IBC 2021

IBC 2021 cancelled

The organisers of the IBC show have confirmed that the 2021 in-person event will not go ahead.  The Amsterdam show was scheduled to take place between December 3-6, but questions started to be raised when the Dutch government launched a series of lockdown measures in response to mounting Covid-19 cases in the country.  These lockdown […]

Major exhibitor Canon latest to pull out of IBC 2021

Canon, usually a major exhibitor at IBC, has confirmed that it will not be attending next month’s show in Amsterdam. In a statement posted on its website, the camera producer said: “After careful consideration, Canon has made the difficult decision not to exhibit at IBC 2021.” “As a normal course of business, we always fully […]

Vendors including Viaccess-Orca, Synamedia and Irdeto withdraw from IBC 2021

A number of major vendors have announced that they will not attend next month’s IBC show in Amsterdam due to surges in Covid-19 cases in the Netherlands. Earlier this week, the organisers of the show stated that IBC would go ahead in spite of the enforcement of lockdown restrictions until at least December 3.  However, […]

IBC confirms plans for 2021 event staging

The organisers of IBC have confirmed plans for staging the event later this year. Confirming plans to fall back to December if necessary, IBC director Imran Sroya said that there will be an update on the date in early June, but that the company is “optimistic about holding a live event” either in September or […]