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IBC 2024 Slideshow

IBC 2024 in Amsterdam attracted 1,350 exhibitors and 45,085 attendees from September 13-16. With good running shoes, that meant 55 seconds to visit each booth. It’s like real-life 3D Goggle search, bouncing between scheduled meetings and trying to see as much as possible.

There are 12 halls, covering 29 acres (116,200 sq meters)  in the RAI convention space. It’s about 1km from Hall 12, where most of the cinema companies traditionally exhibit, to Blackmagic and AJA in Hall 7. New Balance and Apple Watch app showed 10 miles per day.

Here’s a slideshow. read more…

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Rijksmuseum Reopened

If you are visiting Amsterdam for IBC, do not miss the renovated, recently reopened Rijksmuseum. Pierre Cuypers was the architecture of the original building, opened in 1885. It kind of looks like a castle. Renovations began in 2004 and were completed in April 2013 The architects for the renovation were Antonio Cruz and Antonio Ortiz from Seville, Spain. Their design provided… read more…

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