Oscars 2024: WWII narratives feature heavily at this year’s Academy Awards

IBC2026’s Content Everywhere hub in Hall 5 will host nearly 200 exhibitors showcasing multi-platform delivery and monetisation innovations, alongside two stages of panel discussions and live demonstrations.

From generative production and AI-powered post-production to content discovery, immersive experiences and next-generation imaging, a group of EIT Culture & Creativity-backed ventures arriving at IBC2026 offers a snapshot of where European media innovation is heading next.

Amid a sea of competitive entries, Fergal Ringrose, Chair of Judges for the IBC Innovation Awards, breaks down the shortlisted Content Distribution entries to demonstrate exactly what got them over the line.

Speed, flexibility, and reliability – that’s the dream for many a live production. However, when public network coverage is patchy, what’s a broadcaster to do? The 2026 Accelerator Project, Network Control, deploys standardised network APIs to tackle this problem head-on.

Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf will present an immersive digital reconstruction of a little-known site associated with Auschwitz at IBC2026, as part of EIT Culture & Creativity's first major presence at the show.