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AI remains in focus: a look ahead to 2024

January has only just come to an end, but we are already looking ahead to the next IBC, which takes place as usual at the Amsterdam RAI in September. In the meantime, Content Everywhere companies are polishing their crystal balls and making predictions about what might lie ahead for the video services and streaming industry in the next twelve months.

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Issa López on set of True Detective: Night Country

Behind the Scenes: True Detective: Night Country

The fourth instalment of HBO’s crime drama True Detective is set in a remote outpost of Alaska but the show was filmed almost entirely in Iceland, where cinematographer Florian Hoffmeister BSC used an innovative Infrared technique to capture the perma-dark snowbound landscape, reports Adrian Pennington.

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CES 2024 Review: What We Learned

The established bellwether of the tech industry, CES2024 has delivered in its usual frenetic style. Mark Mayne rounds up some of the good, the bad, and the downright left-field…

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DTT and Wireless Mics Win Out at WRC23

Digital terrestrial television (DTT) received a vote of confidence in its continued resistance against the growing dominance of streaming at the end of last year when its primary place in the UHF spectrum was secured for the foreseeable future.

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Emma Stone in POOR THINGS

Behind the Scenes: Poor Things

A story about re-activating a dead woman with her unborn baby’s brain was always going to make for a strange film but if weird is what you want, Poor Things will not disappoint, writes Adrian Pennington.

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Behind the Scenes: Ferrari

Michael Mann’s new film contrasts the frenetic action of racing sports cars with the more formal staging of Enzo Ferrari’s interpersonal rivalries and driving ambition, writes Adrian Pennington.

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2024: ”The television industry should brace itself for fundamental changes: creatives will be getting even more creative and more productive too.” Copyright protections required

Vendor predictions for 2024: AI, CTV, FAST and Niche Sports

It’s no surprise that uses of AI are top of the agenda for media organisations in the next 12 months but so too is a drive to enhanced monetisation over Connected TV, mining niche sports, warnings of job ‘replacements’ and, notably, fewer calls for sustainability. Here are a selection of vendor responses for what to look for in 2024.

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