From AI and sovereign infrastructure to award-winning innovation and design, here's everything you need to know from day three of IBC2026.
Innovation Awards celebrate collaboration
This year's IBC Innovation Awards honoured OBS's Olympic legacy alongside open-source, cross-industry projects tackling broadcast's biggest shared challenges.
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How UEFA keeps football must-watch viewing
UEFA's Guy-Laurent Epstein says football is still TV's one true appointment to view – and explained at IBC2026 how AI and real-time data could take it further.
Collaboration crucial to EU sovereign AI success
Building a sovereign AI and cloud ecosystem in Europe will take collaboration, not isolation, a SMPTE panel at IBC2026 concluded.
AI transformation reshapes CNN’s future
CNN's SVP and CTO Alex Charalambides explains how the network is redesigning workflows, culture and governance to integrate AI without losing human judgement.
IBC drives innovation in remote video production
Behind the scenes, IBC has redesigned its own video workflow – moving editing to Prague to sharpen onsite coverage at the RAI.
IBC2026 Exhibition Stand Design Award winners
This year's Exhibition Stand Design Awards 2026 honoured four stands that combined originality with sustainability.
The Daily: Day 4
IBC2026 Live Blog: Catch up with all the best innovations
Welcome to the IBC2026 Live Blog, getting under the skin of the global media and entertainment industry's biggest and best trade show.
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FAST is the next frontier of creator domination
The creator economy is no longer a sideshow in Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) but a core channel segment with platforms actively competing for content.
Global student On Air project is already igniting careers
On Air, the global student‑run broadcast initiative, is scaling up in its second year.
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CTO’s lean on AI to reshape business strategy
Senior leaders from Australia’s ABC and Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) outlined how AI is reshaping every editorial and operational workflows while insisting that human judgement remains central.
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The pull era: Why media survival hinges on the phone-centric consumer
To survive, this industry must redefine broadcast, move beyond defunct binaries like "TV viewer" and "mobile user", and put its consumer at the centre of every decision, according to Evan Shapiro's rapid-fire talent programme keynote on the Future Tech Ignite stage.