating and wide-ranging programme of sessions, exploring the latest trends in content creation, distribution, and monetisation and how these shifts are shaping the future of media.

Gather ideas, discover best practices and form new connections at the IBC2025 Conference, back for three days.

Experience IBC2025

Explore the IBC2025 Halls

IBC2025 features 14 dedicated halls, each bringing together the world’s leading media, broadcast and technology providers.

Exhibitors from across the globe will showcase groundbreaking innovations, with each hall organised by specific product sectors.

This smart layout makes it easier for attendees to navigate, compare offerings, and quickly find the products they’re looking for.

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IBC2025 Highlights

14 Innovation Halls

Explore game-changing innovations from over 1,350 exhibitors from world-leading brands to fast-growing start-ups. IBC is the place where the media and entertainment sector convene to design and redefine the agenda for our industry.

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IBC Programme

At IBC2025, a line-up of over 300+ speakers across an expanded number of theatre halls will champion new technologies, future business models, and creative innovations that broaden the horizons of media.

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IBC Features

From the IBC Technical Papers to the IBC Talent Programme, IBC2025 will offer a comprehensive line-up of innovative show features, designed to reflect the current landscape of media and entertainment and shape the future of technology through collaboration and education.

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IBC Future Vision

Hall 14 is where the future of media and entertainment will come to life at IBC2025. This brand-new destination is designed for trailblazers, tech enthusiasts, and creatives eager to get hands-on with the innovations reshaping the industry - from AI, 5G and Ad Tech to Blockchain and sustainable innovation. 

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IBC Accelerators

This unique programme brings together media organisations and tech providers to solve real-world challenges facing the industry with the results of those projects showcased live on the show floor.

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IBC Awards

The IBC Innovation Awards celebrate the spirit of co-operation and collaboration recognising the very best in content creation, content distribution, content everywhere, environment & sustainability and social impact.

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IBC Visitors

  • "IBC is the place to go to meet everyone whether that’s customers, suppliers, or potential future collaborators. There’s nothing quite like IBC for the industry."
    Andy Hook
    Director of Technology and Strategy, d&b
  • "IBC is unique in that it’s the only event that has the global scale to bring together all the media and entertainment companies across the world."
    Anthony Guarino
    EVP, Global Production & Studio Tech, Paramount Global
  • "The connections you can make at IBC with like-minded people are invaluable, as are all the opportunities of what future technology and industry could bring."
    Matt Risley
    Managing Director of 4Studio, Channel 4
  • "IBC is where you pick up all the latest trends, what you should be looking out for, where the chances for development and innovation are and what you should be paying attention to."
    Polly Hickling
    Learning and Development Lead for Media, Eviden
  • “It's important to be in a place where your imagination is sparked from many different directions globally. At IBC you can achieve all those things in one space over a short period of time.”
    Fiona Campbell
    Controller Youth Audience, BBC iPlayer and BBC Three - BBC
  • “IBC is the place where you can get together and share ideas, both with manufacturers, but also with other broadcasters. That’s what keeps us relevant and talking about the right problems.”
    Ian Wagdin
    Senior Technology Transformation Manager, BBC R&D
  • “IBC brings the world of media entertainment together to have the critical conversations, necessary for us to think about how we innovate. It's about networking, it's about the people, and it's about collaboration.”
    Renard Jenkins
    President, SMPTE
  • "IBC is a great place to connect with peers, network, and discover the latest technology. A truly valuable experience."
    Ryan McKenna
    Executive Product Manager, BBC
  • “IBC2024 was a great success for us, and the speed pitch hosted by AV User Group really helped drive traffic to our booth, from both potential buyers and distributors in market segments we had not yet identified.”
    Stian Sagholen
    Founder & CEO, Klvr
  • "At IBC, everyone comes together from across the industry to discuss important, industry issues."
    Judy Parnall
    Head of Standard & Industry, BBC
  • “What's incredibly important about IBC is the human interactivity, as well as learning about new technologies and industry trends, which you wouldn't have picked up on unless you were here.”
    Eddie Hamilton
    Editor A.C.E.
  • “IBC is so important because it provides a venue for the community to come together to offer diverse perspectives that would normally not be able to come out.”
    Samira Bakhtiar
    Director, Global Media & Entertainment - Amazon Web Services
  • “Every time I come to IBC, I learn something new. It's a great place to come and learn and get ready for the future.”
    Terri Davies
    President, Trusted Partner Network
  • "IBC is an unrivalled opportunity for us to be able to collaborate with the industry."
    John Roberts
    Director of Technology, Production & Innovation, ITN
  • "If you want to know about the technology of the future, you need to be at IBC!"
    Roberto Iacoviello
    Lead Research Engineer, RAI

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