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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 Trends
The 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 Trends
DTG2023: 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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Generative AI in Broadcasting: A rising tide
These days it feels as if it’s not possible to read the news or access social media without being inundated with articles and posts about Artificial Intelligence, but just how far and how useful has AI in broadcast become, asks John Maxwell Hobbs.
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Virtual Product Placement: A Sense of Place
The reason virtual product placement (VPP) is generating plenty of industry excitement is the fact that it offers the potential to monetise both new and archive content. However, VPP also brings with it a number of challenges, writes David Davies.
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Industry Trends
RTS Award 2023 Winners: Genre Defining Programming
The Royal Television Society (RTS), has announced the winners of the annual RTS programme awards, honouring production achievements that Chair of the awards, Kenton Allen described as a “genre-defining programming from the past year.”
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Industry Trends
8K and UHD: ‘Don’t Focus on the Numbers - Focus on the Quality’
The webinar, Webinar: 8K content — dead or alive? covered a lot of ground, concluding that while 8K may still be in the gestation period, there is much to be said for the technology as a whole.
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MWC 2023 Preview: 5G, Sustainability and revenue models
As the telecoms industry convenes in Barcelona for the annual Mobile World Congress (MWC), it has more than a few headaches to resolve, writes Adrian Pennington.
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Industry Trends
If TikTok is killed off, how long will short form video live?
As unlikely as it may seem, the noose is tightening around Chinese-owned social media phenomenon TikTok. Were it to be banned outright, what impact would this have on the short form video creator community? Adrian Pennington investigates…
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MSG Sphere: Not only in Vegas
Immersive experience venues are changing the face of live events and the Madison Square Garden Sphere aims to top the lot by creating a new entertainment medium, writes Adrian Pennington
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2023: What to Expect
”May you live in interesting times”, as the popular saying (or ancient curse, depending on your interpretation) goes, and certainly 2023 is set to be very interesting indeed. From the global financial outlook and its repercussions, to the accelerating pace of technological change, there’s plenty ahead to give food for ...
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UCI and WWE bring the Metaverse and Web3 video into mainstream sports
Next week, Warner Bros. Discovery Sports promises to harness Web3 technology to preview what it calls a “metaverse experience” around the London leg of the UCI Track Champions League.
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World Cup 2022: FIFA debut data innovations at World Cup Qatar
Players, teams and officials at the World Cup 2022 will benefit from AI driven analysis for offside checks, performance stats and a sensor in the match ball, reports Adrian Pennington
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World Cup 2022: ITV and BBC share technical production for first time
The BBC and ITV have historically shared the broadcast of World Cup matches but the World Cup 2022 in Qatar is the first time the two have joined forces on production, reports Adrian Pennington.
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Industry Trends
How to win at FAST: Three strategies for success
Allen Media Group has achieved great success with Local Now, a FAST channel initiative and spin-off of The Weather Channel. The company’s Head of Digital Michael Senzon talked about the process and strategies that led to this success.
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