Andy Stout
Executive InterviewsInterview: Jo Twist, Ukie
With esports growing fast, there are opportunities for broadcasters to get involved, the head of games trade body Ukie Dr Jo Twist tells IBC365.
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All in the game: Taking esports to the masses
Esports is pioneering workflows that could be picked up by mainstream sports coverage, and with rising interest and growing prize pots, the influence of esports looks set to increase.
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Five shows that changed society
To mark World Television Day, we have assembled a list of five influential television programmes that have gone on to have a distinct impact on society.
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Drone racing: Filming a new kind of sports story
Drones are not only smaller than Formula 1 cars, they’re quicker too. Aurora Media Worldwide’s coverage of the DR1 drone-racing league has given the production team the chance to help shape the sport from the ground up.
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Driving immersive audio forward at Sky
Sky is one of a handful of global broadcasters taking a prominent role in evolving the use of Dolby Atmos in live events, Andy Stout reports.
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The dawn of the 8K era?
8K, in the shape of NHK’s Super Hi-Vision, has been an important part of the IBC Future Zone for years. This year, however, it’s breaking out to the rest of the show. How long, then, before 8K starts to go mainstream?
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The cutting edge of VR production
From cameras through to the edit, IBC365 rounds up the very latest production techniques for immersive content.
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Is the short-form bubble bursting?
Does news that Vivendi is to close its Studio+ mobile focussed short content platform only two years after launch point to wider weaknesses in the short-form market?
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Interview: Melody Hildebrandt, 21st Century Fox
From board games to board rooms, the rise of Melody Hildebrandt to Global Chief Information Security Officer at 21st Century Fox has come at a time of great change and heightened risk in the media landscape.
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Having a vision to tackle the hackers
As the world gets ever more connected and still more vulnerabilities open up, how can broadcasters and suppliers work together to prepare for and combat threats?
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How archive was used for Michael Caine’s My Generation
The power of archive is dramatically on show in Lionsgate’s Michael Caine-fronted feature documentary My Generation, which traces the cultural revolution that occurred in the 1960s.
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Artificial intelligence in the real world
While there are an increasing number of real world applications from vendors using artificial intelligence to automate and speed up processes, legislation - including the forthcoming EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) - is catching up .
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How big is the eSports opportunity?
All the numbers surrounding eSports tournaments seem increasingly stratospheric. Is now the time to be investing?
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Sculpting the sound mix of Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver
As technologies such as Dolby Atmos ramp up what is possible in the cinema, so productions are responding in turn.
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Augmented, virtual and mixed: the new realities
Augmented reality has sheltered behind the noise, bluster and smokescreen thrown up by the second coming of virtual reality.
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Dunkirk and the return of large format film
Dunkirk is the latest release in the new and rather specialised sub-genre of war films pushing film technology in new directions.
