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World Television Day 2023: Expert Insights on the Box
To mark World Television Day, commemorating the United Nation’s first World Television Forum in 1996, IBC365 looks back at the past year’s achievements, advancements and innovations in TV and broadcasting across the globe.
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ST 2110 and NDI: The Stellar Trajectory of IP Video
The world of IP-based video is defined at present by a couple of major technologies. David Davies examines their primary points of difference and wonders ‘what’s next’ for media connectivity and transportation.
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Interview: Carrie Wootten Talks Skills, Talent and the Impact of AI
The award-winning Carrie Wootten has used the incredible impetus of her RISE campaigns to move onto a new set of projects including her popular Media Careers Podcast along with plans for a Global Broadcast Talent Manifesto, reports George Jarrett.
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Accelerators 2024: The Media Innovation Challenge is On
The call for projects to tackle real-life challenges faced by the world of M&E has begun as the IBC Accelerators 2024 officially opens for submissions and celebrates its fifth birthday.
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The Fast Lane: How F1 TV Tackled Live Streaming at Scale
Surely, this should be easier? It’s a question many of us will have asked, and it is one that F1’s streaming team asked at IBC2023, talking about the technical difficulties of live streaming racing events, reports Andrew Williams.
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Bringing it Back Home: A New Dawn for Content Aggregation?
With streaming service subscriptions in decline in some established markets as the cost of living crisis worsens, it’s likely that the industry will have to take a fresh look at content aggregation, writes David Davies.
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Culture before Strategy: In Conversation with BBC Studio’s Jabbar Sardar
In the IBC Changemaker podcast bonus episode, Jabbar Sardar, global HR director for BBC Studios, speaks to Sarah Burbedge about influencing inclusivity on a mass organisation scale, and why he has ‘the best people job in the world.’
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Smart Use of AI to Tackle Media Tech Downturn
One of the topics discussed at IBC2023 was a body of research undertaken by the International Trade Association for Broadcast & Media Technology (IABM).
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NAB Show New York: From AI to AM Radio
The annual National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show New York (October 24-26) saw more than 12,000 broadcast, media and entertainment professionals converge on the Javits Center, a figure that the NAB team claims is a 28% improvement over the previous year.
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Changemakers Podcast: Paramount Global’s Wincie Knight on Inclusion, the Right Way
In this bonus episode of the IBC’s Changemaker series of Podcasts, Paramount Global’s Wincie Knight speaks to Nadira Tudor about how now is the time “to think about the power of weaving inclusion and belonging into the fabric of your organisation,” and how it’s done - the right way.
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GenAI: Content innovation, IP Protection and Tools for Change
GenAI is increasingly being used to create new types of media content, personalise media content for users, and improve the efficiency of the media production process. However, there are many challenges to be overcome, both on the technical and ethical side, writes Mark Mayne.
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Securing the Digital Frontier: Effective Anti-Piracy Approaches for OTT Platforms
The explosive growth of Over-The-Top (OTT) platforms has revolutionised the way we consume entertainment, offering convenient access to a vast array of content on-demand. However, this meteoric rise in popularity has brought with it a persistent and pervasive threat: piracy. Unauthorised distribution and consumption of copyrighted material pose significant challenges ...
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The Future of Cinema: Doom or Boom?
Covid-related venue closures and the giant rise of streaming have cost the cinema culture a significant loss in audience numbers, and now with the aftershock of the Hollywood writers’ strike, cinema needs an innovative force if it is to avoid a prolonged decline in viewership, writes Sheryl Hickey.
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Cuebric Generative AI: Now We Are All Image Makers
The co-developer of a new AI tool for filmmaking insists that AI without human creativity is nothing, and therefore nothing to fear, writes Adrian Pennington.