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Industry TrendsHow We Built It: ATP tennis goes virtual with IMG Arena
Tennis has spent months suspended but IMG Arena has been using licensed assets to create the first-ever officially branded virtual tennis product, based on the ATP Masters 1000 series. Michael Burns took to the court to find out how it was developed.
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Industry TrendsAudio vendors rise to the challenge of remote working
Increased support for Next Generation Audio and making complex remote working scenarios more practical during lockdown are among the headline trends in the DAW world, writes David Davies.
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Industry TrendsLive TV sports rights to take a Covid-19 hit?
As sports return to our screens, analysts are predicting a downturn in the sports broadcast rights market. But what will be the longer-term impact? Ross Biddiscombe investigates.
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Industry TrendsLEDs are bringing the digital backlot alive
LED screens, more commonly found as backdrop to live music acts or as digital signage at sports venues, are now the hottest property in visual effects production.
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Industry TrendsAd industry spots money in the cloud
Slowly but surely, the advertising industry is switching on to the financial advantages of the cloud to help simplify the delivery of multiple versions of commercials around the world, and to make addressable TV advertising a reality.
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Industry TrendsCloud-connected cameras: Covid-19’s unexpected outcome
Cloud-connected cameras used to be the domain of security systems, but the benefits for broadcasters could be huge – even if implementing them remains challenging. David Fox investigates.
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Industry TrendsCloud Week: Broadcasters seek flexible playout
Implementing some degree of cloud-based playout has been a marked trend for a while now, but this year’s momentous events are certain to accelerate developments, writes David Davies.
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Industry TrendsHybrid Cloud Q&A: vendors ‘bridging the gap’ between different operational environments
The number and variety of hybrid cloud solutions continues to grow as broadcasters seek more flexible ways of working – a requirement given greater urgency by Covid-19, writes David Davies.
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Industry TrendsIBC Accelerators: 5G Centralised Streaming for Location-Based Virtual Reality (LBVR)
This IBC Accelerator Challenge aimed at the outset to showcase an advanced, high-performance 5G network to connect real-time centralised graphic and spatial XR computing power into an end-to-end solution operations system to centrally stream premium, immersive virtual reality content to head-mounted displays.
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Industry TrendsIBC Accelerators: Live Content Moderation
With the key goal of proving the potential value of conducting real-time, AI-driven content moderation on live broadcast and UGC content at scale and speed, this IBC Accelerator, led by Al Jazeera and Co-Championed by AP, Reuters, RTÉ and ETC created a PoC exploiting AI to flag inappropriate content as ...
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Industry TrendsIBC Accelerators: New Immersive & Real-Time Workflows in CG Animation Production
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Industry TrendsIBC Accelerators: Useable VFX Asset Archive
3D Digital Assets are undoubtedly an increasingly vital component in movies, TV shows and gaming especially those heavy with VFX. This IBC Accelerator project team set out to realise and exploit the long-term value of the VFX and 3D components for film, TV games assets, future-proofing IP through ...
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Industry TrendsIBC Accelerators: AI-Automated Video Shot listing
This Accelerator project, led by the Associated Press, addressed a challenge that is a largely manual and very costly process for media organisations today; producing shot lists of raw and edited video content, with written depictions stored alongside the video in the archive.
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Industry TrendsIBC Accelerators: TV Delivered as Objects
Traditionally most TV channels and services today are assembled from components centrally and in a physical form, and then pushed to consumers using traditional broadcast methods. Championed by ITV, BBC, Yle, Unity and TV2, this Accelerator project set out to develop a prototype demonstrating how future TV can be personalised ...
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Industry TrendsIBC Accelerators: Virtual & Interactive Live Music Talent Show
Warner Music ViacomCBS / MTV International teamed up as Accelerator Champions in 2020 with a project that set out to achieve, along with project Participants, Joi Polloi, Never.no and Grabyo, to transpose the existing, traditional talent show and new music discovery formats into a cutting-edge platform featuring real-time, ...
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Industry TrendsIBC Accelerators: 5G remote production
With ten world leading broadcaster Champions and six vendor Participants, this Accelerator project initially set out to design, evaluate and test an early-stage proof of concept for 5G Remote Production.
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Industry TrendsStudios make move to the cloud
The current workflow challenges in Hollywood are driving interest in accelerating the ambition to move all production to the cloud sooner than 2030.
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Industry TrendsGrading and audio post in the cloud
Accurate reference monitoring and in person collaboration are critical sticking points preventing high end projects from moving final audio and colour grades to the cloud.
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Industry TrendsHow We Built It: The BBFC’s journey towards cloud-based compliance
The BBFC is moving into a new realm of film classification, content tagging and client support for the screen industries, in the biggest technology transformation the organisation has seen. Michael Burns finds out how the whole project came together.
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