Software studios: How inevitable is fully software-defined production?

Companies from across the Content Everywhere ecosystem highlight what they see as some of the most promising industry developments at IBC2026, while calling out areas where they think the industry has room for improvement.

One podcast session can now feed a much wider content package spanning audio and video. Rob Chandler, Founder, CEO, The Dean Street Podcast Studio, explains how that changing demand shaped the studio he built in central London.  

The winners of the IBC Innovation Awards were revealed at an event at the Amsterdam RAI, honouring collaborative projects tackling some of the industry's biggest challenges.

As the final day of IBC2026 draws near, visitors seize the last opportunity of the year to network, solidify partnerships, and soak up the last of the available innovative learnings across IBC2025’s 14 halls

The IBC Technical Papers Programme features original, novel research on solutions to real-world problems faced by the international broadcast and digital media industry.