2023 Content Agenda

Multicast has promised to solve the scale issue of delivering very popular television over the internet for a long time. In our first paper from BT Research, both a proof-of-concept architecture and f ...

Extended reality technologies have now reached a maturity where standards are being proven, applications (especially in sport) are being explored through sophisticated prototypes, and practical networ ...

In this extended session we have four authors presenting current research spanning a range of important video processing topics – encoding, super-resolution and sustainability. These include: (i) a tu ...

In this session we explore how two important media technologies are being improved through user experimentation: on-demand audio-visual content usage and virtual human deaf signing. The first is a stu ...

Whether it is a data analytics tool, a machine learning capability, or a generative AI platform, the media & entertainment industry continues to explore new ways to use AI in production. In this panel ...

Unity Wētā Tools presents groundbreaking work in character creation, environment building, rendering, and compositing with the public release of tools once exclusive to top-tier VFX houses. The speake ...

The MovieLabs 2030 Vision was launched at IBC 2019 as aspirational thought leadership from major Hollywood studios and has now become the future roadmap of the global media creation industry. This pan ...

BBC Studios Productions produces more than 2500 hours of high-quality, distinctive programming each year and last year received 111 awards and 440 nominations. CEO Ralph Lee takes us behind the scenes ...

Should you choose to accept this panel…you will join maestro Eddie Hamilton and The Hollywood Reporter’s Carolyn Giardina in a fast-paced conversation about cutting the most jaw dropping scenes of all ...

Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe represents WBD’s portfolio of sports brands and channels and platforms in Europe. In 2023, the company launched TNT Sports in the UK & Ireland, which presents some ...

The aim of this challenge is to bring our media productions into the modern, present day via Device-agnostic, Gallery-agnostic and Hybrid ways of working to prove control of both existing on prem and ...

With open-standard ST 2110 IP solutions successfully deployed by media companies globally, the industry has moved beyond the days of early adoption to widespread implementation. Hear from broadcast le ...

The aim of this challenge is to define a standardised distribution package for entertainment data, including artwork, imagery and usage rights and a secure and certified system that enables studios and content creators to authenticate the definitive version of their metadata for gold standard industry sources, such as IMDb, and EIDR.

Join us for a media panel hosted by Mandy Rutledge, Director, WW Media Partnerships at Microsoft, bringing together industry leaders from AVID, MediaKind, Harmonic, and Evertz. In this panel discussio ...

We will look at how LLM is transforming the entire video supply chain, from content creation, distribution and security, to personalization, recommendations, advertising and analytics.

From script to screen, content moves through increasingly complex supply chains, and security is everybody’s responsibility. Join the Trusted Partner Network (TPN) and Studio Content Security represen ...

The MovieLabs 2030 Vision has begun to resonate well beyond Hollywood production, with implications for media companies in broadcast, distribution and across the global media supply chain. This “speed ...

AI and ML services have been deployed in the media and entertainment industry for decades. Now, generative AI has both captured imaginations and prompted important questions about how these tools will ...

In this session, hear how Warner Bros. Discovery Sports has been migrating their media workflows to gain operational flexibility, have the opportunity to present more data-led stories, and continue to ...

Broadcasters are custodians of huge volumes of first-party data, and industry leaders are seeking privacy-compliant solutions to unlock more value, improve collaboration with advertisers, enhance the ...

Amazon Studios has defined the state of the art in cloud production from the cameras on North America’s largest Virtual Production Stage, through post in its brand new 8K capable facility for movies a ...

When organisations are looking for media streaming production technology options they usually fit into these categories: 1. 3rd party fully managed technology solutions. 2. Owned and self-managed 3. O ...

Step into a new era of entertainment analytics with Looper Boost™, a new functionality designed to meet the ever-growing demands of digital marketers, now exclusively available on Looper Insights’s pl ...

Tencent has accumulated more than 20 years of experience in media technology. We provide comprehensive solutions for the OTT industry based on media processing services (MPS) and cloud-based live broa ...

The Devoncroft Partners team will review the firm’s latest research on global media technology spending levels and the impact of market trends on upcoming media technology deployment decisions. Highli ...

Why diverse revenue models will increasingly dominate the media universe, as single focus players either get subsumed or die   Spotify just reported increasingly worrisome earnings - they show no sign ...

Detaching production teams from an event location brought us the remote production. In this project, the aim is to detach software from hardware and deploy a distributed computing architecture between ...

