IBC2024 Conference Agenda

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    Join the IABM’s new Head of Knowledge, Chris Evans, and CTO, Stan Moote, for the essential briefing to kick off your IBC show for 2024. Featuring data driven market intelligence from the IABM’s latest ...
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    In this keynote behavioural expert Thimon de Jong will explore how to navigate the so-called 'polycrisis': multiple crises affecting the world simultaneously. Where trust is under pressure, mental hea ...
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    We bring together leading technologists from three very different broadcasters to offer insights on how their approach to tech innovation and development is impacted by commercial, operating and strat ...
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    Jonathan will discuss how a landmark collaboration between the UK’s leading public service broadcasters puts the viewer first in the streaming age. He will share insights from working with Everyone TV ...
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    Audiences and subscribers are on the move. New opportunities in content delivery now enable the disruption of established linear business models in broadcast and PayTV. Where and how can broadcasters ...
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    The broadcast media industry finds itself on the precipice of transformation. This fireside chat offer insights on making business models work to capture the customer in an increasingly crowded and co ...
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    Join Movielabs’ Richard Berger and Leon Silverman along with key technology leaders from the Hollywood Studios, cloud providers, and software service providers as they discuss their plans for the next ...
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    Huge gains can be made through digital transformation, and the implementation of AI across the content industry, but how can producer distributors capitalise on innovation without threatening the crea ...
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    Measure, model, improve. In this session on understanding and improving energy consumption within the media and entertainment ecosystem – we have two papers looking beyond the consumer device to asses ...
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    In this session, three authors present their work on the application of AI to media production. Our first paper from the EBU describes a facial recognition machine learning system that has been tailor ...
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    Audio Description plays an indispensable role in making media accessible to visually impaired individuals. But high production costs and significant time demands are a challenge that limits their avai ...
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    Disruptive technology is developing at breakneck speed and to remain competitive and relevant broadcasters must adopt new tools and strategies. Whilst much is made of the transformative power of innov ...
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    By the end of 2024, almost half the worlds population - more people than ever in history will have voted in elections taking place in at least 64 countries and regions. The results will prove conseque ...
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    How does a pay-TV operator grab the opportunities offered by free ad-supported streaming TV? In this fireside chat we will hear about the growth in streamed TV through VMO2 set-top boxes. What has bee ...
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    For FAST to succeed in Europe, providers must grasp the competitive landscape and understand how to differentiate. Major broadcasters still command viewer loyalty across many European nations. Capturi ...
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    Debates over the opportunities and threats posed AI that can produce creative output almost indistinguishable from human efforts are bubbling across the industry. AI's impact on content creation and c ...
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    2024 is a pivotal 12 months for the sports broadcast industry, with a forecast global television audience of four billion for the Paris Olympics alone. Our session will showcase and champion the techn ...
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    Celebrated editor Job ter Burg, ACE, NCE, joins Variety/Variety VIP+  Senior Entertainment Technology & Crafts Editor Carolyn Giardina in an engaging conversation about his work and career path. Job w ...
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    With important elections and armed conflicts across the world, trustworthy news is essential to stable democracy. So, whether you are a journalist building a news story for broadcast or a viewer watch ...
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    In this fascinating two paper session we look at streaming from both ends; at one end AWS shares its engineering insights and experiences in facilitating streaming at “mega-concurrency scale” where in ...
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    In this extended session, four authors will each present their impressive research in the field of XR. Our first is an outstanding paper on the emerging volumetric video technology, Neural Radiance Fi ...
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    AI is more than just the next big thing — it's a pivotal force reshaping the media and entertainment landscape. But how does this translate in reality? Our series of case studies provides a deep dive ...
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    In this Fireside chat, Mary Ann Halford moderates an insightful conversation with Iris Meijer, Chief Product & Marketing Officer, Verizon Business Group, about how the company’s advanced connectivity ...
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    Join the CEOs of leading generative AI startups, alongside the general manager of Media & Entertainment, Games and Sports at Amazon Web Services (AWS), for a discussion on how generative AI tools are ...
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    14:45– 15:00 Delivering great entertainment experiences on Apple Vision Pro Discover how to bring your app to this all-new platform, based on familiar frameworks and tools. Learn about the development ...
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    Invitation Only. Reception and presentation for the IBC2024 Awards, which this year bring together IBC’s Innovation and Social Impact honours for a single celebration of different industry advances ac ...
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    In this extended session we have four authors presenting current research on two important topics – encoder optimisations and film grain processing. The encoder optimisation papers include a means to ...
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    Our first paper from Telstra provides technical insight into a series of trials conducted alongside national broadcasters and sports producers exploring the use cases, workflow, viability, and efficac ...
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    In this session we continuing our journey to seamlessly blend 5G and traditional broadcast. Our first paper, investigates the technical feasibility of a 5G Broadcast simultaneously co-existing in the ...

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Streaming at scale to millions of viewers concurrently; AI taking centre stage to drive efficiency and innovation; ecosystems, collaborations and value chains shifting - this is broadcasting in 2025 and it’s showing no sign of losing momentum.

With disruption now the new normal, the industry is transforming at breakneck speed and broadcasters need to fundamentally rethink how they create, deliver and monetize content in an era where viewing habits change as quickly as the technology enabling them.

The IBC Conference explores the latest trends in content creation, distribution, and monetisation and how these shifts are shaping the future of media.

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