It’s been a great first day at IBC2022 with packed aisles, busy exhibitor stands and an inspiring programme of content across the conference and show floor theatre stages. The broadcast industry has come back together in force and we are looking forward to the next few days. Check out the highlights below and take a look at what’s on the agenda for tomorrow.
Bringing Disney to life with AI, The Future of Linear and the first super App in Europe
As well as all the latest product launches and technology enhancements, todays issue also features interviews with ITV Chief Product Officer Deep Bagchee, Paul Pastor, CEO of Quickplay and Struum, and Trint’s Jeff Kofman. The winners of the IBC Social Impact and Innovation Awards winners are also revealed.
Looking to the Future: Unique insights and research by IABM
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Based on extensive research carried out by IABM’s Business Intelligence Unit, CEO Peter White will present key industry metrics and trends to deliver an expert analysis of how media technology models are changing. This will be followed by Lorenzo Zanni, Head of Knowledge, IABM, chairing a Leaders Panel. The panel will focus on the strategies adopted by MediaTech businesses to navigate through disruption and plan for an uncertain post-pandemic world. A diverse range of topics will be up for discussion, ranging from scarcity to streaming maturity to make sense of the change happening in MediaTech.
In Conversation with Warner Bros. Discovery
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Rob Ambrose, Co-Founder, Caretta Research, speaks to Dave Duvall, Chief Information Officer, Warner Bros. Discovery.
SMPTE: The Art of the Possible: Moving media workflows to the cloud
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This session, chaired by Larissa Görner, Senior Director of Product Line Management – AMPP at Grass Valley, will feature lan Cockett, GVP Engineering & Technology, Warner Bros. Discovery and John Pearce, Director, Venue Technical Operations, Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS). They’ll explore how live, near-live and file-based media workflows are being done in the cloud, focusing on what workloads are possible today and what may not yet be fully suitable for the cloud. Different cloud architectures will be discussed, as will what’s possible given the current state of the enabling technologies.
The Future of Linear
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Linear is here to stay, but streaming will continue to dominate growth markets. How will linear and non-linear services co-exist in the future
as cloud workflows take over and ad-funded models come back in vogue. Chaired by Marion Ranchet, Founder & Managing Director at The Local Act Consultancy, this session will feature insight from Faz Aftab, Director, Media & Entertainment Partnerships, Google, and Archana Anand, Global Chief Business Officer at Zee5 Global.
Bringing Disney to Life with Al
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The rapid progress in machine learning and artificial intelligence has the potential to disrupt many aspects of the traditional filmmaking process both for live action and for animation. productions. At Disney Research Studios more than 50 researchers are rethinking the film production and distribution pipeline with the help of Al in order to increase production efficiency and to support the creativity of storytellers. Featuring Markus Gross, Chief Scientist at Disney Research, this session will take the audience through Walt Disney Studios’ technology innovation process and explore the disruptive nature of Al for filmmaking, covering digital humans, virtual production technologies, rendering and animation, image quality enhancement and much more.
MediaTech Leaders Panel: Bold transformation moves
Showcase Theatre: Hall 12 Free to attend
Join us for a panel discussion with the leaders behind some of the most inspiring media technology transformations. Find out how Globo, Sky, Telus and KPN have developed new ways of working, differentiated their offerings and continued to thrive while meeting the needs of a constantly evolving market. Featuring Raymundo Barros, Chief Technology Officer at Globo.
Launching the First Super App in Europe: The power of content synergy
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The media industry is facing drastic changes with more competition than ever. Signs of subscription fatigue abound and established leaders come up with brand-new content strategy and audience insights-driven solutions to create unique content experiences that engage and retain audiences. Agnes Bilah, Global Business Development Director at Deezer, will chair this session, which also welcomes Andrea Zuska, SVP Content Strategy, RTL, and Charles Jaubert, VP Partner Strategy & Business Development at Deezer.