The aim of this challenge is to present two different use cases based on synthetic humans: the first one is a theatre filled with the melodic tones of Maria Callas, and the second is a photorealistic ...

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, football clubs strive to expand their global reach and foster deeper connections with their fan base. Liverpool Football Club, a renowned and historic fo ...

Since the first grainy black and white images danced across a screen, the entertainment industry has been in a constant state of evolution, integrating new tools and techniques that continue to change ...

DAB+ is revolutionising the radio industry and shaping its future. This session discusses the power of digital broadcast radio in fostering democracy, trust in media, and social commitment through hig ...

TV is in transition to full IP based delivery driven by consumer behaviour and the worldwide growth in Broadband connectivity. This introduces a whole new thinking on all aspects of building services, ...

Discover the business case for sustainability in the broadcast and media industry in this immersive session produced by IEEE BTS. In this session we will learn how technologies and innovative practices are reshaping the landscape, reducing carbon footprints, and championing eco-consciousness. Industry research and case studies will be presented by media organizations that have embraced sustainability, from adopting energy-efficient equipment to implementing sustainable production techniques, to delivering on efficient content distribution methods. ?Expect an engaging 3-hour session with industry experts as they discuss strategies that harness its ability to drive positive change and inspire collective action.

This session is hosted by Barbara Lange

The European Digital Cinema Forum (EDCF) is once again hosting its long standing and much anticipated EDCF Global Cinema Seminar at IBC. As cinema is on its way to fully recover from the pandemic clos ...

Join us for a strategic conversation with the people making the changes. We’ll take a look at where we are now, what needs to change and the big tech and culture opportunities ahead.

AI has the potential to drastically transform our world for the better - from fighting plastic pollution to discovering new medical drugs to prevent and treat disease. In the midst of these advancemen ...

As AI takes centre-stage in the Media and Entertainment world, how do we ensure unbiased usage and ethical adoption? This power panel - with guests proposed by GALSNGEAR, Women in Streaming Media and ...

Join us for an afternoon tea that celebrates authenticity, shares real life experiences of being LGBTQ+ in our workspace. We talk about the importance of representation and allyship and how to do it r ...

This panel will explore how major global media organisations are achieving the lowest TCO with deployments that are not only the most cost-effective solutions available, but also drastically improving ...

The future of Pay TV is being shaped by two major technoligies – Smart TV and OTT. Smart TVs are actively penetrating the market with significant annual figures. As the result - people are cutting the ...

In the speech we will discuss how integral video is in our lives and stories and how to maximize efficiency and skill with the help of excellent new AI tools and the video editor Wondershare in the po ...

How do we solve for a future that increases the value of our inventory, protects our audiences and provides the solutions our buyers need? What part does technology play in this future? In this intera ...

 

 

The IBC Innovation Awards for 2023 will take place on Sunday 17th in the Premium Lounge, with a reception commencing at 6pm. The winners of the three Innovation Awards - Content Creation, Content Dist ...

As linear broadcasts convert to streaming, revenues from advertising and sponsorship are being lost. This project aims to demonstrate that additional revenue and a ROI can be achieved through personal ...

The aim of this challenge is to broadcast digital twin XR Sports, including combat MMA (mixed martial arts), and the progressive AR techno-sport HADO into a live, immersive 3D world with high-end grap ...

EBU’s EuroVOX tool currently supports at least 65 different languages and dialects for transcription and almost 20000 different language pairs for translation, and SMPTE is now implementing the tool t ...

Audio is a vital part of all media and decades of research into codecs have given us a sophisticated landscape of audio codecs which can deliver stereo music at very low bandwidths. With very low late ...

Join this conversation which goes beyond broadcasting and explores the growing concern of climate anxiety. How can we listen to our audiences and future generations better and what can we do to learn ...

New talent, new ways of working, core values and making work work! What changes do we need to make, and design into the fabric of our workplaces, tech and culture to attract the best people, best prod ...

As gaming technology and real-time 3D tools help make film production smoother, easier and faster, visual effects being used in popular modern video games are now catching the attention of filmmakers. ...

Esports has proved itself to be a firm favourite for entertaining the gaming community and with an increasing number of broadcast deals struck for international distribution, the future of esports loo ...

Arc XP, a Washington Post company powered by AWS, has equipped media and entertainment organizations with an agile content management system (CMS) and front-end experience platform to address their un ...