All Features – Page 9
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Industry TrendsThe Future of OTT Business Models: Localisation and Personalisation
The death of terrestrial TV has been a repeated topic of discussion ever since the first streaming services gained popularity. But how true is it today? Andrew Williams gets to grips with the reality…
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Industry TrendsAI and ML: driving content automation
Artificial intelligence (AI) is far from a new concept, as anyone who has watched the Terminator films will attest. But articles about AI and machine learning (ML) are now increasingly appearing in the mainstream media, in part owing to the release of the AI-based chatbot ChatGPT by OpenAI.
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Industry TrendsThe Metaverse – Dead or Alive?
The metaverse continues to be all things to all men, as the saying goes. Incorporating everything from VR to gaming, virtual worlds to IoT, and layering on AI and blockchain, it’s no wonder that the appeal is considerable, but real-world success (and indeed definition) has been lacking to date. Mark ...
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Industry TrendsWomen Behind the Camera: More Presence, More Interest
Visibility of women working behind the lens can influence better gender balance in the industry and create opportunities for female camera crew, according to an expert panel at the Media Production and Technology Show, reports Sheryl Hickey.
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Industry TrendsDTG2023: FAST and Curious, AR and Fan Wonderment
With a part two look at the DTG’s The Bigger Picture event, George Jarrett reports on two sessions that particularly caught the ear, one dubbed The FAST Track to Success, and a fascinating session on Extended Fan Experiences.
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Industry TrendsDTG2023: The Media Bill, OFCOM and ITVX Forge the Bigger Picture
The DTG’s annual conference, hosted by TV/radio presenter Sasha Twining, covered a dozen subjects under the banner of The Bigger Picture. Monetisation has cast a nasty shadow over streaming, and consumers are consumed by financial concerns that have shunted them towards nostalgia. George Jarrett reports.
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Industry TrendsRemote Production by Pedal Power: Sustainable Broadcast
A flurry of striking new mobile broadcasting projects – including two bike-based units in the Netherlands – provide a tantalising glimpse of how day-to-day news-gathering and remote production could be made more sustainable, writes David Davies.
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Industry TrendsHouse of the Dragon and ADR: The Sound of the Dragon
Fresh from gaining a 2023 BAFTA Craft Award for Sound: Fiction, the sound team behind the House of the Dragon discuss the challenges and highpoints of capturing aural dragon DNA, writes Sheryl Hickey.
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Industry TrendsIBC2023 Registration Now Open: Emphasis on Innovation and Heightened Global Scope
IBC2023 is now open for registration and the countdown has officially begun for the biggest IBC show since pre-pandemic. IBC2023 will see all halls reopened for the first time since 2019 and two halls are already extended to their maximum capacity.
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Industry TrendsDolby AC-4 vs MPEG-H 3D Audio: Next-Generation Audio Codecs
While the two frontrunners in the NGA codec stakes are similar in many ways, a comparison of their background and frame of reference gives some interesting insights, writes John Maxwell Hobbs.
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Industry TrendsIBC Launches 2023 Innovation and Social Impact Awards Programmes
Nominations are now open for the prestigious IBC2023 Awards, which honour the highest achievements in innovation and social impact.
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Industry TrendsDolby Atmos in Broadcasting - Turning it up to 11
Dolby Atmos is a Next Generation Audio (NGA) technology that’s gaining considerable ground, especially in music, eSports and sports. John Maxwell Hobbs speaks to Anaïs Libolt, Director of Broadcast & Content in Europe for Dolby to get a snapshot of progress.
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Industry TrendsNAB 2023 Review: Evolution not Revolution
NAB 2023 has been and gone again for this year, the bellwether Las Vegas broadcast tradeshow now celebrating its 100-year anniversary. Mark Mayne rounds up the highpoints and key trends.
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Industry TrendsCapEx vs OpEx: Technology Investment Bounces Back
Broadcasters and service providers seem keen to invest in new technology once again, although the Arena TV scandal means that the banking sector is seeking tougher safeguards around lending than before, writes David Davies.
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Industry TrendsThe benefits and challenges of cloud playout
Playout is the technology used in broadcasting to effectively transmit media content to target audiences. It has been gradually moving to the cloud for a number of years, as notably illustrated by Discovery Communications in 2018 when it moved playout of 300 channels to the cloud using technology from Amazon ...
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Industry TrendsOn-prem vs Cloud Storage: Towards a Hybrid Future
The industry debate between storing data in the cloud versus on-prem is a long running one, and as an expert panel in a recent IBC webinar discussed, one size does not fit all, writes Mark Mayne.
