Media Management
Cloudinary launches Innovation Lab to support and develop next-gen codecs
Company aims to offer a space to experiment with innovative concepts, including new image formats and video technologies driven by AI
artificial intelligence
Media Consumption
ITV becomes first UK broadcaster to launch shoppable TV
AI technology identifies and tags featured products during programmes and notifies viewers that products on-screen are available
Production & Post
Points of view: Artificial intelligence
Hackthorn Innovation's Steve Sharman explains why AI is set to move up the value chain to increasingly help optimise and automate parts of production...
Media Consumption
AI and an augmented reality Andy Murray keep fans connected to Wimbledon
Tournament is again working with IBM Watson on creating personalised highlights
Media Management
V-Nova’s VC-6 codec journeys into space
VC-6's AI-powered software library will be integrated into Unibap’s SpaceCloud computing platform onboard a spacecraft which is scheduled for launch this month
Live Production
Ross debuts AI-driven camera motion system
Visionry Ft uses facial positions to drive the pan, tilt and zoom axes of the robotic camera system in order to maintain the desired...
Production & Post
Infosys serves up AI highlights at French Open
Solution enables broadcasters to resize videos with AI and produce ready-to-publish clips for different social platforms that require specific aspect ratios
Sponsored
MRMC’s Polymotion Chat can create ‘the ultimate broadcast tracking solution’
Innovative AI system can be used for tracking subjects using PTZ cameras or robotic pan/tilt heads
Production & Post
BBC to trial creating and delivering object-based media at scale
Project will include developing AI-powered techniques to allow audio and video to be separated into objects and create metadata describing a scene
Business
MediaTech 360 Summit: 5G will challenge content creators to push the boundaries
The first day of the MediaTech 360 Summit covered 5G, artificial intelligence, machine learning, the pandemic and the future outlook for the media tech...
Media Management
NPO, RTL Nederland make AI pledge
Broadcasters pledge to adhere to ethical guidelines when using artificial intelligence
Business
MediaCityUK to HOST innovation centre
New centre will focus on building a "world-leading" reputation in data science, AI, and immersive technologies
Media Management
AWS tees off cloud partnership with PGA
AWS' media services will be employed to deliver video content for televised event coverage and OTT streaming for online viewers
Business
TVBEurope MediaTech 360 Summit speakers announced
The Summit will cover everything from the revolutionary rise of 5G in the media chain, funding the future of TV, artificial intelligence and machine...
Media Delivery
TVBEurope 2021 MediaTech Outlook: Transformational Technology section now available
Latest section looks at everything from industry standards to 5G, ad-tech, mixed realities, artificial intelligence and blockchain
Media Management
France Télévisions strengthens data and AI development for programme production
Broadcaster's DaAI department is monitoring and testing AI solutions as well as producing proofs of concepts to be able to incorporate the tools within France...
Media Management
iSIZE Technologies and Intel partner on AI-boosted bitrate savings
Partnership has enabled iSIZE to achieve up to 5 times speed performance on its BitSave precoding technology.
Media Management
Prime Focus Technologies secures another AI patent, CTV puts Phabrix in golf OB vans, and more
TVBEurope rounds up the latest products and solutions news from Prime Focus Technologies, CTV, Phabrix and MediaKind
Production & Post
Bird watching without binoculars
How the BBC's R&D team developed open source machine-learning framework network YOLO (You Only Look Once) for Autumnwatch.
Production & Post
How AI can transform TV
Parham Azimi, CEO of iconik, explains how broadcasters and media organisations can use AI to give them a head-start on any upcoming industry changes.
Media Management
NVIDIA’s new AI-based video compression tech reduces bandwidth to one-tenth of H.264
Company is deploying the tech in its new NVIDIA Maxine platform, which provides developers with a Cloud-based suite of GPU-accelerated AI video conferencing software...
Media Management
SMPTE publishes V-Nova’s VC-6 video production codec as new standard
The codec leverages AI to offer contribution, production and workflow solutions for 4K and 8K.
Media Management
Imagen, Newsbridge partner on AI-powered platform
Platform uses AI for facial recognition, which the companies say will enable users to search for content more efficiently.
Production & Post
How BBC R&D used artificial intelligence to ‘watch’ Springwatch’s cameras
BBC R&D collaborated with the BBC Natural History Unit to test systems using AI technologies to help monitor some of the remote wildlife cameras
Live Production
Mediapro employs AI to create personalised LaLiga highlights
AIProclips allows users to create custom highlights in near real-time
Technology
Disney Research develops AI-enhanced video compression model
Compressor yields less distortion and smaller bits-per-pixel rates than classical coding-decoding algorithms
Live Production
Bundesliga scores with AWS for insight into every live broadcast
Bundesliga will use AWS artificial intelligence, machine learning, analytics, compute, database, and storage services
Media Management
EBU warns fear of technology could leave traditional media behind
Commissioned a new report looking at the power of artificial intelligence in public service journalism
Business
AI and machine learning will have the biggest impact on the media technology industry
Part of TVBEurope's State of the Market webinar
Live Production
Trint launches real-time transcription service for live productions
Allows users to plug a livestream feed from any breaking news event into Trint’s online platform
Technology
Intel to provide Tokyo 2020 broadcasters with VR content
Will also employ its 3D Athlete Tracking technology
Technology
IBM Watson will use noise levels to create US Open highlights
Tech is able to work out when a player is being particularly animated on court
Data Centre
AI ‘is the holy grail for enhanced sports viewing’
Half of millennials expect to increase their use of second screens in next three years
Features
How artificial intelligence gave new life to old Apollo footage
Apollo’s New Moon executive producer Thomas Lucas discusses the process of upscaling NASA images to 4K
Technology
German TV viewers struggle with HDR, OLED, UHD etc
Just 26 per cent of Germans understand the term HDR
Production & Post
AI enhances NASA’s Moon missions footage
Algorithms were used to remove grain and enhance detail
Features
Why AI can be too much of a good thing for media organisations
Stuart Almond, head of Intelligent Media Services at Sony Professional Solutions Europe, considers the responsible deployment of AI in the M&E sector
News
Features
NAB 2019: Broadcasters look to solve multi-channel challenges
Arqiva's head of media technology Greg Burns predicts the key topics at NAB 2019