
Jenny Priestley
Jenny has worked in the media throughout her career, joining TVBEurope as editor in 2017. She has also been an entertainment reporter, interviewing everyone from Kylie Minogue to Tom Hanks; as well as spending a number of years working in radio. She continues to appear on radio every week and occasionally pops up on TV.
Latest articles by Jenny Priestley

Running Mates: How Sky News’ U.S. Election Plan Takes Remote Production to the Next Level
By Jenny Priestley published
U.K. news network crosses the Atlantic with U.S. election coverage based at NBC’s Washington studio and Sky’s West London campus

TV Tech, TVBEurope Join Avid to Host November Webinar on AI in M&E
By Jenny Priestley published
WEBINAR "Artificial intelligence from hype to reality" consists of two free, live sessions discussing the challenges to adopting AI, and where AI is currently making the most impact on broadcast and media workflows

Innovation Through Experimentation: IBC Launches 2025 Accelerator Program
By Jenny Priestley published
Chief Mark Smith says program is ‘about understanding what challenges technology buyers want to solve, and what is coming next’

Deadline for Submissions for Best in Market 2024 Awards Is Extended to Dec. 3
By Jenny Priestley published
AWARDS All entrants will receive a nominee badge to promote their entry and will be included in a nominee feature article published before judging takes place

Media and Broadcast Companies Reveal Confidence In AI Technology
By Jenny Priestley, Tom Butts published
Artificial Intelligence A major new survey by Caretta Research conducted on behalf of TVBEurope and TV Tech details how the industry is reacting to AI and deploying AI-based technologies

2024 IBC Show to Focus on AI, Business and Tech Innovation
By Jenny Priestley published
IBC President Michael Crimp previews the upcoming gathering

Nominations Now Open for Best of Show Awards at IBC2024
By Jenny Priestley published
All award entrants will get a placard at the show for display, with winners receiving a further placard to display their success

Sky News UK Among Global Broadcasters Hit by IT Outage
By Jenny Priestley published
The issue is thought to have originated from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike when a flawed update was rolled out globally, shutting companies out of access to computers

Tell Us What You Think About AI and the Broadcast Industry
By Jenny Priestley published
Take part in the first global, industry-wide survey of how artificial intelligence is being used in the broadcast and media industry

‘The Old Investment Cycles of Broadcast Technology are Being Run Over’
By Jenny Priestley published
WEBCAST ITN's director of technology, production and innovation Jon Roberts and Johnny McGuigan, the BBC's director of news streaming, discuss the evolution of technology in the newsroom

NewTek Debuts Desktop TriCaster
By Jenny Priestley published
TriCaster Mini X allows users to easily pull any web page elements into a production without the need of third party applications, including graphics, images and videos

Olympic Broadcasting Services Lays Out Initial Plans for Paris 2024
By Jenny Priestley last updated
OBS said it is aiming to produce an "unprecedented" amount of content and deliver it to RHBs in a wider range of options

Streaming Video Alliance Rebrands to Embrace Technology
By Jenny Priestley published
SVTA executive director Jason Thibeault said the new brand 'clearly supports' the story that the Alliance wants to convey: that is a technical association focusing solely on technical challenges

BT/Warner Bros Discovery Joint Venture Wins U.K. Approval
By Jenny Priestley published
BT Sport and Eurosport UK will initially retain their separate brands before being brought together under a single brand in the future

Freeview Warns U.K. Viewers of Possible TV Outage Due to Heatwave
By Jenny Priestley last updated
Viewers have been advised not to retune their TV during this time as reception will be restored once the high pressure passes

One of the Most Sensitive Infrared Cameras Ever Built Captures Early Cosmos
By Jenny Priestley published
Lockheed Martin has developed a new technique for bonding the camera's optics mounts together, ensuring it will continue to work in temperatures as low as -400 degrees F

Netflix, Sennheiser Partner on Spatial Audio
By Jenny Priestley published
The rendering software runs in the streaming service’s cloud-based encoding pipelines and produces AMBEO 2-Channel Spatial Audio from existing ADM or IAB files

Free Webinar: 5G Networks and the New Coding Standards
By Jenny Priestley published
An expert panel will discuss how 5G is expected to unlock higher resolution video services and new forms of media, such as volumetric content, and enable new audiovisual experiences for audiences at live events

BBC to Ax CBBC, BBC Four; Wants to Reach 75% of Audience via iPlayer Every Week
By Jenny Priestley last updated
Director general Tim Davie said: “This is our moment to build a digital-first BBC. Something genuinely new, a Reithian organisation for the digital age, a positive force for the UK and the world"

IBC Confirms Return to In-Person Show Following Pandemic Cancellations
By Jenny Priestley published
IBC 2022 will take place at RAI Amsterdam, Sept. 9-12

Survey: 90% of Video Professionals Have Adopted Cloud and Remote Editing Workflows
By Jenny Priestley published
However, 65% of users said they are moving original high-res media files around the internet to support remote editing workflows

Tokyo 2020 was ‘The First Streaming Games’ says IOC
By Jenny Priestley published
Olympic Broadcasting Services produced 3,300 hours of UHD/HDR coverage, and 10,200 hours of content in total

AJA Video Systems Says 'HELO' to New H.264 Streaming and Recording Device
By Jenny Priestley published
Dual streaming outputs allow users to create assets with different parameter settings per output (bit rate, GOP length, frame rate, picture geometry, b-frame cadence, etc.), and feed each into one of two destinations
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