Understand the IBC

IBC 2011 opens in a few weeks in Amsterdam. If you are interested in the latest in video – IPTV, mobile, new business models – this is a defining moment for the year.

Do not wonder what is happening at the globally significant IBC. Know what is happening and, better yet, know why it is happening. The ideas, products, companies and people will all be covered by v2m.

Just yesterday we introduced our IBC Immersion Center. The Immersion Center is a concentrated look at the IBC: the news, the views and the crews generating the news and views.

The Immersion Center includes:

Two v2m digital issues:

• Emerging Concerns for IPTV
• Hyrbridization, OTT and the Role of tdhe Web in the Living Room

Two v2m premium Reports:

• New Television Viewing Models
• True Contenders: Cable MSOs and Business Communications Services

And much more, including:

• Q&As with key industry executives
• previews of important sessions
• exhibitor spotlights
• news stories
• slide shows and image galleries
• blogs

Following the conclusion of IBC, the Immersion Center will also include a v2m Report on the 10 most important things at IBC 2011 by v2m Editor-in-Chief Tara Seals.

The IBC sets the video agenda for the world. The IBC creates the vocabulary the world uses to understand video. You need this information to stay on top of your important and dizzying profession.

Things change so fast in your world. Dynamism is the norm. Clarity is at a premium. V2M’s IBC Immersion Center will bring clarity to the dynamic world you work in. Check it out. Let v2m help you ride the video jet stream.

Larry Lannon is group publisher of VIRGO ’s Communications Network, which includes Billing & OSS World , Channel Partners and vision2mobile .