Interview

We rounded up key industry voices to fill us in on the emerging tech trends seen at ISE and in the industry.

As developing tech stands as one of the most talked about topics at ISE 2024, we asked broadcast and production specialists about the changes they are noticing in the industry. Optimisation, effective resources, production costs, investment opportunities and implementing broadcast solutions in corporate spaces were shared key goals on the show floor.

Paul Scurrell discussed cloud workflow innovation, AI and skills at ISE 2024. He pointed to the growing maturity of cloud services in the immediate term, as well as touched on the likely evolutionary pathway for AI tools and services. On skills Scurrell highlighted the work that Atomos has been doing with further education providers such as the University of Sussex, as well as the importance of remote collaboration.

Michael McKenna, CEO and Co-Founder of Final Pixel, discusses some of the latest advancements in virtual production and how the company found an innovative way to combat skill shortages. McKenna was a guest speaker at ISE’s Content Production & Distribution Summit where he presented on Final Pixel’s collaboration with Oracle Red Bull Racing, using virtual production to create the Mojave Desert and Kennedy Space Center at a remote location in the UK.

At the world’s largest AV systems integration show, IBC365 spoke to Fabio Varolo, Manager, FOR.A Europe, about the emerging trends in production, how AI tech in video production will help shape the future of broadcast.

As the industry continues to see a shortage in new and diverse talent, we ask broadcasters what more can be done to attract young professionals. Whilst online audiences grow, the industry must rethink how to market to the next generation, and who to collaborate with to improve access, to ensure the skills behind the content grow too.

At IBC2023 in Amsterdam, Scott Young, SVP Content and Production, Warner Bros. Discovery Eurosport, and Matt McDonald, Group SVP EMEA Broadcast Services, at Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe, gave their insights into the company’s plans to produce live coverage of all 329 events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games to nearly 50 markets and in 20 languages.

IBC2023: Olivier Jollet, Executive Vice President and International General Manager, Pluto TV, Paramount, discussed the secrets of success of Paramount’s FAST (Free Ad-supported Streaming Television) channel at IBC2023 in Amsterdam.

At IBC2023 in Amsterdam, Inga Alika-Stroda, Entertainment & TV Business Director, Tet, and Kevin C.H. Lee, General Manager, BlendVision, explored how OTT video service providers meet the challenges of fragmentation in an increasingly competitive marketplace.

Donna Smith, the Managing Director of Rise, the global advocacy membership organisation supporting gender diversity across the media technology sector, has had a career that has cut across a broad swathe of the media industry, writes John Maxwell Hobbs.