Features

There was much to be concerned about at the recent Edinburgh TV Festival, but as Michael Burns reports there were also some bright sparks to cheer the industry.

The Connect & Produce Anywhere project is one of the eight Challenges in this year's cohort for the IBC2023 Accelerator Media Innovation Programme. The project is championed by DAZN, Sky Sports, BT Media & Broadcast, Vodafone Group, BBC, TV2, and the participants are LAMA, VizRT, Open Broadcast Systems, Zixi, InSync, Limitless, Singular.live, Google, Techex, Microsoft, AMD, Grass Valley and Verizon Business.

: In September, the media and entertainment industry will once again be heading to the RAI Amsterdam for the annual IBC event. For Hall 5 exhibitors, this year is particularly special as it marks the tenth anniversary of Content Everywhere as the heart of IBC’s coverage of the ever-expanding OTT scene.

The 5G Motion Capture for Performance Art and Animation project is one of the eight Challenges in the cohort for the IBC2023 Accelerator Media Innovation Programme. The project is championed by Vodafone Group, Curing Kids Cancer, Outernet Global, Production Park, University of Strathclyde, Goldsmiths University, and the participants are Singular.live, D&B Solutions, Noitom and AMD.

The Authenticated Data Specification project is one of the eight Challenges in the 2023 cohort for IBC’s Accelerator Media Innovation Programme.

The Rise Up Academy is among several notable organisations aiming to increase and diversify the intake of new engineering talent into broadcast. But how are individual companies reacting to the skills shortfall, asks David Davies.

The world of Esports is not only a dynamic and exciting one, but it has begun to attract considerable interest thanks to a more professionalised approach to content and broadcast deals. Mark Mayne reports on gaming’s rising star.

The Hundred, the ECB’s 100-ball-a-side competition, aims to carry over momentum from The Ashes as it commences this week. Adrian Pennington takes to the crease to uncover the inside story.

New Pixar animation Elemental is the Walt Disney Company’s most technically complex feature film to date and required a new data storage pipe that lays the foundation for use of AI, reports Adrian Pennington.

Aspirations vs. the reality of diversity progression in media production proved to be an indispensable conversation at Soho Media Club and Outernet London’s collaborative event, BE YOU Festival which took place in London this month, reports Sheryl Hickey.