The IBC2024 Accelerator Programme continues to revolutionise live event production with its latest initiatives aimed at leveraging cutting-edge technology to overcome challenges in the broadcasting industry. Building on the successes of previous years, the Connect and Produce Anywhere, Phase II project focuses on enhancing production capabilities through innovative uses of cloud and edge computing, ensuring high-quality output even under varying connectivity conditions.
ollowing the build and development of an all IP, Edge-first, multi-cloud, multi software test bed environment in the CAPA Accelerator 2023, the project team is now positioned to implement and road test the solution on some real-world live event production scenarios where there are varying degrees of available bandwidth.
This is a special incubator project which will be carried out in addition to the eight challenges chosen for this year’s cohort for the IBC2024 Accelerator Media Innovation Programme. The project challenge was proposed by the BBC and BT Media & Broadcast. Champions are BBC, BT Media & Broadcast, Sky, EBU, Vodafone Group, TV2, and others TBC, and participants are Zixi and LAMA.
Addressing the Industry Problem
Peter Brightwell, Research Engineer at the BBC, one of the champions of the project, explains...
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