In anticipation of the Technical Papers Programme at IBC2025, David Davies delves into a selection of the top paper submissions for 2025 and what they reveal about the industry’s most influential technologies.
Every year, the IBC Technical Papers programme invites submissions documenting original research and solutions to real-world challenges faced by the international media, entertainment and technology industries. In 2025, it will come as no surprise to discover that the field of entries has been dominated by one technology in particular – artificial intelligence (AI).
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