As well as being a music producer and composer, John Maxwell Hobbs is CEO of music tech startup Streamline, media consultant and the former Head of Technology at BBC Scotland.
As the industry navigates a storm of content authenticity threats, the Q-Stream Alpha: The "Tactical Truth" Pipeline Accelerator seeks to deploy AI, ML, and post-quantum encryption to apply C2PA principles within live workflows.
IP is clearly gaining ground. Yet, infrastructure and distribution specialists suggest that it’s no silver bullet for the reliable, personalised, instantaneous delivery that today’s audiences demand. In this context, has satellite lost relevance, or is it simply no longer the only player in orbit?
Virtual production is no longer being treated purely as spectacle or novelty – it is becoming a production tool, with clear strengths, clear limits, and a growing body of experience around how to use it well across a range of budgets. IBC365 investigates.
With the rise of free, high-quality media tools, physical broadcast production hardware is looking less and less essential. IBC365 investigates.
Top industry experts from the DTG, BBC, and more sat down with IBC365 to discuss how broadcasters plan to thrive in a time of heightened competition, viewer expectations, and constrained budgets.
More than 200 industry leaders gathered at BBC Broadcasting House for the 2026 IBC Accelerators Kickstart Day, that took place on 25 February.
IBC2025’s Accelerator cohort delivered some of the most ambitious demonstrations yet, featuring AI-driven production workflows, a radical rethinking of ultra-low latency streaming, and even live private 5G networks flying in an ultralight aircraft. IBC365 hears from a handful of projects to learn about life after the show.
As deepfakes become prevalent throughout the media industry, experts at the BBC, Guardian, and ITN wrestle with the implications of today’s unprecedented levels of disinformation and distrust.
Today’s rapidly evolving media production technologies have enabled a new wave of creative workflows. With them comes a tsunami of corresponding infrastructure vulnerabilities.
The launch of the MXL project under the Linux Foundation looks to provide a pivotal shift in how media workflows operate, solving fundamental inefficiencies and incompatibilities that have long plagued digital media infrastructure.
