All Create & Produce articles – Page 23
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Executive Interviews
From Olympic Rights to 5G and AI, Broadcaster Innovation is Alive and Well
Antonio Arcidiacono, for five years the EBU’s Director of Technology and Innovation, focussed on the massive potential for AI within PSM, new 5G advances, Native IP potency, and the marriage of terrestrial and satellite under a 5G roof, in conversation with George Jarrett.
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Industry Trends
Inside the IBC Accelerator Media Innovation Programme for 2023
IBC’s Accelerator Media Innovation Programme will be showcasing eight projects in Amsterdam this year. Created in 2019 to provide a framework for agile, collaborative, and fast-track innovation, the programme offers a unique multi-company project-based approach to solving complex media and entertainment business and technology challenges, focused on hands-on experimentation.
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News
Hasbro sells eOne to Lionsgate for $500 million
Toy and games firm Hasbro has agreed to sell its eOne film and TV business to Lionsgate for $500 million.
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Industry Trends
Recruitment & Retention: Navigating the Skills Shortfall
The Rise Up Academy is among several notable organisations aiming to increase and diversify the intake of new engineering talent into broadcast. But how are individual companies reacting to the skills shortfall, asks David Davies.
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Industry Trends
Esports: Challenging the Status Quo
The world of Esports is not only a dynamic and exciting one, but has begun to attract considerable interest thanks to a more professionalised approach to content and broadcast deals. Mark Mayne reports on gaming’s rising star.
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News
Asacha Media Group Acquires UK Factual Indie Arrow
Pan-European super indie Asacha Media Group has acquired a majority stake in UK-headquartered factual production company Arrow International Media.
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Industry Trends
Pixar’s Elemental Lays Foundation for AI Powered Workflow
New Pixar animation Elemental is the Walt Disney Company’s most technically complex feature film to date and required a new data storage pipe that lays the foundation for use of AI, reports Adrian Pennington.
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Industry Trends
BE YOU Festival 2023: Speaking Up for Change
Aspirations vs. the reality of diversity progression in media production proved to be an indispensable conversation at Soho Media Club and Outernet London’s collaborative event, BE YOU Festival which took place in London this month, reports Sheryl Hickey.
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Daily News
Gallery Agnostics: Fast-paced pressures of live-to-air
Live media production workflows have seen a world of advancements, via device-agnostic, gallery-agnostic and hybrid ways of working.
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Industry Trends
Abertay University Leads Groundbreaking Real-time 5G VP Trial
In a first for the UK film industry, a short sci-fi film sequence was shot simultaneously at locations in Manchester and Dundee using a stable, low-latency 5G connection, reports David Davies.
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Industry Trends
Interview: Dr Alex Connock on AI - ‘An Explosion of Creativity’
Dr Alex Connock is a Senior Fellow at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford and recently wrote a textbook on media and AI. He discussed AI through in the context of media perception with John Maxwell Hobbs.
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News
Milk Opens VFX Studio in Barcelona
VFX studio Milk has opened a new studio in Barcelona, Spain.
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News
RTS Craft & Design Awards 2023: Calling Skilled Entrants
The Royal Television Society (RTS), Britain’s top forum for television and related media, has opened entries for the RTS Craft & Design Awards 2023, to recognise excellence in broadcast television.
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News
Sister Hires Former Netflix Content Boss Cindy Holland
The Power and Chernobyl producer Sister has hired former Netflix content chief Cindy Holland as global CEO.
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News
ITV No Longer Exploring Purchase of All3Media
ITV is “no longer actively exploring the possible acquisition of All3Media,” according to the UK broadcasting and production group.
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News
IBC2023 Social Impact Awards: Shortlist Highlights Innovation and Groundbreaking Social Projects
Transformational technologies that are taking the industry in new directions, such as software and services and also equality and sustainability initiatives are both key areas for the IBC Innovation and Social Impact Awards shortlist.
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Daily News
Introducing: Synthetic Humans for Entertainment and Accessibility
In the run up to IBC2023, eight selected project groups are gearing up to stand-out above the rest as part of this year’s Accelerator Media Innovation Programme. Each week the E-Daily will look more in-depth at each individual project, leading up to the show at the RAI, Amsterdam on 15-18 ...
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Industry Trends
A Short-Form Revolution: Powered by Cloud and Social Media
Viewer habits are evolving in favour of shorter clips viewed on social media, especially for breaking news and sports highlights. David Davies finds out what this means for day-to-day production and the ‘content continuum’.
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News
Rise Awards 2023: Entries Now Open
Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for women in the broadcast media technology sector, has announced that entries are open for its annual Rise Awards.