David Davies
David Davies has been a freelance journalist and editor for two decades, specialising in broadcast, music, AV and green technologies. He is a regular contributor to IBC 365, Installation and FEED, and a long-time writer for several content agencies, focusing on issues including media technology and sustainability. He has also written longer-form content, including technical white papers, for leading broadcast and audio manufacturers.
Industry TrendsWBD’s Dave Duvall: Cloud migration, remote production and ‘creating the unexpected’
As CIO of Warner Bros. Discovery, Dave Duvall is steering the media giant through a dazzling array of technology shifts without recent precedent, writes David Davies.
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Creating next-gen cloud OTT capabilities for streaming
IBC Conference speaker Paul Pastor, who is CEO of Quickplay and Struum, says that streaming services are moving towards having “multiple models of addressing economic affordability.”
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ITV prepares to ‘Double, Double, Double’ with ITVX service
Deep Bagchee, Chief Product Officer at ITV, has detailed the broadcaster’s plans for innovative new streaming service ITVX during his IBC2022 Conference session
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The Real Cannonball Run doc pushes creative boundaries with blockchain
A forthcoming documentary about the legendary US coast-to-coast automobile race promises to make innovative use of Web3, writes David Davies.
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NFTs in media: technology on trajectory “from the experimental to the mainstream”
While sport has (so far) accounted for the lion’s share of media-related headlines, NFTs also have the potential to transform relationships between creators and audiences across the music, film and TV worlds, writes David Davies.
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Managing remote audio: post-pandemic workflows evolve to deliver greater flexibility
The surge in ‘at home’ or REMI production during the pandemic has raised the stakes for managing remote audio effectively – prompting leading vendors to expand their solutions and focus more on ‘granularity’.
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STB sector pursuing further standardisation and UX improvements
The need to support multiple platforms and cost-effective deployment remains unchanged, but there are still plenty of ways in which set top box (STB) developers are seeking to enhance their offers, writes David Davies.
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Streaming live sport: lowering latency and enhancing quality
With the direct to consumer (D2C) model becoming more influential, live sports streaming is increasingly subject to the kind of quality expectations associated with traditional linear output, writes David Davies.
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Evolving CDN strategies to satisfy the “content consumption boom”
Increased investment in content delivery, including multi-CDNs and open caching, remains among the most noticeable of all broadcast industry trends.
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Immersive audio: consumer tech catches up with production potential
With consumers able to experience immersive audio more easily and cost-effectively than ever, demand for immersive content is continuing to accelerate writes David Davies.
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5G production: Vendors working to optimise network’s ‘higher bandwidth, lower latency’ capabilities
An emerging generation of solutions is set to make the most of 5G networks for production and contribution. David Davies speaks to three leading vendors about their latest 5G innovations and how they expect this dynamic area of the market to develop.
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