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News
IBC2023 Innovation Awards: Meet the finalists on the Content Creation shortlist
Five projects from around the world have been selected for IBC2023 Innovation Awards Content Creation shortlist.
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Industry Trends
Natalya Tatarchuk: Making real-time more accessible
The VP of Unity Wētā Tools gets under the skin of 3D content creation, and emphasises the value of real time in conversation with Michael Burns.
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Industry Trends
A Short-Form Revolution: Powered by Cloud and Social Media
Viewer habits are evolving in favour of shorter clips viewed on social media, especially for breaking news and sports highlights. David Davies finds out what this means for day-to-day production and the ‘content continuum’.
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News
Banijay Pushes into Live Events Business
FL Entertainment, the parent company of production group Banijay, has launched a live events division, Banijay Events.
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Daily News
Google Cloud and Quickplay look east
Quickplay is collaborating with Google Cloud to provide new digital transformation opportunities for content providers, streaming providers and broadcasters in the Middle East.
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Twitter ‘Plans Focus on Video’
Twitter is planning to launch a video app for smart televisions, according to new owner Elon Musk.
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BBFC Explores AI for Content Classification
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has launched a project to explore the power of AI solutions in content classification.
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News
US Writers’ Strike ‘Could Cost Industry $600m’
A deal to resolve the US writers’ strike could cost US studios, networks and streamers up to $600 million, according to ratings agency Moody’s.
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Netflix Reveals £4.8bn Investment in UK Creative Economy
Netflix says it will have spent £4.8 billion in the UK creative economy between 2020 and the end of 2023.
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Industry Trends
Generative AI in Broadcasting: A rising tide
These days it feels as if it’s not possible to read the news or access social media without being inundated with articles and posts about Artificial Intelligence, but just how far and how useful has AI in broadcast become, asks John Maxwell Hobbs.
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Industry Trends
Driving Fan Engagement: Metaverse, NFTs and the Need to Be Genuine
Especially in this digital age, the need to cultivate a direct relationship with your fans has never been more important or necessary. Whether sports club, league or broadcaster, engagement is the key to success across the board, discovers Mark Mayne.
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Industry Trends
Personalisation: The Key to Increasing Sporting Engagement
There’s more to avoiding churn and satisfying viewers than simply creating good content. As linear TV increasingly takes on the character of a legacy format, the medium through which video is consumed becomes almost as crucial a component as the content itself, writes Andrew Williams.
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News
Bafta Games Awards 2023: God of War Ragnarök Scoops Six Prizes
God of War Ragnarök won six prizes at the 2023 Bafta Games Awards, with stars Christopher Judge and Laya DeLeon Hayes winning performer in a leading role and performer in a supporting role respectively.
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News
Georgia Brown to Chair UK Skills Task Force
Georgia Brown, the former head of Amazon Studios Europe, is to chair the Skills Task Force, an industry-led group that aims to tackle labour shortages in the UK’s production screen sectors.
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News
Disney Job Cuts: Marvel Entertainment Chairman Ike Perlmutter Laid Off
The Walt Disney Co has laid off Marvel Entertainment chairman Isaac “Ike” Perlmutter as part of a cost-cutting campaign.
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News
BBC to Cut 1,000 Hours of New Programmes
The BBC is to cut 1,000 hours of new TV programmes in 2023 as part of a drive to save money.
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Industry Trends
MWC2023: Netflix preaches cooperation not confrontation
Data debate between mobile operators and content creators/rights owners takes another step as Netflix uses MWC2023 keynote to lay out the media industry perspective, writes Adrian Pennington. Additional reporting and photography by Andrew Williams.
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Industry Trends
ITV Academy: Lowering barriers and increasing skillsets
Direct accelerated training: ITV lays out its tactics for resolving the skills shortages that are handicapping production, with the launch of an ITV Academy that will merge new training plans with those that already exist. But not under one roof. George Jarrett talks to the director of this crucial long-term ...