scte news SCTE Bursaries
What’s included? E ach bursary package for either ANGA COM or IBC in 2025 includes pre-paid flights and hotel accommodation for up to 3 nights (courtesy of the SCTE) and entrance to the full conference programme (courtesy of ANGA or IBC as appropriate). The full terms and conditions of the bursary can be found on our website. At the end of the event you will be expected to write a report of your experiences, what you gained from attending and to highlight any specific areas that you found valuable or of specific interest.
How do I apply? Please write up to 300 words on why you would benefit from a bursary and email it to office@theSCTE.eu Keep a look out for our bursary e-blasts in 2025 and get those applications over to us. Winners will be notified prior to each event. Please make your application and your subsequent report (for the lucky winners) your original work! No ChatGPT please.
Each year the SCTE offers bursaries to help with travel and hotel costs for our members to attend important and educational trade shows and events across the industry. This is open to ALL individual members, so do make sure you take advantage of this incredible membership benefit. This year seven SCTE bursaries were awarded for ANGA COM in May, five from IPKO in Kosovo, one from ARDING, also in Kosovo and a final winner from the UK. Below they’ve told us a little about what they gained from the experience. Don’t miss out on this incredible membership benefit in 2025 and beyond!
We look forward to hearing from you!
James Field, Bursary winner I’ve been a member of SCTE since the early 2000’s. I became a fellow in 2015 as my career took me to Asia, where I had supported the roll out and growth of cable and satellite TV services, the subsequent transition to digital and finally, the more recent transition to cloud based services.
For the last 10 years I have been living in San Francisco, California which makes it hard to actively participate in SCTE events and meetings.
However, I’ve enjoyed reading the journal and keeping my professional development up to speed - and taken advantage of the service finder when my various roles have needed partners, equipment or expertise. I have been out of the industry for a few years and currently find myself between roles – I was therefore thrilled to have the opportunity to attend IBC, courtesy of the SCTE Bursary, giving me the opportunity to ‘go back to my roots’ in the media and communications industry, use the conference to get up to speed on the latest and explore the exhibitor list, get a feeling for the current zeitgeist of the industry and better understand potential job opportunities. My journey didn’t start that well with a 2 hour delay at the start of my 10 hour flight from San Francisco – but soon got better – breezing through immigration and conference badge pickup – it was then a short walk to my hotel where I was able to check in early and freshen up before catching the shuttle to the RAI (so much for Friday 13th!). It took me a while to find the conference venue (the RAI is huge!) - but after a quick coffee I dived straight in – to learn about the launch of Freely.co.uk as Freeview focuses on the changes they are seeing in their audience as 20% of live TV is now being watched exclusively through streaming and this is expected to grow to 50% with no broadcast connection by 2030 across a broader selection of devices. This was also echoed in another later session, interviewing the SVP of Home Services Innovation at Orange.fr. They are focused on reaching the audience where they are on an increasingly fragmented set of platforms. With a mix of Free, Ad Supported and Paid content, as well as new channels and content viewing options
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Volume 46 No.4 DECEMBER 2024
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