All Industry Trends articles – Page 5
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The state of AI development According to Google
Few advancements could cause both the excitement and fear AI elicits - according to some, it’s the solution to humanity’s problems. Others will tell you it’s the beginning of the end of civilisation as we know it. Andrew Williams investigates.
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Donna Smith at Rise: Recruitment and Skills for Women in Broadcasting
Donna Smith, the Managing Director of Rise, the global advocacy membership organisation supporting gender diversity across the media technology sector, has had a career that has cut across a broad swathe of the media industry, writes John Maxwell Hobbs.
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Behind the Scenes: Napoleon
In Ridley Scott’s bio-epic Napoleon we see the French general at the battles of Austerlitz and Waterloo, in his tent, standing outside his tent, on a horse – waiting, waiting, waiting, writes Adrian Pennington.
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Sustainability in Production: The albert Report Tells What’s What and Who’s Who
This year’s report to end all reports on sustainability in production dissects industry data, finds the root causes and predicts a path to NetZero. albert, the BAFTA-owned sustainability organisation’s Annual Review 2022, proves the industry’s commitment and identifies the key hurdles to be overcome in the move towards a more ...
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DAI and Sustainability: Session-Based Solutions and Efficiency in Ad Delivery
With COP 28, the UN’s climate change conference taking place through middle of December this year, the world’s attention is once again focussed on the question of sustainability, and the broadcast industry is no exception, writes John Maxwell Hobbs.
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Behind the Scenes: The Colour Purple
There’s magical realism at the heart of this latest version of the famous story of suffering and triumph, editor Jon Poll tells Adrian Pennington for IBC365.
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Technology Leadership in 2024: A Broadcast Perspective
The year ahead is guaranteed to be full of significant changes for the broadcast industry. The rapid rise of FAST channels, the maturity of cloud technology services, the rollout of IP-based systems, and the emergence of Artificial Intelligence assures that we’re all in for an exciting ride in the coming ...
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Key Technology Success Strategies for 2024: Leadership, AI, and Sustainability
While detail is an ever-present necessity in any technical field, it’s also important to analyse the broader strategies that create or define a successful organisation. Andrew Williams draws out some sound advice on customer-first, AI and sustainability strategies for the future.
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Monetisation, Fragmentation and the Power of the Single Tech Stack
While connected TV has brought many benefits of scale and new revenue streams to content owners, the arms race to support an ever-growing variety of platforms, release schedules and refresh cycle frequency is a key challenge. Mark Mayne reports on an expert panel teasing out the answers to the many ...
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Behind the Scenes: Society of the Snow
To faithfully recreate a 50-year-old real life plane crash and remarkable tale of survival, the filmmakers behind Society of the Snow combined LED and green screens with multiple practical sets of the plane’s fuselage and put them all 2000+ metres up a mountain, writes Adrian Pennington.
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Lifeline for UK VFX Facilities in Promised Tax Break
Can facilities survive the current lull until new proposed enhanced tax relief kicks in? Adrian Pennington reports.
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EBU Tackles Ethical AI in PSM
Artificial Intelligence will be transformative across all elements of the media business. It may well kill off some jobs but will inevitably create others, as well as raise many interesting questions, not least about creativity, data and trust. George Jarrett talks to EBU Director of Technology and Innovation Antonio Arcidiacono ...
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AI and Ethics: The Defining Point of Content Creation
In the past few weeks, the news has been filled with one dramatic story after the other about AI, writes John Maxwell Hobbs. However, in a significant shift, rather than being about the technology itself, these stories have been about the people creating AI and those affected by it.
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Regulating AI: Can new legislation impose order before it’s too late?
A raft of new laws are being drafted in a bid to deliver restraint to the increasingly rapid rollout of AI. But what do media technology developers think should be the priorities for legislation, and is it realistic to hope that some of the bleaker prognoses can still be avoided, ...
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Live Event Streaming: Three Key Techniques to Improve Quality
Broadcasting live events comes with a set of specific challenges that are simply not as severe when dealing with pre-recorded content. A group of experts came together to explain how to tune up your approach to get the best results, reports Andrew Williams.
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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.