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Industry TrendsWorld Cup 2022: ITV and BBC share technical production for first time
The BBC and ITV have historically shared the broadcast of World Cup matches but the World Cup 2022 in Qatar is the first time the two have joined forces on production, reports Adrian Pennington.
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Cloud-based supply chains: Discipline required
The challenges of migrating to and operating within cloud-based supply chains are substantial, but increasingly essential to navigate, according to the expert panel gathered for the recent IBC Webinar, titled Cloud-Based Supply chains.
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FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Behind the scenes of stadia rigging
The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 may be less than three weeks from kick off but for some facilities providers the journey to Qatar began six years ago.
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Dolby Atmos: Producing with object-based audio
In a previous article (Object-based audio – immersive experiences and personalisation) we explored the possibilities that working with object-based audio affords in the areas of immersive experiences and personalisation.
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How to win at FAST: Three strategies for success
Allen Media Group has achieved great success with Local Now, a FAST channel initiative and spin-off of The Weather Channel. The company’s Head of Digital Michael Senzon talked about the process and strategies that led to this success.
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Cloud distribution: “Standard and specific” broadcast workflows starting to emerge
While the migration to cloud-based production has tended to the dominate the headlines, the admittedly slower and more nuanced emergence of cloud distribution should not be undervalued, writes David Davies.
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Supply Chain Challenges: “Everything is more complicated now”
Worsening geo-political instability and the long tail of the pandemic are among the factors ensuring that the supply chain crisis continues to be a ‘hot button’ issue for broadcast vendors and service providers, writes David Davies.
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Preserving assets: Taking the long view on ML and AI
The challenges of asset archiving have broadened in recent years, according to an expert panel. Speaking on the IBC webinar, ‘Preserving assets’, Bríd Dooley, Head of Archives at RTÉ explained that while the traditional requirements of an archive were very much still in play, increasingly new demands are being surfaced:
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Object-based audio – immersive experiences and personalisation
Object-based audio production has begun to get the attention of consumers over the past year with Dolby Atmos technology incorporated into headphones, speakers, and soundbars from a variety of vendors. Both Apple, Amazon, and Tidal also offer special Atmos-encoded spatial audio streams.
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RTS Conference: BBC, Channel 4 and ITV on household budgets, going digital and diversity
This year’s Royal Television Society’s London Convention saw major broadcasting heads discuss the cost-of-living crisis affecting consumer streaming behaviour, the importance of personalised and diversified content, decentralising broadcast away from London and respective internal digital developments.
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Paramount on Personalisation, FAST and the ad value chain
Personalisation is a key challenge for FAST channel exponents, Robert Gelick, Chief Product Officer, Paramount told delegates at the IBC2022 Conference.
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WBD’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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Sustainability Concerns in Media: ‘Most Definitely Real’
Concerns around how to create sustainable workflows in media, the question of where media fits into the global emissions picture and how to identify and respond to key drivers for change were central themes at IBC2022.
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Coverage of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral peaks at 28 million viewers in UK
A peak audience of around 28 million viewers watched the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on television in the UK.
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Opening the conversation: Diversity in media and broadcasting
The conversation around diversity in media and broadcasting was a key focus among many of IBC2022’s speakers and panellists and was particularly emphasised in Day Three’s session with ‘Soho Media Club: In conversation with John Olivieira - moving the diversity and inclusion needle’.
