IBC 2022 was not only quieter in terms of attendance, down 34% on the 2019 show, but also lower in volume of press conferences. Like the compressed show floor, this meant the few pressers on offer were busy affairs, including one from Synamedia featuring the opportunity hear directly from Vodafone about the ongoing set top synthesis project in Germany. Vodafone’s Head of Video Excellence, Wolfgang Zeller, described the legacy set top upgrade project with Synamedia as “not the sexiest” from a business point of view, but one of the “most important” from a technology perspective. “I was skeptical on completing the migration without any customer impact at the beginning,” admits Zeller. “It took a significant engineering effort to activate the…