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The misfits of British intelligence return for a fourth outing with Robert Frost in the editor’s chair.

Three female AI execs – Soyoung Lee of Twelve Labs and sisters Jhanvi and Ketaki Shriram of Krikey – talked about how women-led startups can benefit the industry at IBC on Day 3.

Executives from Apple, HBS and Google highlighted important new innovations during the Gamechangers in Media session at IBC2024.

IBC Talent Programme Part 2: Mentorship and networking opportunities are key to bringing on and retaining young technical staff in broadcast and streaming, including improving diversity and encouraging women to join the industry, according to speakers in the afternoon session of the IBC Talent Programme on 16 Sept.

Innovative sports media and internationally acclaimed video journalism were celebrated today as the winners of the prestigious IBC Innovation Awards were announced at the RAI Amsterdam. The awards honoured the ground-breaking work of organisations transforming the media, entertainment and technology landscape, and recognise collaborative efforts to develop solutions that address real-world industry challenges.

There are many visually attractive, accessible and innovative stands at IBC2024, and the IBC Stand Design Awards celebrate the very best among them all. All stands across the IBC Show were considered and yesterday the four winners were announced across four categories.

In an increasingly fragmented TV consumption environment, telecom operators such as Orange are looking to quality of experience and AI to enable them to retain their customers, according to Chem Assayag, SVP, Home Services Innovation at Orange.

AI has made an appearance almost everywhere at this year’s IBC and took centre stage in a session moderated by Tom Bowers from Hypothesis Media with panellists Huma Lodhi, Principal Machine Learning Engineer at Sky; Chris Jackson, Global Head of Digital Data and Analytics at the Olympic Channel; and Hardeep Dhaliwal, Head of Data Products at ITV.

FAST has proved an attractive – if challenging – way of filling a key gap left by basic cable channels in Virgin Media O2’s line-up, according to David Bouchier, chief TV and entertainment officer, Virgin Media O2.

A panel comprising an international group of industry experts moderated by Mark Smith, Chair, IBC Council, featured insights on ways broadcasters can fight disinformation.