John Maxwell Hobbs

IBC2024: The IABM had the honour of kicking off this year’s IBC Conference series with an opening session focussed on how companies can make their way through a rapidly changing media landscape.

IBC2024: The conference session, ‘Building the Future of Tech’ brought together leading technologists from Chanel 4, Sky, and the BBC to present insights into the way tech innovation and development in their companies is shaped by both internal and external considerations.

As the media and entertainment landscape evolves, telecoms provider Verizon is stepping up to become a significant player in this dynamic space. With a focus on advancing technology and improving the user experience, Verizon is set to make a substantial impact at IBC2024. John Maxwell Hobbs reports.

MovieLabs marks the halfway point of its 2030 Vision with a panel session looking at the initiative’s achievements so far and the challenges that lie ahead. John Maxwell Hobbs reports.

Esports and gaming agency Unlocked is expanding its presence at IBC this year with a speaker programme spanning all four days of the show. Led by Co-Founder Steven Leunens, Unlocked aims to bridge the gap between traditional broadcasting media and the rapidly evolving world of esports.

Proposed by Eviden and supported by Champions BBC, EBU, IMG and Solent University, ‘IP networks: Finding the needle in the haystack’ looks to identify and solve the challenges around IP infrastructure within broadcast facilities created by the orchestration of media flows – namely, how to find the correct device, sender or receiver when there might be thousands in a facility.

A skilled and diverse team aims to develop a modern system where news organisations collaborate to identify disinformation and authenticate genuine reporting, restoring audience confidence in trustworthy information.

The IBC Accelerator special incubator project Connect and Produce Anywhere, Phase II (CAPA II) had an early run out at the recent Formula E London ePrix. John Maxwell Hobbs reports.

How can we make processing, streaming and the consumption of media more sustainable? That’s the question posed by the ECOFLOW: Energy-Conserving Optimization for Future-ready, Low-impact Online Workflows project, proposed by Humans Not Robots and Accedo.tv, with support from Champions ITV and BBC.

Benedict Evans will deliver the Day 1 Keynote presentation, ‘Navigating a changing media landscape: AI and Everything Else,’ at this year’s IBC Conference, illustrating how disruption has become the new normal in today’s media and entertainment ecosystem.