Tradeshows: Film, Television, and Motion Picture Industry

The IBC, Then and Now: Quantel Releases Data Looking at the Beginnings and Rise of the Global Tradeshow

By StudentFilmmakers.com
posted Sep 7, 2011, 14:26


Take a look at how the global tradeshow started out and why IBC 2011 looks to be the biggest yet.

Quantel, developer of S3D, post-production and broadcast finishing tools, has just released data looking at the rise of IBC and how the global tradeshow started out. Quantel has been attending IBC since 1976. Visit Quantel at IBC 2011, September 9 through September 13, at the Quantel stand at 7.A20 in Hall 7.

The IBC: Then & Now
Attendance Figures:

1967: 2010:
500 Attendees 48,000+ attendees
32 exhibitors 1,300+ exhibitors

Venue:

1967: First held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London.
1980: IBC moves to Brighton.
1992: Moved from the UK to the Netherlands, at Amsterdam RAI.
1994: IBC changes from a biennial to annual exhibition.

The total exhibition area at the Amsterdam RAI covers:
87,000m2, the equivalent of 12 football pitches.

Visitor Statistics:
Geographical breakdown of attendees:

Western Europe & Scandinavia: 71.5%
Asia: 8.9%
North America: 7.1%
Central Europe: 4.2%
Middle East: 3.1%

Attendance from:
Africa and South America has doubled since 2005.

Africa:
2005: 0.8%
2010: 1.5%

South America:
2005: 0.4%
2010: 0.9%

Company Profile:
Size of company attending
(Number of employees)

250+
(29.4%)

51-250
(17.7%)

11-50
(22.5%)

1-10
(30.9%)

Resources:

www.quantel.com