The technology landscape is constantly evolving, introducing new products, defining smarter production processes and offering fresh approaches to traditional ideas.
As the IBC2023 panel ‘Plotting the Effects of Disruption’ suggests, the broadcast, entertainment and media industries have never been so exciting, increasingly transformed and redefined by new technologies like the five we’ve listed below. It’s a list that obviously starts with…
1. Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are already deeply embedded in a host of modern media production scenarios: Today, AI algorithms and machine learning are already helping to suggest and create new content from archive resources, auto-check technical video standards, provide auto-dubbing and auto colour grading functionality, optimise ad placement and create searchable metadata (through image and speech recognition). The BBFC is...
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