In just a few weeks’ time, the great and the good of the global media and entertainment industry will convene at the RAI in Amsterdam for this year’s IBC. As usual, technology innovations and new business models will be on show, along with the usual presence of informative and influential speakers during the IBC Conference. And it’s already evident that products and services leveraging AI and generative AI are set to feature heavily this year.
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