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IABM 2019 Award Winners

IABM has announced the winners of its annual awards which recognise outstanding
achievement in 2019 in key areas of the broadcast and media technology industry...

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ongratulating the winners, IABM
CEO, Peter White, said: "Our award
winners this year have all made great
contributions to advancing the art
and science of broadcast and media,
demonstrating outstanding leadership
and innovation to power our industry's
ongoing success."
IABM Young Person of the Year
Alex Quince joined dB Broadcast in
June 2018 having graduated from the
University of Salford with a First Class
Honours Degree in Media Technology.
Quince made an immediate impact
at dB with his work on the company's
project for Discovery. David Bird, dB
Broadcast MD said of Quince: "dB
have trained over 50 young graduates
during our 30 years and Alex has been
the most impressive in his first year".
dB Project Manager, Phil Keeler,
added: "Alex's work ethic is one of his
best qualities. This manifests in him
as commitment to any task he decides
to tackle: everything from replacing
a poorly performing connector to a
'ground up' design for a new system,
he brings this powerful quality to
bear."
IABM Peter Wayne Golden BaM
Award for Design and Innovation
EVS Overcam is an AI-driven system
that enables the autonomous control
of robotic cameras in live sports
environments, providing more viewing
angles at a fraction of the cost and
with guaranteed broadcast quality.
The judges said: "With the explosion
of live sports coverage and the
need to reduce costs with remote
production techniques, Overcam is a
very promising solution for budgetconscious live sports producers."
IABM 2019 Creative
Collaboration Award
Largest
IP
Remote/At-home
Production - A collaboration between
Sveriges Television, Grass Valley, Net
Insight, Arista and Clear-Com.
As the host broadcaster for the FIS
Alpine World Ski Championships, held
in Åre, Sweden in February 2019,
Sveriges Television (SVT) pushed
the boundaries of live production
in a project that broke new ground,
demonstrating
reliability
and

robustness across long distances.
Adde Granberg, SVT's Director of
Technology and CTO, said: "This was
a unique project on a scale that has
never been seen before and it proves
that this workflow can stand up to
even the most rigorous conditions.
We can now do much more with less
equipment and staff on location, and
this experience has given us the ability
to create programming in new ways."
IABM Technology Leader 2019
Manfred Reitmeier joined Rohde &
Schwarz as a development engineer in
1989. He enjoyed success in his roles
as Director of R&D Software, Senior
Director of R&D Transmitter Systems
and Senior Director of Product
Management Transmitter Systems.
In June 2017, Rohde & Schwarz joined
the pioneering research project 5G
Today as a partner, with Reitmeier
leading the Rohde & Schwarz team. A
milestone for 5G Today was reached
in December 2018 when R&S put the
world's first high-power, high-tower
transmitter for 5G Broadcast into
operation. The team then debuted the
world's first end-to-end solution for
LTE/5G Broadcast at NAB Show 2019.
"Rohde & Schwarz has provided me
with a platform to achieve all my
goals and dreams as a broadcast
technologist. Together with some
truly inspirational colleagues, we
have made, and continue to make, a
real difference to broadcasters and
consumers worldwide. And with 5G
Broadcast, the best is still to come,"
Reitmeier said.

IABM 2019 Broadcaster/
Media Company
NOA is changing the way people
engage with quality journalism. It
provides spoken-word versions of
articles from leading publishers. NOA
has a novel approach: each audio
article is grouped into a topic-specific
playlist which allows people to listen
from A-to-Z on any subject, in minutes.
"We are succeeding in the battle
for people's time, especially the
younger demographics - our mission
is to ensure quality journalism
remains relevant to a mass consumer
audience," said NOA Co-Founder,
Gareth Hickey. "We don't want to live
in a world of unfiltered information.
It is our belief that in a world where
people consume multiple sources
of trustworthy media, fake news
smothers and knowledge begets
knowledge."
BaM Shining Star
Sadie Groom set up Bubble Agency
in 1999 to provide PR, Marketing
and Events support to broadcast and
media technology companies. Widely
recognised as one of the leading
agencies in the industry, Groom
remains a driving force behind the
Bubbles' success.
A passionate promoter of women
within the broadcast and media
industry, Groom founded Rise with the
primary mission to help advance the
careers of women working in technical
roles.
"Through Rise, Sadie is making a
real impact on the perception of,

IABM 2019 annual award winners

and opportunities for, women in our
industry," said Lisa Collins, IABM
Head of Marketing, "and all this
while tirelessly leading one of the
most active and effective agencies
in broadcast and media. Sadie richly
deserves the recognition that the BaM
Shining Star award bestows."
IABM Honorary
Membership
Naomi Climer, CBE, has had a major
impact on the broadcast industry as it
has grown and developed over the last
40+ years.
Joining the BBC as an engineer,
Climer rapidly moved into leadership
roles, first setting up two new local
radio stations, then taking up the
post of Controller Technology at BBC
News. This was followed by a 13-year
career at Sony Professional Services
Europe, culminating in the role of Vice
President Professional Services.
In 2012, Climer saw the potential of the
cloud, and in 2012 took up the role of
President, Sony Media Cloud Services.
In 2015, Climer was appointed
President of the IET, then took up
the Chair of the UK government's
DCMS Future Communications Group,
followed by a stint as Governor of
the National Film and Television
School. Today Climer holds several
non-executive director, chair and
trustee positions - including chairing
the IBC Council. In the Queen's 2018
Birthday Honours, Climer was awarded
a CBE for services to the engineering
profession.
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